(, Helsinki slang: ) is a sub-neighbourhood of the neighbourhood of Kaarela in

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. Kannelmäki is located a bit more than ten kilometres from the centre of Helsinki, and is bounded by Kehä I ring road in the south, Hämeenlinnanväylä in the east, and the Mätäjoki river in the west and north. It is a part of the Western major district. In 2018, Kannelmäki had 13,272 inhabitants. The streets in Kannelmäki are named after

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and villages in Ostrobothnia. The area was originally named ''Vanhainen – Gamlas'', which comes from the village of Gamlas originally located at the site, and its Finnish translation. Because of the wishes of the local inhabitants, the name was changed to ''Kannelmäki – Gamlas'' in 1959.Huuhka, Mirja: ''Kaarela: neliapila.'' Helsinki: Helsingin kaupunki, 1990. . The singular

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of Kannelmäki was completed in 1968.The birth of Kaarela
Kaarela society. Accessed 19 August 2007. Services in Kannelmäki are concentrated in the

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building (originally opened in 1973 as Eka-Market, then as Maxi) and the surroundings of the Kannelmäki railway station. Prisma was expanded into a larger complex called the

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in October 2013, now containing a department store, a restaurant area and about 80 specialty stores. It is the fifth largest shopping centre in the

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area and the ninth largest in Finland. The Kannelmäki railway station is one of the stations on the Ring Rail Line. It is located next to the cultural centre Kanneltalo.

References

Helsinki-Kannelmäen_kirkko1m.jpg, Kannelmäki church Kannelmäki2.jpg, View towards Kannelmäki rail station from a bridge

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kannelmaki Quarters of Helsinki