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48-613: Kalasatama is projected to become a rather densely built-up area - about 25,000 inhabitants expected to come there, about as many as in Kallio . In addition, jobs are planned for Kalasatama for about 10,000 people. A concentration of 23- to 35-storey skyscraper towers are coming to the Kalasatama center area around the Kalasatama metro station , which was completed in 2007. Three of the towers, called Majakka , Loisto and Lumo One, and

96-781: A focus on the development of adult shops within Australia took place. Sex shops in Spain did not appear until after the end of the Francoist dictatorship in 1975. The first sex shop opened in Spain was Kitsch in Madrid in 1978. Many subsequently opened across the country. Almost all licensed adult stores in the UK are forbidden from having their wares in open shop windows under the Indecent Displays Act 1981 , which means often

144-482: A heterogeneous population and many bars . The area also has a number of sex shops , strip clubs and massage parlors . President Tarja Halonen was born in Kallio and lived there until she was elected president in 2000. Kallio was previously known as a working-class district. Up to the 1960s the small one- and two-bedroom apartments in the district were used by families with children, who moved away from Kallio as

192-700: A licence. Mainland China's first sex shop opened in Beijing in 1993 and by 2013, there were over 2,000 sex shops in the city. Most of their products were made in China. The first sex shop in North America was called The Garden. It was opened in October 1971 by Ivor Sargent on Crescent Street in downtown Montreal , Quebec. The Garden combined the concepts used by Beate Uhse in Germany and Ann Summers in

240-536: A licence. Sh! took the council to court and consequently won the right to remain open, as there were no sufficient reasons for the closure. In 2003, the Ann Summers chain of lingerie and sex toy shops won the right to advertise for shop assistants in Job Centres, which was originally banned under restrictions on what advertising could be carried out by the sex industry. In 2007, a Northern Ireland sex shop

288-494: A major commercial port located there, Sörnäinen Harbour , which was replaced in late 2008 by Vuosaari Harbour , after which residential construction began. [REDACTED] Media related to Kalasatama at Wikimedia Commons [REDACTED] Kalasatama travel guide from Wikivoyage This Southern Finland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kallio Kallio ( Finnish: [ˈkɑlːio] ; Swedish : Berghäll ; literally "

336-713: A sex shop in 1962 in Flensburg , West Germany , and it has been described as the world's first "official" sex shop. Sex shops can now be found in many countries and online. Sex shops are part of the sex industry . In most jurisdictions, sex shops are regulated by law, with access not legally permitted to minors , the age depending on local law. Some jurisdictions prohibit sex shops and the merchandise they sell. In some jurisdictions that permit it, they may also show pornographic movies in private video booths , or have private striptease or peep shows . An adult movie theater may be attached. There are also many online sex shops selling

384-927: A small area. The borough has 15 licensed sex shops and several remaining unlicensed ones. Islington and Camden each have multiple sex shops; the former also has three pornographic cinemas. Sex shops in Scotland are regulated under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 . In the United States, a series of Supreme Court decisions in the 1960s (based on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution ) generally legalized sex shops, while still allowing states and local jurisdictions to limit them through zoning . Zoning regulations often caused shops to be located either on

432-642: A variety of adult content such as sex toys, pornographic magazines , pornographic films and fetish wear etc. These types of shop are often favoured by the consumer as they have less overheads and can be perused within the comfort of the home. Their discreetness is also appealing to some. Sex shops may also be called adult shop , adult store , erotic shop , porn shop , adult entertainment store , or adult book store . In some jurisdictions, polite euphemisms are used such as "marital aid store" or "adult novelties store". Sex shops have operated in Australia since

480-778: Is 16 in Canada, an age of 18+ is required to purchase or view pornography. Most sex shops sell adult videos, which means that most sex toys are on sale only to adults. Beate Uhse-Rotermund started selling contraception information by mail order in 1946, and she opened her first shop in 1962. Legal restrictions in West Germany dating back to 1872 were tightened in 1968. Pornography was legalized in West Germany in 1975, although this never happened in East Germany . The first Hungarian sex shop opened on 15 November 1989, before

