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Kamppi
Kamppi () is a Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, neighbourhood in the centre of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name originally referred to a small area known as the "Kamppi field" (see below), but according to the current official designation, "Kamppi" encompasses a much larger area with a population of 12,098 people (as of 31 December 2022) and 28,181 jobs (as of 31 December 2012).Helsinki alueittain 2015 Statistics Centre of the City of Helsinki. Accessed on 10 May 2015. In common parlance today, the name "Kamppi" is often used to refer only to the northernmost part of Kamppi, containing the Kamppi Center shopping centre, the Kamppi metro station and the Tennispalatsi and Sähkötalo buildings. The heart of Kamppi is a part of the Central Business District. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamppi Metro Station
Kamppi metro station (; ) is a station on the Helsinki Metro. In addition to serving the area around Kamppi in central Helsinki, the station is integrated with the Kamppi Center bus terminal and shopping complex. Kamppi is served by both lines M1 and M2. The street address is Kampinkuja 1. The station is located from the Ruoholahti metro station, and from the Central Railway Station. The station is the deepest of the Helsinki Metro stations, at a depth of below ground level and below sea level. Like other underground metro stations in Helsinki, Kamppi metro station was designed to also serve as a bomb shelter. The Kamppi metro station is the second busiest metro station in the Helsinki Metro after the Rautatientori metro station. In 2023 the Kamppi metro station was visited by about 45,700 passengers per day on weekdays. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamppi Center
Kamppi Centre (, ) is a complex in the Kamppi district in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, designed by various architects, the main designer, however, being Juhani Pallasmaa. It is said to be Helsinki's new downtown commercial and residential centre. As a four-year construction project, it was the largest singular construction site in the history of Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ..., involving the extensive and difficult redevelopment of the Kamppi district in downtown Helsinki. The Kamppi Centre combines the commercial need for streamlined, optimized shopping environment with the necessary supply of customers by maximum accessibility and mobility. One of the first of its kind in Europe, the centre consists of: * Central bus terminal for local buses * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narinkka
Narinkka or Narinkkatori ( Swedish: ''Narinken'') is a square in Kamppi, Helsinki, Finland. It is surrounded by the Kamppi Center to the west, the former financial building of the Turku barracks to the east and the Scandic Hotels hotel Simonkenttä to the south. To the north the square borders the Salomonkatu street, which is nowadays a pedestrian zone, to the south between the square and the Simonkatu street is the Kamppi Chapel (the Silence Chapel). The square got its current form during the construction of the Kamppi Center and was built in 2005, when it also got its name. The square has held public events such as various exhibitions, sports competitions and outdoor concerts, including the Eurovillage event related to the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki. The 2006 sculpture ''Yrittäjäveistos'' (''Leverty'') by Eva Löfdahl, which was raised to honour the Finnish entrepreneurs, is located at the square. History The site of Narinkka originally held courtyard bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sähkötalo
Sähkötalo (lit. ''Electricity Building'') () is the name of the building located in the Kamppi district of central Helsinki, which serves as the headquarters of Helen Oy, HELEN, the municipal energy company of the city of Helsinki. The building was designed by Alvar Aalto. Construction started in March 1970, and the building was ready for occupation on January 22, 1973. Since October 2007, the bottom floors of the building have been home to stores accessible from Kamppi Center by an underground pedestrian tunnel running underneath Fredrikinkatu. The window frames of the building are lined with neon lights that slowly change colour throughout the night. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennispalatsi
Tennispalatsi (; lit. ''Tennis Palace''), is an enclosed cultural and recreational center in Kamppi, Helsinki, Finland. It houses a Finnkino multiplex movie theatre, the Helsinki City Art Museum, the Museum of Cultures, and small shops. Tennispalatsi was built in 1938 in preparation for the 1940 Summer Olympics. The functionalist building, which had four tennis courts, was designed by Helge Lundström. In the 1952 Summer Olympics the basketball preliminary games were held in Tennispalatsi. Movie theatre complex Finnkino has a 14-theatre multiplex in Tennispalatsi. It was opened on 26 February 1999. The theater sizes are from 92 to 703 seats. The largest theater has a screen of (). All the rooms use Dolby Digital, DTS and SDDS is a cinema sound system developed by Sony, in which compressed digital sound information is recorded on both outer edges of the 35mm film release print. The system supports up to eight independent channels of sound: five front channels, two ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punavuori
