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Pitäjänmäki
Pitäjänmäki () is a district located on the westernmost district of Helsinki, Finland, near the border with Espoo. There are many IT and machine manufacturing companies in the area, especially around the Valimo railway station. Such companies include Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, ABB, Fujitsu Siemens, Digia, Martela as well as Nordea Bank, Stockmann Auto Oy and Sweco Industry Oy. Besides, the suburb also contains many residential apartment buildings. The nearest shopping mall is Sello in Leppävaara, Espoo. Pitäjänmäki hosts a famous designer jewellery manufacturing company called Kalevala Koru. See also * Pajamäki ''(Smedjebacka)'' * Tali * Reimarla ''(Reimars)'' * Marttila ''(Martas)'' * Pitäjänmäki railway station Pitäjänmäki station ( fi, Pitäjänmäen rautatieasema, sv, Sockenbacka järnvägsstation) is a station on the Helsinki commuter rail, Helsinki commuter rail network located in western Helsinki, Finland. It is located about to the northwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valimo Railway Station
Valimo railway station ( fi, Valimon rautatieasema, sv, Gjuteriets järnvägsstation) is a station on the Helsinki commuter rail network located in the western part of Helsinki, Finland, between Huopalahti and Pitäjanmäki stations. It is located about to the northwest/west of Helsinki Central railway station, in the core of the Pitäjänmäki industrial area. History As Strömberg The first iteration of the station was opened on 1 December 1949 under the name Strömberg. It was built exclusively to serve the workers of the Strömberg factory in the district of Pitäjänmäki; trains would only stop during times corresponding to the opening and closing times of work shifts at the facilities, and the only pathway to the halt was through the private area of the factory yards. As the Huutoniemi halt on the Seinäjoki–Vaasa railway was also called Strömberg at the time, fulfilling a similar purpose in Vaasa, it was first renamed Huutomäki on the day of the opening of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Läntinen Suurpiiri
Läntinen suurpiiri ( sv, Västra stordistriktet, en, Western major district) is one of the seven major districts of Helsinki, Finland. It covers five subdistricts: Reijola, Munkkiniemi, Haaga, Pitäjänmäki and Kaarela.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/2L%C3%A4ntinen.pdf Western major district information , western major district has 98,545 inhabitants living in an area of 30.4 km2.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/Helsinki.pdf Information about helsinki major districts Each of the five districts has several subareas: * Reijola district http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/201Reijola.pdf Reijola district information ** Laakso ** Ruskeasuo ** Meilahti * Munkkiniemi district http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/202Munkkiniemi.pdf Munkkiniemi district information ** Niemenmäki ** Munkkivuori ** Talinranta ** Vanha Munkkiniemi ** Kuusisaari ** Lehtisaari * Haaga district http://www.hel2.fi/tietok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitäjänmäki Railway Station
Pitäjänmäki station ( fi, Pitäjänmäen rautatieasema, sv, Sockenbacka järnvägsstation) is a station on the Helsinki commuter rail, Helsinki commuter rail network located in western Helsinki, Finland. It is located about to the northwest of the Helsinki Central Station in the district of Pitäjänmäki, and is situated between the stations of Valimo railway station, Valimo and Mäkkylä railway station, Mäkkylä. References External links * Railway stations in Helsinki Pitäjänmäki {{Finland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitäjänmäki Industrial Area
The Pitäjänmäki industrial area ( fi, Pitäjänmäen yritysalue, sv, Sockenbacka företagsområde) is a western neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. It is located in Pitäjänmäki district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o .... , the Pitäjänmäki industrial area, has 2,415 inhabitants living in an area of 1.38 km2.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/julkaisut/pdf/08_10_24_Tilasto_Vuori_hki_alueittain.pdf Information about districts of Helsinki. Pitäjänmäki on pages 72–75. References External links * Pitäjänmäki {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pajamäki
Pajamäki ( sv, Smedjebacka) is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. It is located in Pitäjänmäki district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa .... , Pajamäki has 1,802 inhabitants living in an area of 0.27 km2.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/julkaisut/pdf/08_10_24_Tilasto_Vuori_hki_alueittain.pdf Information about districts of Helsinki. Pitäjänmäki on pages 72–75. References Pitäjänmäki {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tali, Helsinki
Tali ( sv, Tali) is a neighbourhood located in Pitäjänmäki district of Western Helsinki, Finland. , Tali has 1,078 inhabitants living in an area of 1.01 km2.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/julkaisut/pdf/08_10_24_Tilasto_Vuori_hki_alueittain.pdf Information about districts of Helsinki. Pitäjänmäki on pages 72–75. The race track hosted the steeplechase eventing equestrian competition for the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References 1952 Summer Olympics official report.p. 58. Venues of the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrian venues Pitäjänmäki {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marttila, Helsinki
Marttila ( sv, Martas) is a neighbourhood located in Pitäjänmäki, Western Helsinki, Finland. , Marttila has 357 inhabitants living in a 0.38 km2 area.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/julkaisut/pdf/08_10_24_Tilasto_Vuori_hki_alueittain.pdf Information about districts of Helsinki. Pitäjänmäki on pages 72–75. It is neighboured by Pitäjänmäen teollisuusalue, Reimarla and Lassila References {{coord, 60.228, 24.868, type:city(350)_region:FI, display=title Pitäjänmäki ... [...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] |
Kalevala (brand)
Kalevala is a Finnish jewelry brand owned by Kalevala Koru Oy, a company that designs, manufactures, and markets gold, silver, and bronze jewelry. Kalevala Koru Oy is the largest company in the jewelry industry in Finland and one of the largest in the Nordic countries. Their products are manufactured in Finland. The manufacture of Kalevala jewelry began in 1937 with the work of writer Elsa Heporauta. Kalevala Koru Oy was founded in 1941 and its parent, Kalevala Women's Association, is a nonprofit organization that supports Finnish cultural initiatives nationwide. History 1935–1940 The centenary year of the ''Kalevala'' epic poem in 1935 inspired writer Elsa Heporauta to think about ways of recognizing the value of Finnish culture. She began to design a statue dedicated to the women of ''Kalevala''. A monument committee was founded under Heporauta's initiative, with the objective of erecting a statue that commemorates the female poem singers of ''Kalevala''. The subjec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reimarla
Reimarla (Finnish), Reimars (Swedish) is a western neighborhood 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 to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B .... {{Helsinki Pitäjänmäki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