528-478: Is a retailer that sells products related to adult sexual or erotic entertainment, such as sex toys , lingerie , pornography , and other related products. An early precursor of the modern sex shop was a chain of stores set up in Paris in the 1920s by Léon Vidal, the founder of the lingerie manufacturing company Diana Slip . His shops sold erotic books and photographs as well as lingerie. Beate Uhse AG opened

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576-458: Is about three and a half years and only 29.3 percent of Kallio residents were born in Helsinki. Previously new tenants in Kallio were students needing their first place of their own or single people moving to Helsinki for work. Kallio has undergone gentrification during the last few decades. The apartments in Kallio are small, most have only one or two bedrooms. The population density, which

624-548: Is among the highest in the entire country in Finland, and the distribution of the population allows for a selection of local services that is among the best in Helsinki. There are brick and mortar shops and other services at the street level floor of almost every building. Kallio has good transport connections. The district has two Helsinki Metro stations ( Hakaniemi and Sörnäinen ), six tram lines and about 60 Helsinki internal and metropolitan bus lines. As well as this,

672-477: Is necessary to introduce control over the distribution of intimate goods: "The use and application of such products will occur exclusively as prescribed by a doctor." In 2018, Milonov proposed closing all sex shops in Russia. In his opinion, all sex shops in Russia should disappear along with advertising since only "sick people" shop there. This is in contrast to his position in 2013 when he only called for reducing

720-542: Is the debut single by Vilma Alina . Despite the name, the lyrics of the song are about the street Vaasankatu in the district of Alppiharju . Five SE–NW streets of Kallio are named with Finnish ordinal numbers : Ensi linja , Toinen linja , Kolmas linja , Neljäs linja and Viides linja , meaning First Line , Second Line , Third Line , Fourth Line and Fifth Line , forming thus an example of numbered streets , rare in Europe and unique in Helsinki. The SW–NE streets in

768-506: The Redi shopping centre are already completed, while the fourth and fifth towers Visio and Horisontti are still under construction. Construction of Visio began in the end of 2021, and Horisontti was started in May 2023. Kalasatama may be considered the name of a larger area with a number of residential neighbourhoods, including Sompasaari, settled from 2011, Verkkosaari, having acquired residents from

816-665: The end of communism in Hungary , at 14 Károly Boulevard in Budapest, under the name Intim Center, which still exists today. At that time, the three T-categories were so suddenly moved from the forbidden to the tolerated that even the press of the time reported the administrative uncertainties surrounding the sex shop in this way. The first sex shop in Italy was opened in 1972 in Milan by Angela Masia and her husband Ercole Sabbatini. This

864-883: The 1960s, first in the urban areas of Sydney , notably Kings Cross . The development of sex shops in the country was assisted by the legalisation of the import of pornographic magazines in 1971, the appearance of mass-produced battery-powered vibrators in the 1970s and the arrival of X-rated videos in the 1980s. The popularity of Internet pornography in the 2000s resulted in a drop in sex shop sales, some store closures and diversification into non-sex-related adult goods. Sex shops in Australia are regulated by state laws and are subject to local planning controls. While laws differ between states, licensees must abide by strict conditions that commonly require premises to be at least 200 metres from schools and churches. Windows are often required to be blacked out and admission restricted to over 18s, with offences prosecuted by police under section 578E of

912-968: The Alli Trygg park, the Franzen park, the Harjutori park, the Deaconess park and the Tauno Palo park. According to the division of the subdivisions of Helsinki , Kallio is bordered by the Siltavuorensalmi strait with the Pitkäsilta bridge crossing it and the Kaisaniemenlahti bay to the east, the Töölönlahti bay to the west, the street Helsinginkatu to the north, and the streets of Hämeentie and Näkinkuja as well as

