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Central Park ( fi, Helsingin keskuspuisto, sv, Helsingfors centralpark) is a park in
Helsinki
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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 ...
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It has an area of . The park stretches from
Töölönlahti Bay in the south to the border of Helsinki and
Vantaa
Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa i ...
in the north.
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The park is not a gardened one but instead consists mostly of lightly managed woodland crisscrossed by gravel paths.
The Paloheinä forest, a northern extension of the park, is Helsinki's main center for outdoor activities.Wikimap of Paloheinä recreation area]
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History
Architect Bertel Jung first proposed the idea of a central park in Helsinki in 1911. However, the initial proposal only covered what is now the southernmost part of the park, along with areas that are currently not part of Central Park, such as those in Kaisaniemi
Kaisaniemi ( sv, Kajsaniemi) is a part of the centre of Helsinki, Finland. It is located immediately north of the Helsinki Central railway station and south of Hakaniemi. The most famous part of Kaisaniemi is the Kaisaniemi park, a park covering ...
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A master plan for Central Park was ratified in 1978. A general plan for Helsinki, from 2002, kept it in force.][
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References
External links
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City of Helsinki official pages on Central Park
Parks in Helsinki
Urban public parks
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