Pohjois-Haaga ( Finnish), Norra Haga (

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, translates as Northern Haaga) is a neighborhood of

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. On east it borders with

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's highway.

Etelä-Haaga Etelä-Haaga (Finnish), Södra Haga (Swedish) is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with S ...

(Southern Haaga) is in its southern side, separated by park areas and road Metsäläntie.

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district is on the west side, separated by road Kaupintie and parks on the southern side of road Aku Korhosen tie. Among central places of Pohjois-Haaga is Thalianaukio (Thalia's square) with a

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station. Light traffic bridges over Hämeenlinna's Highway connect Pohjois-Haaga to Helsinki's central park and Pirkkola's sport center. The district has the population of around 9 500 (1.1.2014) and around 4 000 working places (2012). Many of the residents have been lived in the area since its building in the 1950s. Thus the average age of residents is relatively high, many of them being over 65 years old. The highest point of Pohjois-Haaga's territory is the rocks at the northern side of road Ida Aalbergin tie (44 metres above the sea). The lowest point is at the border of Etelä-Haaga, next to Hämeenlinna's highway (10,5 metres above the sea). The distance to the centre of Helsinki is around nine kilometres. Pohjois-Haaga Seura ry founded in 1956 is a district level organisation of residents.

Street names

Most of street names in Pohjois-Haaga refer to the theatre. Area's

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is Näyttelijäntie (actor's road) and its cross streets include ones named after famous actors

Ida Aalberg Ida Aalberg (4 December 1857 – 17 January 1915) was the most notable and internationally known Finnish actress of her time. Biography Aalberg was born in , Janakkala. She was a member of the Theatre of Finland from 1874 to 1883 and later a re ...

, Aino Ackté and

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. The area also has streets named after playwrights including

Maiju Lassila Algot Untola (28 November 1868 – 21 May 1918) was a Finnish writer and journalist. Untola was born in Tohmajärvi, to the ''Tietäväinen'' family, and his real name was ''Algoth'', but he changed the name to ''Algot Untola''. Untola had many ...

Maria Jotuni Maria Gustaava Jotuni (Haggrén until 1906, Jotuni-Tarkiainen from 1911, born 9 April 1880 Artturi Järviluoma Kustaa Artturi Järviluoma (9 August 1879 – 31 January 1942) was a Finnish journalist, screenwriter and author. Until 1902, he went by the name Jernström. He is best known for his play '' Pohjalaisia'' (The Ostrobothnians), which later formed t ...

and Teuvo Pakkala. Thalia square is named after the muse of dramatic arts in Greek mythology, Thalia. However, in the south-eastern side of the area, street names such as Nuijamiestentie (cudgel men's road), Ilkantie ( Ilkka's road), Poutuntie ( Pouttu's road), Krankantie ( Krankka's road) and Linnaleiri square (castle camp) refer to cudgel war.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Pohjois-Haaga: *

FC Pohjois-Haagan Urheilijat Pohjois-Haagan Urheilijat (abbreviated FC POHU) is a football club from Pohjois-Haaga in Helsinki, Finland. The club was formed in 1957 and has developed into a very large organisation with a large number of teams competing in various leagues. T ...

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