Viikki () is a

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

of about 15,000 inhabitants in

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. It is located at the bottom of ''Vanhankaupunginlahti'' bay, some 7–10 km from the city centre. The district hosts the

Viikki Campus The Viikki Campus (, ) is a campus area of the University of Helsinki in Finland, focusing on biological sciences. It comprises following units: *Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry *Faculty of Biosciences *Faculty of Pharmacy *Faculty of Veteri ...

with four of the faculties of the

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(biosciences, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and agriculture and forestry) as well as other university units such as research centres, science library and teacher training school. Viikki is known for its natural environment. The conservation area of ''Vanhankaupunginlahti'' is an important place of nesting and

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for birds. Large fields and farmlands are cultivated by a teaching farm that is part of the university's agricultural faculty. Southernmost part of the Latokartano residential zone is known as an "ecological housing" area. Many apartment buildings there have, for instance, experimental

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and

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systems installed. Viikki is divided into the sub-areas of ''Viikki science park'', ''Latokartano'', ''Viikinranta'' and ''Viikinmäki''. In the 2000s the population of the district has increased steadily. This is because some areas of Viikki — especially in Latokartano and Viikinmäki — have been among the most important sites in Helsinki for the construction of new apartments.

Railway

A single-track non-passenger municipal railway line ran through the district, connecting to the state railways main-line at

Oulunkylä railway station Oulunkylä railway station (, ) is a railway station in the Oulunkylä district of Helsinki, Finland. It is located between the stations of Käpylä railway station, Käpylä and Pukinmäki railway station, Pukinmäki, along the main railroad tra ...

. This line runs to the

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depot in Roihupelto, but was originally the former

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Harbour railway. The depot link features

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along the roads through Viikki. This line has been broken up during the summer of 2014.

Light Railway

The Raide-Jokeri also known as Jokeri Light Rail is a Passenger

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Line that begun construction near the start of 2019 and is estimated to finish around 2024, where it will begin operation between

Itäkeskus Itäkeskus (, literal translation ''East center'') is a '' quarter'' in the neighbourhood of Vartiokylä (as of the 1980s) in Helsinki, Finland. The district's main attraction is the largest covered-in shopping mall in the Nordic countries, Itis ...

and

Keilaniemi Keilaniemi (; ; ) is a district in the south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland. Geography Keilaniemi is bordered by the university district of Otaniemi to the north, the commercial/residential district of Tapiola to the west, the Keilalahti bay se ...

that replaces the Current Trunk Bus Route

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. It will run through central viikki, passing the University and the Viikki Science Park.

External links

Viikki Campus homepage

City Planning Department's Viikki project page

Planning map of Viikki

Viikki Info Centre
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