Punavuori (; ) is a neighbourhood in the center of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name Punavuori () refers to red cliffs located between Sepänkatu and Punavuorenkatu. They were still visible in the 19th century, nowadays they are covered with buildings and pavement. Punavuori was traditionally a working-class neighbourhood, today it is known as a bohemian district popular among artists, students and hipsters. It is one of the most densely populated areas in Finland. After the new location and growth of Helsinki in the 18th century, Punavuori became the area next to the center. During the 19th century the district had a seedy reputation. Most of the brothels and beerhouses were found in Punavuori. The social problems were aggravated by quickly built rent-apartments for the poor. After World War II, the district went through a process of gentrification. Today Punavuori offers many trendy small shops and bars, nightclubs and restaurants. Important streets include Uuden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaartinkaupunki
Kaartinkaupunki (, ) is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Helsinki, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, .... Kaartinkaupunki consists of the area between the Esplanadi park and the Tähtitornin vuori park. Its area was first confirmed in 1812, but the neighbourhood was only named in 1959. It is neighbourhood number 3 in Helsinki, belonging to the Ullanlinna district and to the Southern main district. Kaartinkaupunki was named after the old Russian army barracks located near . The oldest part of the barracks was built in 1822. It was originally built as a residence for the Helsinki training battalion, which later became the Guard of Finland. The neighbourhood has a land area of . In 2005, it had a population of 881, and in late 2003, it had 11,001 jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of Helsinki
The city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, can be divided into various sorts of subdivisions. Helsinki is divided into three major areas: Helsinki Downtown (, ), North Helsinki (, ) and East Helsinki (, ). The subdivisions include boroughs, districts, major districts and postal code areas. The plethora of different official ways to divide the city is a source of some confusion to the inhabitants, as different kinds of subdivisions often share similar or identical names. Boroughs Helsinki consists of 60 boroughs (''kaupunginosa'' in Finnish language, Finnish; ''stadsdel'' in Finland-Swedish, Swedish). The division into boroughs is the official division created by the city council and used for city planning and other similar purposes. Most of the boroughs have existed since the 19th century as numbered parts of the city, and official names were assigned to them in 1959. Five boroughs (numbers 55 – 59) were annexed on 1 January 2009. Today, each borough is identified by both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kluuvi
Kluuvi (; ) is the commercial centre of Helsinki, Finland, and a neighbourhood in the Vironniemi district of Helsinki. The Helsinki Central railway station, Hotel Kämp and Hotel Arthur, the Helsinki main post office, the Stockmann and Sokos department stores, the Kluuvi shopping centre and the main offices of Finnish banks are located in Kluuvi. Kluuvi includes the central campus of the University of Helsinki, the Ateneum art museum, and the movie theatres Maxim, Kinopalatsi and Bristol. The northeastern part of Kluuvi, which includes the Kaisaniemi park, is commonly called Kaisaniemi, but it is not the official name of any neighbourhood in Helsinki. The neighbourhood is home to 23,000 jobs and several hundred inhabitants. The official name of the neighbourhood is very seldom used in everyday speech, Helsinkians usually refer to the area as "the centre" (''keskusta'') or "the core centre" (''ydinkeskusta''). History The Finnish word ''kluuvi'' and the Swedish word ''glo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jätkäsaari
Jätkäsaari (; ) is a peninsula and a Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, quarter in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. It is part to the Kampinmalmi district and Länsisatama neighbourhood. It was the site of the main container port in Helsinki until late 2008, when the harbour moved to the Vuosaari harbour, new facilities in Vuosaari. The terminals for passenger ferries to Tallinn remain in Jätkäsaari at the West Harbour, Helsinki, West Harbour. What is now known as Jätkäsaari (literally ''Stevedore, Docker Island'' in Finnish language, Finnish), was originally a group of four islands: Jätkäsaari (Busholm), Hietasaari (Sandholm), Saukko (Uttern) and tiny Saukonkari. The sea between the islands and the continent was filled, creating a peninsula to house harbour facilities. The area became an island once more with the construction of the Ruoholahti Canal. With most of the harbour operations having moved to the new Vuosaari Harbour, the construction of a new mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