960-491: The Crimes Act. In the state of New South Wales (NSW), sex shops cannot trade at street level and are required to trade either above or below ground. Under NSW law, non-contraceptive sex products can be sold only in shops that have been granted a restricted premise licence by local councils. Nevertheless, by 2013, a number of NSW lingerie stores had begun selling adult toys and books in shopping malls without being granted

1008-565: The Hakaniemi bridge to the east. The district is divided into three sub-districts: Siltasaari (about 2,400 inhabitants in early 2014), Linjat (about 9,700 inhabitants) and Torkkelinmäki (about 7,100 inhabitants). The Siltasaari sub-district contains the Hakaniemi market square with its environment. The name of the Linjat sub-district ("The Lines") comes from the five numbered streets in

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1056-657: The Kallio gymnasium specialising in articulacy and the Helsinki art gymnasium specialising in the arts. The Kallio Church is one of the most prominent landmarks in Helsinki. There are a lot of parks in Kallio, including the Tokoinranta park area along the Eläintarhanlahti shore as well as the Tarja Halonen park, Ilolanpuisto, Karhupuisto, the Matti Helenius park, Torkkelinpuistikko, Pengerpuisto,

1104-530: The Karhupuisto park and the famous restaurant Cella in Kallio. Kallio is also mentioned in many songs by Laineen Kasperi and Julma-Henri . The 2009 song Kallioon! by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät represents the punk music style. Pelle Miljoona , another punk musician, mentions Kallio in his song Kallion kuu . The 2013 album Kallio by the jazz band Dalindeo contains twelve songs about Kallio. Vain hullut asuu Kallios ("Only crazy people live in Kallio")

1152-563: The Netherlands in 2010. It had 70,000 hits to the website in the first four days of operation. In Russia, sex shops are often criticized by public and political figures, often of a conservative nature. In May 2017, State Duma Deputy from United Russia Vitaly Milonov addressed the head of the Ministry of Health , Veronika Skvortsova , with the initiative to equate intimate products with medicinal products. According to Milonov, it

1200-406: The UK. The store's opening attracted long lines of shoppers. The Palm Beach Post commented: "Like the chicken or the egg controversy, no one is really sure which came first-the sex boutique or the so-called sexual revolution ". There are no specific laws against using or buying sex toys at any particular age, but there are laws restricting the purchase of pornography. Although the age of consent

1248-601: The UK. The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 required sex shops to apply for a sex establishment licence from their local authority. As a result hundreds of sex shops were closed. There followed purges of corrupt police officers, along with new and tighter licensing controls by the City of Westminster, led to a crackdown on illegal premises in Soho. In the early 1990s, London's Hackney council sought to shut down Sh! Women's Erotic Emporium , because they did not have

1296-443: The area's popularity among students and artists. The small flat sizes also mean that Kallio is expected to resist full gentrification. However, the rents have increased as the district has grown more popular and become an increasingly desirable area to live in. Kallio (and Harju , which is often considered a part of Kallio) also has, more than any other district in Helsinki, a reputation as a " bohemian " and liberal area. The area has

1344-536: The area, Ensi Linja through Viides Linja ("First Line" through "Fifth Line"), but as well as the city blocks between them. the sub-district also contains the villa area of Linnunlaulu on the Töölönlahti shore, with a character completely different from the rest of Kallio. Together with the district of Sörnäinen to the east of Hämeentie, Kallio forms the Kallio region, also including the districts of Merihaka , Hanasaari and Sompasaari . In colloquial speech,

1392-477: The district of Soho within the City of Westminster a handful of sex shops were opened by Carl Slack in the early 1960s, and by the mid-1970s the number had grown to 59. Some had nominally "secret" backrooms selling hardcore photographs and novels, including Olympia Press editions. In 1978, the businessman David Sullivan opened the "Private Shop", the first of his chain of sex shops which went on to expand across

