Eläintarha ( Swedish : Djurgården ) is a large park in central Helsinki , Finland .
31-598: The park serves 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. The railroad tracks running northwards from the Helsinki Central railway station run between these bays, effectively splitting the Eläintarha park in half. At
62-497: A new dam was built further away in the bay. In 1891 the Pikkusilta bridge still remained, but it had been left on dry land. The market square area dried up slowly and had to be crossed on duckboards . The land reclamation took a total of eleven years, and market vendors started sales in the area on Christmas 1897. Up to the 19th century Hakaniemi was just a peaceful pasture. The city of Helsinki started to regulate construction to
93-711: A new logo design, as part of a rebranding effort for the flagship brand. Today, Hilton Hotels & Resorts is Hilton's flagship brand and one of the largest hotel brands in the world. The brand is targeted at both business and leisure travelers with locations in major city centers, near airports, convention centers, and popular vacation destinations around the world. Hilton Hotels & Resorts participates in Hilton Honors , Hilton's guest-loyalty program established in 1989. Members who book directly through Hilton-owned channels receive exclusive discounts and amenities such as free Wi-Fi, digital check-in, keyless entry, and
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155-537: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hakaniemi Hakaniemi ( Finnish: [ˈhɑkɑˌnie̯mi] ; Swedish : Hagnäs ) is an unofficial district of Helsinki , the Finnish capital. It covers most of the neighbourhood of Siltasaari in the district of Kallio . Hakaniemi is located at the sea shore and is separated from the city centre by the Siltavuorensalmi strait and from
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217-455: Is expected to start in 2027. Many new buildings are planned in the area around Hakaniemenranta , Merihaka and Sörnäisten rantatie . The Norwegian Arthur Burchardt would like to build a new hotel near the World peace sculpture. A new bridge will be built next to the deteriorated Hakaniemi bridge , after which the old bridge will be dismantled. A new railway station is planned next to
248-582: Is located at the southern edge of the district of Kallio . It is separated from Kruununhaka by the Siltavuorensalmi strait, with the bridges Pitkäsilta and the Hakaniemi bridge crossing over it. The official subdivision list of Helsinki does not contain any subdivision named Hakaniemi, and what exact area Hakaniemi encompasses is ambiguous. As the Hakaniemi area contains reclaimed land, it
279-522: Is located partly in Siltasaari, partly in Linjat. The street Hakaniemenranta starts at Siltaarenkatu and continues to Merihaka, going around it along the sea shore, as a pedestrian street at its easternmost part. The sculpture World peace is located along this coastal street, near a pier offering boat connections to various Helsinki islands such as Vallisaari in the summertime. Originally Hakaniemi
310-451: Is no longer recognisable in its original peninsular form. Mostly Hakaniemi is thought of the area of the Hakaniemi market square with its immediate surroundings. This would make it include the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Siltasaari and the southernmost part of the neighbourhood of Linjat ; often it is also thought of including the neighbourhood of Merihaka , which belongs to the district of Sörnäinen . The Hakaniemi metro station
341-458: Is that Henrik Borgström, whose company rented the park area from the City of Helsinki in the middle of the 19th century, had announced plans to build a zoo there, and by the 1880s, the name Eläintarha had been established in advance, anticipating the zoo, which never materialised. The city of Helsinki took back the park from Borgström in 1877. Another theory is that the name is simply a translation from
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#1732793794306372-541: The Djurgården park in Stockholm , Sweden . The real Helsinki zoo is located on the island of Korkeasaari . The landscape of Töölönlahti in Eläintarha is portrayed in the famous painting The Wounded Angel by Finnish symbolist painter Hugo Simberg . 60°11′25″N 24°55′47″E / 60.19028°N 24.92972°E / 60.19028; 24.92972 This Southern Finland location article
403-528: The Left Alliance , as well as the Helsinki workers' house Paasitorni are located in Hakaniemi. The May Day march of the working class in Helsinki usually starts at the Hakaniemi market square . The best-known features of Hakaniemi include a large and lively marketplace, Oriental food stores with a good variety of Asian imported products the headquarters of several trade unions , the headquarters of
434-625: The Social Democratic Party of Finland and the Left Alliance Party and the Helsinki Hilton hotel . Famous buildings include the round Ympyrätalo building (architects Heikki and Kaija Sirén , 1968 ) and the Hakaniemi market hall (architect Karl Hård af Segerstad , 1914 ). The Hakaniemi market square was built on reclaimed land. It has been the site of a farmers' market since 1897. Hakaniemi
465-469: The Töölönlahti bay were built in 1651 for the road leading from Vironniemi ( Kruununhaka ) to Vanhakaupunki . When the bridges were rebuilt in 1832, the islands in the bay were named Iso Siltasaari and Pikku Siltasaari. The bridge from Siltavuori to Iso Siltasaari was called Pitkäsilta and the bridge over Pikku Siltasaari was called Pikkusilta. Land reclamation in the strait separating Siltasaari from
496-539: The 1920s the industry in the area was seen as unfit to the urban image, and the Siltasaari area started to become an extension of the business centre. In 1925 Hakaniemi became a public transport hub as it started serving as a terminus for bus transport. In the early 1930s half of the Helsinki tram lines passed through Hakaniemi. The southern sidetrack of the Sörnäinen harbour rail was used to transport firewood to
