Hanasaari (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: ''Hanaholmen'') is an island in

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

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, in the district of

Westend Westend may refer to: * Westend (Trevilians, Virginia), an historic house in Virginia listed on the NRHP * Westend (Berlin), a locality of Berlin in Germany * Westend (Frankfurt am Main), a borough of Frankfurt am Main in Germany * Westend, Espoo, ...

, between

Lauttasaari Lauttasaari (; sv, Drumsö) is an island in Helsinki, Finland, about west of the city centre. Together with some surrounding unpopulated small islands, Lauttasaari is also a district of Helsinki. With 23,226 residents as of 2017, the island is F ...

and

Keilaniemi Keilaniemi ( sv, Kägeludden) is a district in the south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland. Geography Keilaniemi is bordered by the university district of Otaniemi to the north, the commercial/residential district of Tapiola to the west, the Keila ...

. The Hanasaari Swedish-Finnish cultural centre with its own hotel is located on the island. This centre was built with the money that Sweden loaned to Finland during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and later decided not to collect back. The cultural centre was opened in 1975. There is a connection from

Länsiväylä Länsiväylä (the Western Highway, Swedish: Västerleden) is a motorway in the Greater Helsinki area of Finland, mainly at the Helsinki conurbation. It is part of the Finnish national road 51. The road begins in Ruoholahti in western Helsinki an ...

to the island. The city council of Espoo was worried about the traffic to Hanasaari when the

Koivusaari metro station Koivusaari metro station (, ) is a station located underwater on the Länsimetro extension of the Helsinki Metro. Although the metro station is named after Koivusaari, the westernmost island in Helsinki, it is actually located on the extreme wes ...

right next to the island, on the Helsinki side, was taken into use.Espoo huolissaan Hanasaaren liikenteestä
, ''

'' March 2012. Accessed on 27 June 2013.

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External links

* http://www.hanaholmen.fi {{Coord, 60, 09.8, N, 24, 50.1, E, region:FI-ES, display=title Islands of Espoo Districts of Espoo