1440-434: The divide between the affluent centre and the more working class areas around Kallio. After the forming of the new centre in the 19th century, the city expanded northward. The intense industrialization which began in the 1860s in Helsinki saw the construction of the industrial areas around Sörnäinen harbour and to the workers' district of Kallio, with the area becoming inhabited mostly by factory workers. However, most of

1488-461: The drama series Kotikatu moved during the 2004-2005 season from Ullanlinna to Kallio near the Karhupuisto park. Also the events in the television series Aikuiset are mostly located in Kallio. In music Kallio is mentioned in many of the songs by Tuomari Nurmio , in the song Pois Kalliosta by Happoradio , in the songs Kalliossa and Tyttö huutaa hii! by Lapinlahden Linnut , in

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1536-488: The events are mostly located in the border between Kallio and Sörnäinen . This gives the book "an air of a city block and district novel". Mikko Rimminen 's 2004 novel Pussikaljaromaani takes entirely place in the streets and bars of Kallio. Ville Jankeri 's film Sixpack (Finnish: Pussikaljaelokuva ) based on the book was premiered on 2 September 2011. In the Juoppohullun päiväkirja books by Juha Vuorinen ,

1584-695: The long-distance buses travelling on Lahdenväylä and Tuusulanväylä are accessible from Sturenkatu in Alppiharju , and the long-distance buses travelling on Itäväylä are accessible from Junatie in Vallila . Public services in Kallio include a library, a primary school, and a hospital belonging to the Helsinki Deaconess Institute. The area also includes the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and two gymnasiums,

1632-814: The main character, Juha, lives in Kallio. Kallio also appears in Finnish television series and films. The ideological significance of Kallio to the character of Helsinki stands out in Aki Kaurismäki 's 1985 film Calamari Union where 15 people all named Frank go on a journey from Kallio to Eira in search of a better life. Kallio also serves as the background milieu for the Pekka ja Pätkä films featuring housekeeper Pikkarainen. The events in Tapio Piirainen 's television series Raid are mostly located in Kallio, especially at Linjat . The main characters in

1680-411: The mid 2010's onward, while both Verkkosaari and Hanasaari have continued construction at present. Attempts have been made to build a smart city from Kalasatama that focuses on smart sensors and robotics . Guide robots in the doctors' offices, robot buses and food delivery robots have already been on display in Kalasatama. The neighbourhood was given the name Kalasatama as formerly there had been

1728-528: The name Kallio refers to an area larger than the official district of Kallio, which is thought to also contain the area of Harju in the district of Alppiharju near the Vaasankatu street and the Brahenkenttä sports field. Kallio has often appeared in Finnish popular culture . Kallio is the setting for Pirkko Saisio 's 1975 debut novel Elämänmeno . The main character lives on Fleminginkatu and

1776-524: The number of sex shops in St. Petersburg. Sex shops are extremely rare in Singapore. A few had been opened by 2005, but only about 1–2 currently exist. These shops mainly sell lingerie, condoms, BDSM tools, genuine enhancement pills, tenga items and various sex toys. Their goods can be seen through a store window. After Nelson Mandela backed the anti-discrimination law that legalised sex toys, "Adult World"

1824-434: The opening of the shop, where a protest march of over 500 people brought traffic to a standstill. During the next couple of days, the protesters held placards which proclaimed "Real men don't need pornography" and "Protect our people from banned pornography". When the shop was opened, it was found that 70% of the customer base were women who wished to learn more about adult lifestyle products. As Adult World grew more popular,

1872-434: The outskirts of town, or clumped into a single area, creating a type of red light district of adult stores and businesses. Into the 1980s, nearly all American sex shops were oriented to an almost entirely male clientele. Many included adult video arcades , and nearly all were designed so that their customers could not be seen from the street: they lacked windows, and the doors often involved an L-shaped turn so that people on