527-400: The Hakaniemi market square, used to heat the houses in the area. A bus terminal was built at the market square in 1963. After the war, the wooden houses in the area were replaced with multi-storey brick and stone houses, many new businesses and government institutions moved to the area, and the population of forty thousand slowly started to decrease. To stop the population for decreasing,
558-487: The Hakaniemi metro station as part of the Helsinki City Rail Loop . A new service yard is being built underneath the market hall, and a new parking garage is being planned underneath the market square. 60°10′45″N 24°57′02″E / 60.17917°N 24.95056°E / 60.17917; 24.95056 Hilton Hotel Hilton Hotels & Resorts (formerly known as Hilton Hotels )
589-740: The Top 100 Companies to Work For in 2020 based on an employee survey of satisfaction. Conrad Hilton founded the Hilton hotel chain in 1919, when he bought his first property, the Mobley Hotel, in Cisco, Texas . The first hotel to feature the Hilton brand was the Dallas Hilton . In late 2010, Hilton announced a name change of the Hilton Hotels brand to Hilton Hotels & Resorts along with
620-505: The ability to use a mobile app to choose specific rooms. In 2015, approximately 20 Hilton Hotels & Resorts properties were inducted into the Historic Hotels of America organization. Among these hotels were Hilton Fort Worth , which hosted John F. Kennedy 's final speech, and Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort , the setting of the film Blue Hawaii . A commercial space station project known as Space Islands
651-496: The district of Linjat by the street Hämeentie . Historically, Hakaniemi was often associated with the working class and workers' associations. However, the cost of living has risen considerably in recent years and is now on par with that of the rest of central Helsinki. The main office of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), the party offices of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) and
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#1732793794306682-435: The mainland on its northern and eastern sides, containing the Hakaniemi area at the time, at the present location of the market square, started in 1886. This land reclamation used dredging soil from the Sörnäinen harbour . To stop reclaimed land from flowing into the sea, a dam was built from soil, rocks and spruce trunks. Soon after the reclamation was completed, the dam gave in. As there was plenty of dredging soil available,
713-473: The market square, which has been seen as the first clash between the red and white guards in Finland. The reds later planned a revolution at the so-called "Granite Castle", the Helsinki workers' house at Säästöpankinranta. The Finnish Civil War is thought to have started when a red lantern was hoisted on the top of the tower at the workers' house in the evening of 26 January 1918 as a sign of revolution. In
744-499: The neighbourhood of Merihaka , a "concrete neighbourhood" similar to Itä-Pasila was built next to Hakaniemi. The population still kept on decreasing, and by the 1980s, the entire district of Kallio only had twenty thousand inhabitants. The Crown Bridges project was started in 2016, including a ten-kilometre-long tram connection and three new bridges between the city centre, Hakaniemi and Yliskylä . A temporary terminus will be built between Laajasalo and Hakaniemi, and tram traffic
775-449: The north of Pitkäsilta since the 1820s. In 1846 the area was divided into villa and industrial lots, which the city leased with long-term contracts. Lands further away were dealt as fields and pastures. In the late 19th century the city of Helsinki started rapidly industrialising and factories were built in the Sörnäinen area. At the same time, increased rents in the city centre drove the working class further away, and Hakaniemi located on
806-772: The north of the country (although the Mandalay Hilton has since closed). In 2018, Hilton announced two hotel projects in Kampala , Uganda : the Kampala Hilton Hotel and the Hilton Garden Inn Kampala . Both projects are still in development. A previous Hilton project in Kampala and announced in 2006 was repurposed into The Pearl of Africa Hotel Kampala , after Hilton exited the venture. In 2017, Hilton announced that it would remain
837-501: The north-western end of the park, near the district of Laakso , is the Eläintarha Stadium , or "Eltsu" in slang. From 1932 to 1963, the Eläintarha arena hosted annual motorbike and racing car races, known as Eläintarhanajot or "Eltsunajot", but these were later cancelled as too dangerous. Contrary to the name, there has never been a zoo in Eläintarha. There are two theories for the misleading name. The more popular one
868-499: The opposite end of the Pitkäsilta bridge soon became a popular place to live in. Pitkäsilta soon became a symbol of the class difference between the bourgeoisie in the city centre and the proletariat in the north. Hakaniemi, known as the home for many trade unions, was coloured red and many demonstrations were held at the Hakaniemi market square . During the 1906 Sveaborg rebellion the so-called Hakaniemi riot took place at
899-406: The time. The corresponding Finnish name was Hagnääsi in the 1880s and Hakaniemi since 1909. The peninsula has given its name to the Hakaniemi market hall , the streets of Hakaniemenkatu and Hakaniemenkuja, the Hakaniemi metro station , the Hakaniemi park, the street Hakaniemenranta, the Hakaniemi bridge , the Hakaniemi market square and the street Hakaniemen torikatu. The first bridges over
930-440: Was a peninsula clearly sticking out into the sea, located at the area between the present locations of the market square and Merihaka. It was separated from Siltasaari by a narrow strait running diagonally across the area of the present market square. In the late 18th century there was a pasture for farm animals at the peninsula, called Generalshagen, and the entire peninsula was named Hagnäs ( Swedish for "pasture cape") already at
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