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Discover Herttoniemi
The district Herttoniemi of Helsinki in Helsinki (Uusimaa) is a district in Finland and is a district of the nations capital.
Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Vantaa, Tuusula, Kerava, Jaervenpaeae and Sibbo. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 3°C / 38 °F
Morning Temperature | 2°C / 35 °F |
Evening Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
Night Temperature | 2°C / 35 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 95% |
Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light snow |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
7°C (44 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
9°C (47 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
9°C (49 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel Haven
Park Hotel Helsinki
SCANDIC GRAND MARINA
Cumulus City Hakaniemi Helsinki
Hotel F6
Hellsten Helsinki Senate
Hotel Rantapuisto
Hilton Helsinki Strand
BEST WESTERN HOTEL CARLTON
Hostel Suomenlinna
Videos from this area
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Minecraft Haasteet Jakso 17 Joulu Speciaali
muistakaa tykätä,kommentoida,lisätä suosikkeihin ja subata :D Tässä uudessa sarjassa joka viikko minä ja tapooll kilpailemme toisiamme vastaan erillaisissa tehtävissä kuten rakennuksessa,p...
Biking in Helsinki, Finland
It was beautiful and sunny day in Helsinki. I took my bike and camera, went to ride and here is part of the trip.
Futsal Ykkönen: Zenith - PJK 2.11.2013; maalikooste
Maalikooste ottelusta Zenith - PJK (2.11.2013 kello 15.00 @ Herttoniemenranta, Helsinki)
Rollercoaster Helsinki 12.7.-09
Rollercoaster(vuoristorata) in Helsinki, Finland, the Linnanmäki Amusement Park(est.1950). Still going strong-as the brave narrator(est. 1950 too...).
Marimekko Loistava 2011
Marimekko "Loistava". Designed by Harri Koskinen. Video created by Jeremiah Tesolin.
Helsinki Metro Ride: Herttoniemi - Sörnäinen, Finland
Helsinki Metro (Subway) Train Ride from Herttoniemi to Sörnäinen in HD - Finland 2013. Helsingin Metro Enjoy...
Wild Helsinki, Time-Lapse
The first attempt to make a time-lapse movie. Shot in Viikki Wildlife preserve, which is close to the geographical center of the city, Helsinki, Finland. The...
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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.
Arndt Pekurinen
Arndt Juho Pekurinen was a Finnish pacifist and conscientious objector. In 1926, Pekurinen repeatedly refused mandatory conscription, leading to his imprisonment between 1929 and 1931. He refused to either wear a uniform or take arms. While Pekurinen was deeply religious, his motives were not based on his faith. While his contemporaries suggested he was Communist, he was not interested in politics.
Herttoniemi
Herttoniemi is a neighbourhood and a suburb of Helsinki, the Finnish capital. It is located about 7 km east of the city centre and can be easily reached by metro in 10 minutes. It has an older northern suburb and a newer coastal suburb with ferry connections to the city centre. There once was a large harbour in Herttoniemi, but in the 1990s, this industrial harbour area was demolished and converted to a tightly populated residential area and marina.
Kulosaari metro station
Kulosaari or Brändö is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the island district of Kulosaari in East Helsinki. The station was one of the first metro stations opened in Helsinki, on 1 June 1982, and was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula. It is located 1.8 kilometres from Kalasatama metro station, and 1.4 kilometres from Herttoniemi metro station.
Herttoniemi metro station
Herttoniemi or Hertonäs is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Herttoniemi in East Helsinki. The station was one of the first metro stations opened in Helsinki, on 1 June 1982, and was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula. It is located 1.4 kilometres from the Kulosaari metro station, and 1.4 kilometres from the Siilitie metro station.
Siilitie metro station
Siilitie or Igelkottsvägen is a ground-level bridge station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the northern part of the district of Herttoniemi in East Helsinki. The station was one of the first metro stations opened in Helsinki, on 1 June 1982, and was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula. It is located 1.3 kilometres from the Herttoniemi metro station, and 2.1 kilometres from the Itäkeskus metro station.
Itäkeskus metro station
Itäkeskus or Östra centrum is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the Itäkeskus shopping centre and surrounding areas in East Helsinki. After the Itäkeskus station, there is a fork in the metro line: one branch continues north towards Mellunmäki, while another goes east towards Vuosaari. The Itäkeskus station was one of the first metro stations opened in Helsinki, on 1 June 1982, and was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula.
Itis shopping centre
Itis (formerly Itäkeskus) is a shopping centre in the district of Itäkeskus in East Helsinki, Finland. It is the largest fully enclosed shopping centre in the Nordic countries, with a gross leasable area of 120,300 square metres containing nearly 300 different shops and 3000 parking spaces. Located nearby is also the Itäkeskus metro station. The shopping centre is divided into four sections: Pasaasi, Pikku-Bulevardi, Bulevardi, and Piazza.
