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37-493: Sörnäinen is located a little more than one kilometre north from the coastal centre of Helsinki, near the district of Hakaniemi . The east side of Sörnäinen borders the sea. Sörnäinen used to be primarily an industrial district with many shipping companies and warehouses, however, nowadays it is a thriving urban area divided into four districts: Vilhonvuori, Kalasatama, Sompasaari and Hanasaari. It also has two metro stations: Sörnäinen metro station and Kalasatama metro station in

74-604: A joint-stock company to house their workers, which caused a row of "corporate villas" to be built. Large numbers of workers lived in the villas. Many of the apartments lacked a toilet and entire families of four people could live in a single small room. These proletariat conditions gave rise to the Helsinki slang in the early 20th century. Near the Sörnäinen harbour, along both sides of Sörnäisten rantatie, there have been many factories, for example Kone- ja Siltarakennus and

111-409: 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 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

148-472: Is a chairlift manufacturer based in Pine Island, New York . It was founded in 1996 as the successor to Borvig , who went out of business in 1993. The company was founded by Hagen Schulz, the son of Borvig's President Gary Schulz. The company was also the official parts distributor for Borvig lifts. In 2004, Partek had announced that it was developing a detachable chairlift system, however, development

185-520: Is ambiguous. As the Hakaniemi area contains reclaimed land, it 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

222-541: 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 the district of Linjat by the street Hämeentie . Historically, Hakaniemi was often associated with the working class and workers' associations. However,

259-708: The Elanto factories. The area has included the Suvilahti gas plant and the Hanasaari Power Plant which is still active. The city proper gradually grew too tight for industrial activities, which moved away to the suburbs. Converting old industrial premises to residential areas started in Merihaka in the 1970s and is still ongoing. A new Lintulahti residential area has been built on the old industrial area of Sörnäinen, as well as jobs, cultural services and

296-608: 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 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

333-665: 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 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

370-464: The Hakaniemi market square . During the 1906 Sveaborg rebellion the so-called Hakaniemi riot took place at 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

407-660: The Helsinki Theatre Academy . The Sörnäinen harbour, which had been in use for over a century, was shut down in November 2008 after the completion of the Vuosaari Harbour . The immediate surroundings are being developed in accordance of the changed nature of the area. Along with the rest of the city proper, Sörnäinen, Alppiharju and Kallio are among the most tightly-built areas in Helsinki and in

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444-483: The Helsinki tram lines passed through Hakaniemi. The southern sidetrack of the Sörnäinen harbour rail was used to transport firewood to 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

481-649: The Kalasatama quarter. The headquarters of Senate Properties ( Senaatti-kiinteistöt ) is located in Sörnäinen. Also the Helsinki Prison is located there. The name "Sörnäinen" comes from the Swedish name " Södernäs " ("Southern cape") and was first mentioned in the foundation document for the New Helsinki in 1639, although the name is probably much older. At the time, there were plans to relocate

518-702: 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 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 Partek Partek Ski Lifts , commonly known as Partek ,

555-567: The area include the Kokos factory built in 1911, which represented the same architectural age and style as the Suvilahti power plant. The factory made soap and margarine from coconut fat. In 1926 the premises were bought by Kone , which used them to make elevators. Kone moved away from the premises in 1967. The logistically outdated premises were left empty and were bought by the working class oriented building company Haka to be dismantled, but

592-459: The area is known by the names Sörkka and Sörkkä. These names probably come from the Swedish language slang name Sörckan . In the early 19th century the area of present-day Sörnäinen consisted of countryside, although there was already a brick factory in Lintulahti at the time. Sörnäinen began to industrialise in 1825, when the city ordered factories and workspaces to be located on the edges of

629-418: The area, and the population of forty thousand slowly started to decrease. To stop the population for decreasing, 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

666-479: The city because of danger of fires. Building the street Itäinen Viertotie (now known as Hämeentie ) from Siltasaari to Kumpula in the 1850s was important for the development of the eastern part of the city proper. Factories rose on the eastern side of the street and residential buildings on the western side. The largest continuous industrial area formed on the Sörnäinen shore when the Sörnäinen Harbour

703-416: The city to the area of present-day Sörnäinen. In the end, the city was relocated to Vironniemi instead. Already in the 18th century the name Södernäs had changed to the dialectical form Sörnäs on maps. In Finnish, the name was first used as "Sörnäsi" in the late 19th century and then as "Söörnäinen" in the early 20th century. In 1928 it was officially established as Sörnäinen - Sörnäs. In Helsinki slang

