Hämeentie () is the second longest street in

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 U ...

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, and among its major

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s. Hämeentie is a multi-lane street beginning at the

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square in

Siltasaari Siltasaari (Finnish), or Broholmen (Swedish), is a central neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. Most of its area is unofficially known also as Hakaniemi Hakaniemi (; sv, Hagnäs) is an unofficial district of Helsinki, the Finnish capital. It cove ...

, and ending near Vanhankaupunginkoski on Koskelantie. Old streets were made into main roads in the 1850s, and the eastern one was named ''Itäinen Viertotie'' (Swedish: ''Östra Chaussén'') from 1909 to 1928. It was one of Helsinki's main entryways, the other being ''Läntinen Viertotie'' (Swedish: ''Västra Chaussén''), from 1942 named

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. True to its name, Hämeentie originally formed the starting part of a main road leading from Helsinki to

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, travelling through the districts of

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, Malmi (nowadays Kirkonkyläntie) and

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. There is fairly little personal car traffic on Hämeentie, because most of it has been directed to the

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street running nearby. Hämeentie is an important route for

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. Almost all local buses in the

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towards

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and

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run along it. Hämeentie also has

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traffic from Hakaniemi to

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, where the

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line 6 turns from Arabiankatu to the right towards its endpoint, in front of the

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on Kaj Franckin aukio. Near the start of Hämeentie, the tram lines 1(A) (

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 rou ...

) and 3B/T (

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) turn to the left to Siltasaarenkatu (Linjat).

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