Alppikylä ( sv, Alpbyn; literally means the "Alpine village") is a

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in the northeastern part of

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. It is located between the Tattarisuo neighborhood and the Helsinki–Lahti Highway ( E75), near the Helsinki–Malmi Airport. It is classified as belonging to the Suurmetsä district. At the beginning of 2017, the area had a population of 1,478.

History

The former building stock of Alppikylä is wooden houses with large

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s.''Tattarmossen''. ''

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'', 2013-04-17. (in Swedish) The area got its name when the undulating terrain merged with the

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in people's minds. The old road north of Helsinki curved past the high cliff of

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, which is also called ''Alppikallio'' (literally "Alpine rock". At its foot was a village that came to be called Alppikylä. In the 19th century, a bus passed from ''Alppikallio'' from Helsinki to

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's Hakkila, where the route merged with the King's Road from

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. There is a rocky

milestone A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to so ...

along the Alppikyläntie from the old thoroughfare. The milestone and the four

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s nearby are protected by a

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. According to the readings in the milestone, the distance to Helsinki was and to Vyborg .

Buildings and services

Alppikylä is well-known for its colorful

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s. Most of the current buildings were built in a construction project in 2011–2016, where apartment buildings and densely populated townhouses will be built in Alppikylä. The services of the residential area include a

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, which was opened in the building completed at the beginning of August 2016 on the Alppikylänkatu street, and a Lidl grocery store.

References

External links

Mikä ihmeen Alppikylä?
– Uutta Helsinkiä (in Finnish)
Moni-ilmeinen Alppikylä Helsingissä
at YouTube Neighbourhoods of Helsinki {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub

History

Buildings and services

See also

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