740-570: 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 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

777-476: The dam gave in. As there was plenty of dredging soil available, 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

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814-403: The eastern part of the city proper, the number of cars in proportion to the population is the smallest in the entire city of Helsinki. The area is well served with basic services which are often close by. The Sörnäinen area is served by almost all bus lines going from the city centre to northeastern and eastern Helsinki as well as eastern Vantaa , along with several through-city lines. Particularly

851-414: The late 19th century, when the forestry export started to travel via Kotka and Vyborg . Sörnäinen has been a central area in electricity production. The Suvilahti power plant was taken into use in 1909. The A plant of the Hanasaari Power Plant was built in 1960 and the B plant was built in 1974. The A plant was dismantled in 2008, but the B plant is still in operation. Early industrial facilities of

888-476: The main mill of OTK, a coffee roaster and other activities. The premises have since been converted into apartments, offices and academic premises. After the industry moved away, the Partek headquarters were built on Sörnäisten rantatie , whose exhibition space has been converted to the library of the working class movement. Urban construction spread from Sörnäinen to Kallio , when a group of industrialists founded

925-592: The neighbourhood of Merihaka , which belongs to the district of Sörnäinen . The Hakaniemi metro station 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

962-499: The same time, increased rents in the city centre drove the working class further away, and Hakaniemi located on 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

999-589: The so-called Sörnäinen curve is a traffic hub for many public transport lines. Many Helsinki tram lines run along Hämeentie , and the Sörnäinen metro station was taken into use and the Kalasatama metro station in 2007. The public transport connections from the area to all around the capital region are excellent. [REDACTED] Media related to Sörnäinen at Wikimedia Commons 60°11′N 24°58′E  /  60.183°N 24.967°E  / 60.183; 24.967 Hakaniemi Hakaniemi ( Finnish: [ˈhɑkɑˌnie̯mi] ; Swedish : Hagnäs )

1036-408: The strait separating Siltasaari from 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,

1073-488: The street Hakaniemen torikatu. The first bridges over 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

1110-418: The summertime. Originally Hakaniemi 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

1147-628: The whole of Finland. The percentage of small apartments is the largest in Helsinki: a whole 80 percent. Because of the small size of the apartments, most of the residents are young adults living alone, or elder or childless couples. A new marine Kalasatama area is being built as part of the eastern part of the city proper in the Sörnäinen harbour area and its surroundings from the 2010s to the 2030s. It will house 25 thousand inhabitants and 10 thousand jobs. The old harbour areas of Sompasaari and Nihti are also being converted into residential areas. In

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1184-508: The youth of the city squatted the premises in 1990. After the squat the Kokos factory was closed down, and the Helsinki Theatre Academy has worked at the premises since 2000. The economic activity of the working class was concentrated on Sörnäinen for a long time: premises located in the area included OTK-EKA's and Elanto 's red brick headquarters designed by Väinö Vähäkallio in the 1920s as well as storehouses, logistics, Elanto's main bakery,

1221-480: Was built there. Finland's first harbour track, the Sörnäinen harbour rail , was built in 1863. The track led from Pasila to the Sörnäinen harbour along Teollisuuskatu . This started the rapid growth of Sörnäinen. The harbour was expanded by the growth of exports in the 1860s and 1870s. In 1889 Finland's first oil harbour was built in the area, but it was later moved to Herttoniemi because of fire security reasons in 1938. The harbour switched from export to import in

1258-845: Was ceased when the company was purchased in 2005. The company's designs were purchased by Doppelmayr CTEC and a non-compete agreement regarding new installations using the designs was established. Also included in the purchase were Partek's rights to Borvig lifts. After the purchase, Partek president Hagen Schulz became a sales consultant at Doppelmayr CTEC, and started a new company, Ski Lift Parts Inc. The five-year non-compete agreement expired in 2009 and Partek resumed installation of new lifts using its designs. Between 1996 and 2005, Partek installed 24 lifts in North America. Starting in 2009, Partek has installed over nine additional lifts and continues to service Borvig installation. This United States manufacturing company–related article

1295-407: 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 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

1332-422: Was just a peaceful pasture. The city of Helsinki started to regulate construction to 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

1369-410: Was named Hagnäs ( Swedish for "pasture cape") already at 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

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