Kulosaari
Kulosaari is an island and a suburb in Helsinki, Finland. It is also the 42nd neighbourhood of the city. Construction of villas on the island started in the beginning of the 20th century, and a bridge from Sörnäinen was opened in 1919. Kulosaari was an independent municipality since 1922 until 1946, when it was merged to Helsinki. Trams served the island from 1910 to 1951 – before the first bridge was completed, ferries were used to transport the trams.
Siilitie
Siilitie, literally "Hedgehog Road", is a road in the suburb of Herttoniemi in eastern Helsinki, Finland. The surrounding district and its metro station are also named Siilitie, according to the road. The metro station is one of the original stations of the Helsinki Metro. Most of the low-rise apartment blocks in Siilitie district were built in the 1950s, but a few taller buildings as well were erected in the 1990s.
Itäkeskus
Itäkeskus is a quarter in the neighbourhood of Vartiokylä (as of 1980s) in the eastern part of Helsinki. The district's main attraction is the largest covered-in shopping mall in the Nordic countries, Itis. The district has a station on the Helsinki Metro. The Itäkeskus swimming hall was built in 1993.
Tammisalo
Tammisalo is a wealthy neighbourhood (number 44) and an island in eastern part of Helsinki, Finland. The population of Tammisalo is approximately 2,200 and its area is 0.73 km². The nearest districts are Herttoniemi, Roihuvuori and Laajasalo. In the viking era the coastal waterway from Sweden to Arab world went between Tammisalo and the continent along Porolahti bay.
Roihuvuori
Roihuvuori (Swedish: Kasberget, or Roihis and Roihika) is a quarter, part of Herttoniemi neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland. The population of Roihuvuori is approximately 8,000 and its area is 1.47 km². There is a church, two schools, shops and restaurants in Roihuvuori. There is also a water tower, Japanese style garden and playground Tuhkimo. Each street in Roihuvuori were named after fairy tales, with the exception being Roihuvuori's main street (Roihuvuorentie).
Viikki
Viikki is a neighbourhood of about 5,500 inhabitants in Helsinki, Finland. It is located at the bottom of Vanhankaupunginlahti bay, some 7–10 km from the city centre. The district hosts the Viikki Campus with four of the faculties of the University of Helsinki (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.
Santahamina
Santahamina is an island and neighbourhood of Eastern Helsinki, Finland. At present it is a military base housing the Guard Jaeger Regiment, making access restricted. The Finnish National Defence University (NDU) is also located on the island.
Kivikko
Kivikko is the name of a quarter of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Part of the Mellunkylä district, it was built during the 1990s and the first decade of the 2000s. The quarter is located on the west side of Kontula, an important subregional centre and will have a population of 5000 once completed. Kivikko is especially favoured by families with children. 14% of the inhabitants are immigrants or have immigrant roots, which is more than in most of Helsinki.
Radio Sputnik
Radio Sputnik is a Finnish radio station with programming in the Russian language.
Laajasalo
Laajasalo is a group of islands that forms a neighbourhood in southern Helsinki, the capital of Finland. As of 2005, it had a population of 16,486. \t\t \t\t\tChurch in Laajasalo Helsinki. jpg \t\t\t Church in Laajasalo \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\tLaajasalo Oil Harbour. jpg \t\t\t Laajasalo Oil Harbour
National Defence University (Finland)
The Finnish National Defence University is the Finnish Defence Forces' university located in Helsinki. The university trains officers for the Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard. The university has sites in Helsinki's Santahamina and Kruununhaka and in Tuusula. Prior to 2007, the school referred itself in English to as the National Defence College.
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 Veterinary Medicine Institute of Biotechnology Viikki Science Library Besides these units of the University of Helsinki, the campus area also hosts the Helsinki Science Park and the Finnish Food Safety Authority.
Vanhankaupunginselkä
Vanhankaupunginselkä (also called Vanhankaupunginlahti, Swedish: Gammelstadsfjärden) is a bay area which together with parts of adjoining Viikki district constitute a natural conservation zone near downtown Helsinki in the southern part of Finland. The area is listed in Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, is part of European Union's Natura 2000 program and is also listed as BirdLife International's Important Bird Area.
Playground Tuhkimo
Playground Tuhkimo (Leikkipuisto Tuhkimo in Finnish, Lekparken Askungen in Swedish) is a public, free of charge park at Roihuvuori district in Helsinki, Finland.
Länsi-Herttoniemi
Länsi-Herttoniemi, Västra Hertonäs is a southeastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Tullisaari
Tullisaari, Turholm is a southeastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Kurkimäki
Kurkimäki, Tranbacka is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Vartiosaari
Vartiosaari is a district of Helsinki, Finland.