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Oulunkylä
Oulunkylä ( sv, Åggelby, also known as ''Ogeli'') is a suburb and a neighbourhood of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is located north from the center of the city. It has been inhabited since the 13th century. Earlier an independent municipality, it was made part of Helsinki in 1946. Oulunkylä is also the name of a district. It consists of Patola, Veräjämäki and Veräjälaakso, and has a total area of 4.51 km2.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/404Oulunkyl%C3%A4.pdf Information about Oulunkylä district and its subareas History For centuries, Oulunkylä was part of ''Helsingin pitäjä'' (now Vantaa). The neighbourhood started to grow after a railway station was founded there in 1881 along the Finland's first railway line between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna. In the late 19th century and early 20th century Oulunkylä was known for many villas that were built there. In 1921 it was separated from ''Helsingin pitäjä'' and became an independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulunkylä Railway Station
Oulunkylä railway station ( fi, Oulunkylän rautatieasema, sv, Åggelby järnvägsstation) is a railway station in the Oulunkylä district of Helsinki, Finland. It is located between the stations of Käpylä and Pukinmäki, along the main railroad track from Helsinki to Riihimäki, about north of the Helsinki Central railway station. The station building in Oulunkylä is no longer in use for train traffic, and the station does not have ticket sales. History As work on the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway was started in the 1850s, one of the workers' headquarters was established in the village of Åggelby. It was equipped with a residencies for use by the work chief, accountant and material scribe, as well as barracks for smiths and workers, the latter of which had capacity for 100 people at a given time. In addition, areas surrounding the village were acquired and rented by the government to accommodate 400 more workers. In November 1857, the railway administration proposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulunkylä Ice Rink
Oulunkylä Ice Rink, ''Oulunkylän tekojäärata'' or ''Oulunkylä artificial skating rink'' consists of an indoor ice hockey-sized rink and an outdoor bandy field in Oulunkylä, Helsinki, Finland. It is also used for figure skating, speed skating, and recreational skating. It is the home arena for Botnia-69, and was the venue for the final games at the 1983 Bandy World Championship The 1983 Bandy World Championship was the 13th Bandy World Championship and was played in Finland. The Swedish national team became champions for the second time. Only four countries participated, but this was the last world championship played wit ... as well as the 1991 tournament. Oulunkylä Ice Rink was the first arena where a designated final game of a bandy world championship was played (before 1983, the world championships were always decided on round-robin results) and the first arena to ever have hosted the bandy world championship final twice. References Bandy venues in Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the Women's Bandy World Championship. A Youth Bandy World Championship also exists separately from the senior competition and has competitions in both the male and female categories. The 2020 Bandy World Championship for Division A was scheduled to be played in Irkutsk, Russia in 2020 but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 Bandy World Championship for Division A and B was initially scheduled to be played in Syktyvkar, Russia, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was rescheduled for Division B to 8–13 March 2022 and for Division A to 27 March–3 April 2022. However, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden withdrew from the tournament, which was then postponed indefin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vantaa
Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland after Helsinki, Espoo and Tampere. Its administrative center is the Tikkurila Districts of Vantaa, district. Vantaa is bordered by Helsinki, the Finnish capital, to the south; Espoo to the southwest; Nurmijärvi to the northwest; Kerava and Tuusula to the north; and Sipoo to the east. The city encompasses , of which is water. Vantaa's significant attractions include the Vantaa River (''Vantaanjoki''), which flows through the city and flows into the Gulf of Finland. The largest airport in Finland, and the main airport and airline hub of Greater Helsinki, the Helsinki Airport, is located in Vantaa. Companies with headquarters in Vantaa include Finnair, Finavia, R-kioski, Tikkurila Oyj, Veikkaus, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of Helsinki
The city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, can be divided into various sorts of subdivisions. Helsinki is divided into three major areas: Helsinki Downtown ( fi, Helsingin kantakaupunki, sv, Helsingfors innerstad), North Helsinki ( fi, Pohjois-Helsinki, sv, Norra Helsingfors) and East Helsinki ( fi, Itä-Helsinki, sv, Östra Helsingfors). The subdivisions include neighbourhoods, districts, major districts and postal code areas. The plethora of different official ways to divide the city is a source of some confusion to the inhabitants, as different kinds of subdivisions often share similar or identical names. Neighbourhoods Helsinki consists of 60 neighbourhoods (''kaupunginosa'' in Finnish; ''stadsdel'' in Swedish). The division into neighbourhoods is the official division created by the city council and used for city planning and other similar purposes. Most of the neighbourhoods have existed since the 19th century as numbered parts of the city, and official names were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viikki
