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North Helsinki (Finnish: Pohjois-Helsinki, Swedish: Norra Helsingfors) is a major area in Helsinki, Finland that was part of Vantaa before the great annexation of 1946. [1] Many single-family houses were built in the area in the 1940s and 1950s due to the settlement of front-line soldiers and evacuees. [ 2 ]
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 (Finnish: Helsingin kantakaupunki, Swedish: Helsingfors innerstad), North Helsinki (Finnish: Pohjois-Helsinki, Swedish: Norra Helsingfors) and East Helsinki (Finnish: Itä-Helsinki, Swedish: Östra Helsingfors).
Helsinki [a] [b] is the capital and most populous city in Finland.It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About 685,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.3 million in the capital region and 1.61 million in the metropolitan area.
Twin towns of Tampere Map of Finland. This is a list of municipalities in Finland having standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
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The Helsinki City Hall is the central administrative building of the municipality of Helsinki. It is located in the Kruununhaka district, overlooking the Market Square. Hotel Torni (Hotelli Torni) 1931: Hotel Torni (Hotel Tower) is a historical tower hotel popular for its panorama bar view overlooking downtown Helsinki. At the time of its ...
Madeleine Gavin, like many readers, was haunted by the story of Hyeonseo Lee, a woman who fled North Korea with her family in the 1990s and documented their perilous journey in her bestselling ...
Heureka is a Finnish science center in the Tikkurila district of Vantaa, Finland, north of Helsinki, designed by Heikkinen – Komonen Architects.It is located at the intersection of the Finnish Main Line and the river Keravanjoki.