Vartioharju
District of Helsinki
in Helsinki of Uusimaa, Finland
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Helsinki Malmi Airport (7 mi) - Helsinki Vantaa Airport (10 mi)
- Hyvinkaa Airport (34 mi)
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Tallinn Airport (52 mi) - Forssa Airport (62 mi)
- Lahti Vesivehmaa Airport (72 mi)
- Halli Airport (117 mi)
- Pärnu Airport (122 mi)
- Fortress of Suomenlinna (Unesco heritage, 2 mi)
- Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (Unesco heritage, 51 mi)
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
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Struve Geodetic Arc (Unesco heritage, 91 mi) - Korkeasaari (zoo, (2 mi)
- Keilasatama (marina, (4 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 60.170 and 24.935 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 60° 10' 10" and E 24° 56' 7"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Finnish, Swedish
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 11:44 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/Helsinki
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 4:48 am and 7:50 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Finland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Finland. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Delve into Vartioharju
The district Vartioharju of Helsinki in Helsinki (Uusimaa) is a district located in Finland and is a district of the nations capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 2°C / 36 °F
| Morning Temperature | -2°C / 28 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 1°C / 34 °F |
| Night Temperature | -2°C / 29 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 51% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (5 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
1°C (33 °F)
-2°C (28 °F)
Light snow, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
3°C (38 °F)
0°C (32 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
1°C (34 °F)
-0°C (31 °F)
Snow, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Original Sokos Vantaa
Hotel Rantapuisto
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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.
Vuosaari
Vuosaari is a neighbourhood in the City of Helsinki, Finland. It is located by the sea in East Helsinki, and with its area of 15.38 km² is geographically the largest district in the city. It also has two Helsinki Metro stations, Rastila and Vuosaari Vuosaari is one of the fastest-growing areas in Helsinki. The number of inhabitants has been increasing rapidly since early 1990s, and continues to grow as new residential areas are being built.
Kontula
Kontula is a quarter of Helsinki, Finland, part of the Mellunkylä neighbourhood. Due to its little higher than average concentration of government tenant housing complexes, immigrant and refugee population it is regarded as an average eastern Helsinki suburb. Kontula has been built mostly in the 1960s and 1970s when apartments were required in Helsinki. Many people from the city centre moved to Kontula. Metro expanded to Kontula in 1986 which made it easy to reach the area.
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.
Myllypuro metro station
Myllypuro or Kvarnbäcken is a ground-level station on the northern branch of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Myllypuro in East Helsinki. The station was opened on 21 October 1986, designed by the architect bureau Toivo Karhunen Oy. It is located 1.9 kilometres from the Itäkeskus metro station, and 1.4 kilometres from the Kontula metro station.
Kontula metro station
Kontula or Gårdsbacka is a ground-level station on the northern branch of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Kontula in East Helsinki. The station was opened on 21 October 1986, designed by the architect bureau Toivo Karhunen Oy. It is located 1.4 kilometres from the Myllypuro metro station, and 1.6 kilometres from the Mellunmäki metro station.
Mellunmäki metro station
Mellunmäki or Mellungsbacka is a ground-level bridge station on the northern branch of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Mellunmäki in East Helsinki, and is the terminus of the northern branch. The station was opened on 1 September 1989, designed by the architect bureau Toivo Karhunen Oy. It is located 1.6 kilometres from the Kontula metro station. The terminus at the other end, Ruoholahti metro station, is 17 kilometres away.
Puotila metro station
Puotila or Botby gård is a ground-level 'cut-and-cover' station on the eastern branch of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the districts of Puotila and Puotinharju in East Helsinki. The station was opened on 31 August 1998, making it one of the newest stations in the Helsinki Metro. It was designed by the architect bureau Kaupunkisuunnittelu Oy Jarmo Maunula. It is located 1.0 kilometres from the Itäkeskus metro station, and 2.0 kilometres from the Rastila metro station.
Rastila metro station
Rastila or Rastböle is a ground-level station on the eastern branch of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the residential areas of Meri-Rastila and Rastila in the district of Vuosaari, in East Helsinki. The station was opened on 31 August 1998, making it one of the newest stations in the Helsinki Metro. It was designed by Irmeli Grundström and Juhani Vainio. The station is located 2.0 kilometres from the Puotila metro station, and 1.2 kilometres from the Vuosaari metro station.
Vuosaari metro station
Vuosaari or Nordsjö is a ground-level station on the southern branch of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Vuosaari in East Helsinki, and is the terminus of the branch. The station was opened on 31 August 1998, making it one of the newest stations on the Helsinki Metro. It was designed by the architect bureau Esa Piironen Oy. It is located 1.2 kilometres from the Rastila metro station. The terminus at the other end, Ruoholahti metro station, is 16 kilometres away.
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.
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.
Savio Rail Tunnel
The Savio Rail Tunnel near to the capital city of Helsinki, Finland connects the Vuosaari Harbour with the Helsinki–Tampere main line in Kerava. The tunnel is single track, electrified and 13.5 kilometres long. Construction begun in 2004, and the tunnel opened in November 2008. The tunnel is part of a new 19-kilometre line linking a new port.
Cirrus (building)
Cirrus is a high-rise cooperative apartment building in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Cirrus is the tallest building in Finland with a height of 86 meters (282 feet). The building, which is located in Vuosaari in East Helsinki, has 28 floors (including two underground ones) and 140 apartments. The proposal for this building originally included a public observation terrace and cafe, but they were never built. http://www. emporis.