Viikki ( sv, Vik) is a neighbourhood of about 15,000 inhabitants in Helsinki, Finland. It is located at the bottom of ''Vanhankaupunginlahti'' bay, some 7–10 km from the city centre. The district hosts the Viikki Campus with four of the faculties of the University of Helsinki (biosciences, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and agriculture and forestry) as well as other university units such as research centres, science library and teacher training school. Viikki is known for its natural environment. The conservation area of ''Vanhankaupunginlahti'' is an important place of nesting and migration for birds. Large fields and farmlands are cultivated by a teaching farm that is part of the university's agricultural faculty. Southernmost part of the Latokartano residential zone is known as an "ecological housing" area. Many apartment buildings there have, for instance, experimental solar and wind energy systems installed. Viikki is divided into the sub-areas of ''Viikki science p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Main Line
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Botnia-69
Botnia-69 is a Finnish bandy club in Helsinki. The club has won the Finnish championship four times, 1989, 1992, 1997 and 2016. In 1992 they were runners-up of the European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit .... Their home arena is the Oulunkylä Ice Rink. In 2012, the club's P13 youth team won the Borlänge Bandy Cup in Sweden. References External linksPictures from the victorious national final in 2016 External links Official fan page at Facebook Bandy clubs in Finland Bandy clubs established in 1969 {{bandy-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käpylä
Käpylä (; sv, Kottby) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki with 7,600 inhabitants. Administratively speaking, Käpylä is a part of the Vanhakaupunki district. It is located between Kumpula, Oulunkylä and Koskela. Käpylä has a terminus for route-1 of the Helsinki tram network. Additionally, the Olympic Village built for the 1952 Summer Olympics and another village for the cancelled 1940 Summer Olympics are located in Käpylä. The Park Hotel, located in Käpylä, became known for being the shooting location of the popular Finnish satirical TV series ''Hyvät herrat''. One of the two lyceum schools situated in Käpylä has a specific orientation towards students with an interest in the natural sciences. The tram lines 1 and 1A as well as the Tuusulanväylä freeway bus lines travel to Käpylä. The I- N- and T-trains of the Helsinki commuter rail system stop at Käpylä railway station. There are smaller regions inside Käpylä, Puu-Käpylä (''wood-Käpylä'') and Taivaskallio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koskela
Koskela ( sv, Forsby, lit. "rapids village") is a district in the city of Helsinki, Finland. There are about 3 300 inhabitants. The borough is surrounded by Käpylä, Kumpula, Vanhakaupunki, and Oulunkylä. Koskela is located in the subdivision of ''Vanhankaupungin peruspiiri'', near the rapids close to the mouth of the Vantaa River. The earliest mention of the human settlement in Koskela dates back to 1417, which makes it the oldest part of Helsinki. Koskela can be divided into two distinct areas: the small north side dominated by detached housing and the dense south side with apartment buildings. The streets of ''Puu-Koskela'' (wooden Koskela) have been named after municipalities in Uusimaa. Before the recession of the 90s, Koskela had many kiosks and stores. After the financial collapse, only one Alepa remained in the center of the apartment building district. Although one of the tram depots is named ''Koskelan varikko'', it isn't situated in the borough. Koskela teenage mur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaarela
Kaarela ( sv, Kårböle) is a subdistrict in a Western major district of Helsinki, Finland. Kaarela is split into four subareas: Kannelmäki (12,569 inhabitants), Maununneva (2,501 inhabitants), Malminkartano (8,538 inhabitants) and Hakuninmaa Hakuninmaa (Finnish), Håkansåker (Swedish) is a quarter of Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden ... (2,870 inhabitants) and has a total population of 26,414http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/julkaisut/pdf/08_10_24_Tilasto_Vuori_hki_alueittain.pdf Information about helsinki districts. Kaarela in pages 76–79. References External links * {{coord, 60, 15, N, 024, 53, E, display=title, region:FI-18_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Neighbourhoods of Helsinki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakila
Pakila ( sv, Baggböle) is a neighbourhood in Northern Helsinki, about nine kilometers from the city center. It comprises Länsi-Pakila ("West Pakila") and Itä-Pakila ("East Pakila"). Pakila has approximately 10 275 inhabitants.City of Helsinki Urban Facts Retrieved 14 January 2023 In Pakila the average size of the apartments is the second largest in Helsinki, 98 m2. Since the 1970s, the largest party in Pakila has been . The National Coalition Party was the most popular party in Pakila in the 2012 municipal elections (50% support) and in the 2015 parliamentary elections (44% support). Pakila is home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