1920-542: The rock ") is a district and a neighbourhood in Helsinki , the capital of Finland , located on the eastern side of the Helsinki peninsula about one kilometre north from the city centre. It is one of the most densely populated areas in Finland. Kallio is separated from the city centre by the Siltasaarensalmi strait, over which is a bridge called Pitkäsilta ("long bridge"). Traditionally, the bridge symbolizes

1968-527: The same area are named after Finnish scientists from the 18th and 19th century. Starting from South-east these include: To the east, the Torkkelinmäki area also has: Many of the streets on both sides of Helsinginkatu in the Kallio and Harju are named after Swedish kings and lords of the 16th and 17th century 60°11′03″N 024°56′57″E  /  60.18417°N 24.94917°E  / 60.18417; 24.94917 Sex shop A sex shop

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2016-637: The shop fronts are boarded up or covered in posters. A warning sign must be clearly shown at the entrance to the store, and no sex articles (for example, pornography or sex toys) should be visible from the street. However, lingerie, non-offensive covers of adult material, etc. may be shown depending on the licence conditions of the local authority. The Video Recordings Act 1984 introduced the R18-rated classification for videos that are only available in licensed sex shops. No customer can be under 18 years old. In London, few boroughs that have licensed sex shops. In

2064-742: The song Kallioon by Plutonium 74, in the song Hagiksesta pohjoiseen by Juno and in the performance Kolmatta linjaa takaisin by Fredi . The song Kolmatta linjaa by Jontti & Shaka and many songs by Heikki Kuula also feature Kallio. Tuomari Nurmio's Helsinki slang song Tonnin stiflat features Kallio: "luudataan Hesarilla ja dallataan Hagikseen" ("we wander around on Helsinginkatu and then walk to Hakaniemi"). The lyrics of many songs by Sir Elwoodin Hiljaiset Värit feature Kallio, for example Flemarilla tuulee , Kaduilla Kallion and Ohut kosketus . The second verse of Kaija Koo 's song Yhtä kaikki also features Kallio. The verse mentions

2112-404: The wealth shifted elsewhere. Today Kallio has profiled itself as a district for students, young adults and artists. This has been caused by good availability of apartments, good selection of entertainment, central locality and good accessibility by public transport. The turnover rate of apartment tenants in Kallio is the highest in the entire city of Helsinki. The average time tenants live in Kallio

2160-423: The working-class families have long ago been replaced as the most typical Kallio residents by young adults and elderly people living alone, in a process which could be seen as some sort of gentrification . For many people who move into Helsinki from elsewhere in Finland, Kallio is the area where they first settle. Most flats are small, and rents are typically lower than elsewhere in central Helsinki, partly explaining

2208-538: Was denied a licence by the Belfast City Council . The shop appealed and won, but this was overturned by the House of Lords. The licensing or closing of unlicensed sex shops, along with cultural changes such as the substantial relaxation of general censorship and the ready availability of non-commercial sex, and the availability of sexual material online, have reduced the red-light district of Soho to just

2256-670: Was established in 1994 as South Africa's first sex shop. Adult World came to operate a total of 52 shops within South Africa and 15 shops in Australia. Many religious Christian communities believed that the use of these adult lifestyle centres would lead to higher crime rates and attempted to organise mass demonstrations at their opening to force the closure of Adult World. In July 1998, Adult World opened their largest adult lifestyle shop in Parow, Cape Town which they named "Adult World Warehouse". The adult movie star Christi Lake attended

2304-584: Was the first "official" sex shop. Since then more sex shops have opened, mostly in Rome. In 2018, the city of Pistoia in Tuscany banned the opening of new sex shops in the city's history centre. In Japan , sex shops contain hentai magazines, adult videos and DVDs. The first sex shops in the Netherlands were opened in the early 1970s, by entrepreneurs like Beate Uhse and Lasse Braun . The world's first Muslim-aimed online sex shop called El Asira opened in

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