Vartiokylä
Vartiokylä is a neighbourhood in eastern Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Its name is derived from the ruins of an eleventh century fortress on the Linnanvuori hill in Vartioharju, one of Vartiokylä's subdivisions. The working population of Helsinki started building their houses in the area after the completion of Uusi Porvoontie, a road to the downtown, in the 1930s. Nowadays the area has a few high density apartment areas as well as houses. Vartiokylä became a part of Helsinki in 1946.
Radio Sputnik
Radio Sputnik is a Finnish radio station with programming in the Russian language.
Mellunmäki
Mellunmäki has been a quarter of eastern Helsinki, Finland since 1946. Serious construction of the area began in 1950 and it was originally designed for 7000 inhabitants. There are over 8500 inhabitants in the area today (April 2005). Apart from the grocery stores Mellunmäki does not offer many services. Most people visit Kontula or Itäkeskus for services not offered by their home district. The metro station of Mellunmäki, the last stop on the line, is the world's northernmost metro station.
Helsingin yhteislyseo
Helsingin yhteislyseo (HYL) is a school in Kontula, Helsinki Finland consisting of a lower secondary school and an upper secondary school with over 50 teachers and 700 students in total. The school was founded in 1908 and it is privately maintained by Maanviljelyslyseo (Agricultural Lyceum). The school celebrated its 100th birthday in 2008. Helsingin yhteislyseo and Lapinlahden yhteislyseo relocated to a new building and to its present location on the Rintinpolku street in Kontula in 1971.
Marjaniemi
Marjaniemi is a seaside residential area in eastern Helsinki, Finland, with a population of approximately 2,000. Administratively it forms a quarter in the neighbourhood of Vartiokylä. Marjaniemi is a sought-after neighborhood, and the real estate prices rank among the highest in the city.
Mellunkylä
Mellunkylä is a neighbourhood in East Helsinki, Finland. The area of Mellunkylä is 9,9 km and it has population of 36,360 (2005). There are five suburbs in Mellunkylä: Kontula (Gårdsbacka) Vesala (Ärvings) Mellunmäki (Mellungsbacka) Kivikko (Stensböle) Kurkimäki (Tranbacka) Mellunkylä had some suburban settlements already before World War II. In 1960s, Kontula, the largest suburb in Finland was built in record time.
Jakomäki
Jakomäki is a quarter, part of Suurmetsä neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland. It has an area of 1,92 km and a population of 5,481 (2005). The suburb was built within a few years in 1960s, and it contained only council houses. In 1970s, blocks of flats were built in northern area of Jakomäki. Jakomäki is located near the border of Vantaa. It is bordered by Kivikko, Heikinlaakso and Tattarisuo.
Vartioharju
Vartioharju, Botbyåsen is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Puotinharju
Puotinharju, Botbyhöjden is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Rastila
Rastila, Rastböle is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Meri-Rastila
Meri-Rastila, Havsrastböle is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Vartiosaari
Vartiosaari is a district of Helsinki, Finland.
These districts also belong to Helsinki.
- Alppiharju
- Alppila
- Arabianranta
- Eira
- Etu-Toeoeloe
- Friisinmaeki
- Herttoniemenranta
- Herttoniemi
- Hietalahti
- Itaekeskus
- Jaetkaesaari
- Jollas
- Kaartinkaupunki
- Kaepylae
- Kaivopuisto
- Kallio
- Kamppi
- Kaskisaari
- Katajanokka
- Kilonpuisto
- Kluuvi
- Koskela
- Kruununhaka
- Kulosaari
- Kumpula
- Kuusisaari
- Laajasalo
- Laakso
- Laensi-Herttoniemi
- Laensi-Pasila
- Lauttasaari
- Leppaevaara
- Marjaniemi
- Meilahti
- Mellunkylae
- Merihaka
- Metsaelae
- Munkkiniemi
- Munkkisaari
- Munkkivuori
- Myllypuro
- Niemenmaeki
- Pajamaeki
- Perkkaa
- Pikku-Huopalahti
- Punavuori
- Puotila
- Puotinharju
- Puotinkylae
- Roihuvuori
- Ruoholahti
- Ruskeasuo
- Salmisaari
- Sandhamn
- Siltasaari
- Soernaeinen
- Taivallahti
- Taka-Toeoeloe
- Tammisalo
- Tapiola
- Tilkka
- Toeoeloe
- Toukola
- Tullisaari
- Ullanlinna
- Uppby
- Vallila
- Vanhakaupunki
- Vattuniemi
- Villinki
- Westend
These are districts that are close by, but belong to a different city than Helsinki.
Popular in vicinityThese are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Helsinki.
Vuosaari: Columbus Kauppakeskuksen Yrittäjäyhdistys Ry − Vuotie − Vithällsvägen − Kulttuuriasiainkeskus Vuotalo, Vuosaari (source)
Vantaa: Tie 170 Vuosaari, Itäväylä − - Kehä III -liittymä, Vantaa (source)
Helsinki: Tie 4 Tattarisuo − Lahteen, Helsinki (source)
Helsinki: Tie 4 Tattarisuo − Helsinkiin, Helsinki (source)
Helsinki: Tie4 Tattarisuo − Tienpinta, Helsinki (source)
Vantaa: Tie 50 Porvoonväylä, Vantaa (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Botbyåsen
