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Delve into Helsinki
Helsinki in Helsinki (Uusimaa) with it's 558,457 habitants is located in Finland. It's the capital of this country.
Current time in Helsinki is now 05:02 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / Helsinki with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports close to Helsinki, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in Finland is Helsinki Malmi Airport in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Finland is Fortress of Suomenlinna in a distance of 2 mi (or 4 km), South-East. We encountered 2 points of interest near this location. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Vantaa, Kauniainen, Tuusula, Espoo and Kerava. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: -4°C / 24 °F
Morning Temperature | -4°C / 24 °F |
Evening Temperature | -6°C / 22 °F |
Night Temperature | -7°C / 20 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 93% |
Air Pressure | 1002 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light snow |

Saturday, 2nd of December 2023

-8°C (18 °F)
-11°C (12 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 3rd of December 2023

-9°C (17 °F)
-7°C (20 °F)
Light snow, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 4th of December 2023

-7°C (19 °F)
-11°C (12 °F)
Light snow, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
SCANDIC SIMONKENTTA
SCANDIC MARSKI
GLO Kluuvi
Original Sokos Helsinki
SCANDIC PARK
Helsinki Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel
Klaus K Hotel
Helka
Original Sokos Presidentti
Original Sokos Albert
Videos from this area
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Helsinki bus/coach station
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Geography of Helsinki
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Kiasma
Kiasma (built 1993–1998) is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, Finnish for chiasma, alludes to the basic conceptual idea of its architect, Steven Holl. The museum exhibits the contemporary art collection of the Finnish National Gallery founded in 1990. Its central goal is to make contemporary art better known and strengthen its status.
Kamppi Center
Kamppi Centre is a complex in the Kamppi district in the centre of Helsinki, 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, involving the extensive and difficult redevelopment of the Kamppi district in downtown Helsinki.
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE. Finland earned the right to host the event after heavy metal band Lordi's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. It was the first time the Contest had been held in Finland.
Lasipalatsi
Lasipalatsi (Swedish: Glaspalatset; meaning literally "the Glass palace") is a functionalist office building designed in the 1930s, located on Mannerheimintie in the Kamppi district of Helsinki, Finland. Lasipalatsi is one of Helsinki's most notable functionalist buildings. An earlier building at the same location was the Turku barracks, which was destroyed in the Finnish Civil War in 1918.
Kingdom of Finland (1918)
The Kingdom of Finland was an abortive attempt to establish a monarchy in Finland following Finland's independence from Russia. Had the German Empire endured, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse would have been installed as the King of Finland.
Forum (shopping centre)
Forum is a shopping centre in Helsinki, Finland, opened in 1985 and located between the streets of Mannerheimintie, Simonkatu, Yrjönkatu and Kalevankatu. The original Forum building is located in the corner of Mannerheimintie and Simonkatu. The shopping centre has been constantly expanded to also fill other buildings in the city block. The shopping centre includes an underground parking lot, with connections to the nearby surroundings, including to Stockmann.
Finnish Parliament Annex
The Finnish Parliament Annex is a building in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. It houses offices for about one hundred members of the Parliament of Finland. The building was built in 2004 and the design comes from the winning entry of a design competition held from 1998 to 2000. The building was designed by the architect Pekka Helin and his team.
Tavastia Club
The Tavastia Club is a popular rock music club in Helsinki, Finland. The house is owned by Hämäläis-Osakunta, one of the student nations at the University of Helsinki, but since 1991 the club has been operated by a private enterprise renting the house from the nation. It is located in central Helsinki Kamppi district on the street Urho Kekkosen katu. The capacity is 700 people.
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Amos Anderson Art Museum (Finnish: Amos Andersonin taidemuseo, Swedish: Amos Andersons konstmuseum) is a museum in Helsinki, Finland. This art museum has paintings by Francesco Bassano (Adoration of the Magi), Paul Signac, Louis Valtat, Roger Fry, Alfred Finch (View of Fiesöle), Ragnar Ekelund, Magnus Enckell, Eero Nellimarkka, Tyko Sallinen, Tove Janson (Fantasy), and the Swedish painter Palm.
Hämäläis-Osakunta
Hämäläis-Osakunta (HO, colloquially Hämis) is one of the 15 student nations at the University of Helsinki, Finnish-speaking and established in 1653 at The Royal Academy of Turku. In 1828, the Academy moved to Helsinki adopting the name university and Hämäläis-Osakunta moved there along with the other nations. HO represents the historic region of Tavastia, so it recruits its members actively there. The building of the nation, built in 1931, is located in Kamppi, on Urho Kekkosen katu.
Kamppi Chapel
The Kamppi Chapel is a Lutheran chapel in Kamppi, Helsinki, located on the Narinkka Square. It is also known as the "Chapel of Silence" since it is intended to be a place to calm down and have a moment of silence in one of the busiest areas in Finland.