Helsinki: Park
Places and attractions in the Park category
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University of Helsinki Botanical Garden
Botanic garden based around a herbarium Nestled in the heart of Helsinki, the University of Helsinki Botanical Garden is a verdant oasis that offers a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. This botanical paradise, established in 1673 and relocated to its current site in the Kaisaniemi...
Esplanadi
Narrow park for picnics in summer Nestled in the heart of Helsinki, Esplanadi is a verdant oasis of calm and culture amidst the urban hustle. Known locally as "Espa," this elegant park serves as a social hub and a green sanctuary for city dwellers and tourists alike.
Kaisaniemi Park
Kaisaniemi park is a popular park, in the center of Helsinki, in the region of Kluuvi. The Kaisaniemi Park was named after Catharina "Cajsa" Wahllund. Part of the park was given to the University of Helsinki in 1829, for gardening. The oldest greenhouse was opened in 1889.
Vuosaarenhuippu
Vuosaarenhuippu is a recreational area in the northern part of Vuosaari in eastern Helsinki. Earlier it was the Vuosaari dumping ground and a place where land masses from construction sites was deposited.
Oulunkylä Ice Rink
Oulunkylä Ice Rink, Oulunkylän tekojäärata or Oulunkylä artificial skating rink consists of an indoor ice hockey-sized rink and an outdoor bandy field in Oulunkylä, Helsinki, Finland. It is also used for figure skating, speed skating, and recreational skating.
Baana
Baana is a former railway, which has been transformed into a pedestrian and cycling path as an urban renewal project in Helsinki, replacing the Helsinki harbour railway. Its length is about 1.3 kilometers, starting from Kiasma. It is used annually by approximately 700 000 cyclists.
Helsinki Old Church
Simple church standing within gardens The Old Church of Helsinki, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1826, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Helsinki.
Tropicario
Tropicario is a Finnish public aquarium, that was previously located in Hämeenlinna, Finland; due to the lack of visitors the park relocated to Helsinki, Finland in February 2007. The public aquarium is specialized in snakes and lizards. On their website they claim to have more Constrictor species than anywhere else in Scandinavia.
Uutela
Uutela is a nature park in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and as one of Helsinki's best-preserved nature parks, Uutela attracts visitors from all over the Helsinki capital area.
Talinhuippu
Talinhuippu is a former dumping ground known as the Iso-Huopalahti dumping ground, and was one of the “big three” dumping grounds in Helsinki at the time it was in operation.
Kirsikkapuisto
Kirsikkapuisto opened in 2007 in the Roihuvuori district of Helsinki, and is part of the Roihuvuori green area. The southern area has a fenced off dog park. In the dog park are wooden statues of dogs and a tree with a cat in it.
Helsinki harbour rail
The Helsinki harbour rail line was a side rail track in Helsinki, Finland, built in the 1890s, and dismantled in 2009. Originally it led from the Helsinki Central railway station, via the city's coastline, to Katajanokka.
Eläintarha
Eläintarha is a large park in central Helsinki, Finland. The name "eläintarha" means "zoo". The park's location acts as a divisor between the districts of Töölö to the west, and Hakaniemi and Kallio to the east. The southern half of the park includes two bays of the Baltic Sea: Töölönlahti to the west, and Eläintarhanlahti to the east.
Central Park
Vast urban park with forests and trails Central Park is a park in Helsinki, Finland. It has an area of 10 square kilometres. The park stretches 10 kilometres from Töölönlahti Bay in the south to the border of Helsinki and Vantaa in the north.
Kaivopuisto
Waterside park with an observatory Kaivopuisto, nicknamed Kaivari in Finnish or Brunsan in Swedish, is one of the oldest and best known parks in central Helsinki, Finland, and also a neighbourhood of about 500 inhabitants where the park is located.
Playground Tuhkimo
Playground Tuhkimo is a public, free of charge park at Roihuvuori district in Helsinki, Finland.
Kumpula Allotment Garden
The Kumpula Allotment Garden, located at Kalervonkatu 1a in Kumpula and established in 1927, is the second oldest allotment garden in Helsinki, Finland. The garden has 268 allotments with an average size of 300 m². This area is culturally and historically valuable. From May 1 to September 15, the garden is open to the public from 7 a.m.
Liisanpuistikko
Liisanpuistikko is a small park in Kruununhaka, Helsinki. The park is limited by Pohjoisranta, Maneesikatu, Maurinkatu and Liisankatu. The park has a Monument to the Pelling excursion sculpted by Gunnar Finnen and Armas Lindgren...
Student Union of the University of Helsinki
The Student Union of the University of Helsinki was founded in 1868. It currently has 32,000 members and is one of the world's richest student organizations, with assets of several hundred million euros. Among other things, it owns a good deal of property in the city centre of Helsinki.
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