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21-649: Etu-Töölö, the southern neighbourhood, borders Kamppi and is the location of the Finnish Parliament House . Taka-Töölö, the northern neighbourhood, borders Meilahti and Laakso , and is the location of the Helsinki University Central Hospital . Contrary to popular belief, Töölö is no longer an official name of any district or neighbourhood in Helsinki; in 1959 Töölö was divided into Etu-Töölö and Taka-Töölö. Töölö

42-414: A decision of the city council on 13 December 1982, when the number of different subdivisions used by different municipal departments was seen as confusing and problematic. Before the reform, in 1980, there were 101 different divisions used by the departments, of which only 17 corresponded to the official borough division. The new districts came to use within all providers of public services by 1986. Helsinki

63-460: A market run by Jewish merchants from the late 19th century until 1929 when it was shut down. A new pedestrian plaza on the same site, completed in 2005 as part of a recent redevelopment project, has been officially named Narinkka Square ( Finnish : Narinkkatori , Swedish : Narinken ) which comes from the name that the old Jewish market had. The name for the Jewish market has its background in

84-637: A square of living costs closer to €10,000. Töölö is also known for its functionalist architecture, notably around Taka-Töölö. There are many parks, including Hesperia Park on the Töölö Bay and also Sibelius Park , named after composer Jean Sibelius and containing a monument in his name. Töölö also has a vibrant cultural life, being the location of the Finnish National Opera , the National Museum of Finland , Kunsthalle Helsinki,

105-581: Is a neighbourhood in the centre of Helsinki , the capital of Finland . The name originally referred to a small area known as the "Kamppi field" (see below), but according to the current official designation, "Kamppi" encompasses a much larger area with a population of 10,000 in 2004. The heart of Kamppi is a part of the Central Business District . However, in stark contrast to the other districts of central Helsinki, development in Kamppi

126-414: Is also often unofficially divided into four distinct geographic areas. These have no absolute definitions, but they are roughly as follows. The city is also divided into postal code areas numbered between 10 and 99. Postal codes for private residences in Helsinki have the form 00xx0 , where the initial '00' shows that the postal code is located in Helsinki, the next two digits show the postal code area, and

147-824: The Helsinki City Rail Loop . 60°10′03″N 24°55′54″E  /  60.16750°N 24.93167°E  / 60.16750; 24.93167 Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods The city of Helsinki , the capital of Finland , can be divided into various sorts of subdivisions. Helsinki is divided into three major areas: Helsinki Downtown ( Finnish : Helsingin kantakaupunki , Swedish : Helsingfors innerstad ), North Helsinki ( Finnish : Pohjois-Helsinki , Swedish : Norra Helsingfors ) and East Helsinki ( Finnish : Itä-Helsinki , Swedish : Östra Helsingfors ). The subdivisions include boroughs, districts, major districts and postal code areas. The plethora of different official ways to divide

168-470: The 19th century as numbered parts of the city, and official names were assigned to them in 1959. Five boroughs (numbers 55 – 59) were annexed on 1 January 2009. Today, each borough is identified by both a two-digit number between 01 and 59 and an official name in both Finnish and Swedish (in some cases they may be identical). In addition, there is an unnumbered borough called Aluemeri that consists essentially only of outer coastal water that doesn't reach to

189-562: The Russian language, as many of the Jewish merchants came from Russia and spoke Russian. In Russian language , "на рынке" (na rinke) means "on the market". The Finnish speaking people began to call the place "narinkka" and the name stuck to the place with few people today knowing the original meaning of the word. The reputable Ressu Upper Secondary School as well as the Helsinki Old Church and its adjacent park are located in

210-761: The Zoological Museum, Töölö Library, and many small galleries and bookstores. With the Olympic Stadium , Sonera Stadium , the Sports Hall and the Ice Hall , all within walking distance from each other, Taka-Töölö is also a significant neighbourhood for sport life in Helsinki. [REDACTED] Media related to Töölö at Wikimedia Commons 60°10′45″N 024°55′26″E  /  60.17917°N 24.92389°E  / 60.17917; 24.92389 Kamppi Kamppi ( Swedish : Kampen )

231-673: The centre of Kamppi was occupied by the largest single construction site in the history of Finland. The first phase of the project, the underground bus terminal, was opened to the public in June 2005. Completed in March 2006, the Kamppi Center also houses high-quality apartments and a large shopping mall. In 2012 the Kamppi Chapel was opened on the other end of Narinkka Square. A railway station has been planned for Kamppi as part of

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252-508: The city is a source of some confusion to the inhabitants, as different kinds of subdivisions often share similar or identical names. Helsinki consists of 60 boroughs ( kaupunginosa in Finnish ; stadsdel in Swedish ). The division into boroughs is the official division created by the city council and used for city planning and other similar purposes. Most of the boroughs have existed since

273-410: The city is also divided into 34 districts ( peruspiiri , distrikt ) to facilitate the coordination of public services. The districts, which may comprise several boroughs, are organised into eight major districts ( suurpiiri , stordistrikt ). Different quarters of a borough may belong to different districts, but individual quarters are never divided between boroughs. The district division was created by

294-420: The coast. Boroughs are further divided into quarters ( osa-alue ) and sectors ( pienalue ), numbered with three and four digits respectively. Sectors divide further into individual blocks and properties. This is listed by Finnish names first and the Swedish names in brackets. This is due to the bilinguality of Finland and Helsinki. In addition to the borough division, which exists for city planning purposes,

315-457: The district of Kamppi. There are also two hotels in Kamppi area: Hotel Marski and Hotel Torni . The central bus station of Helsinki is located in a modern terminal built entirely underground in Kamppi, and the Helsinki railway station is located only a few hundred metres away. A popular destination in Kamppi is Tennispalatsi , the largest cinema multiplex in Helsinki. Since August 2002,

336-506: The final plan combining Nyström's spacious street network and elements of Sonck's Sittesque details. The final plan (1916) under the direction of Jung, made the scheme more uniform, while the architecture is seen as typical of the Nordic Classicism style. A typical street in the plan is that of Museokatu, with tall lines of buildings in a classical style along a curving street line. A still wider (24 metres) new tree-lined boulevard

357-638: The most respected as a place to live, but the prices of apartments are high, especially in Etu-Töölö. In Töölö, the marketing times for apartments are clearly shorter and the prices per square meter are therefore higher than in the rest of Helsinki on average, which speaks of abundant demand. A square of living in Töölö costs about €8,000, which is close to the price level of the second most popular district, Lauttasaari , but clearly less than in Ullanlinna , where

378-493: The other two entries following two picturesque theories of town planning proposed at that time by Viennese city planner Camillo Sitte , with the street network adapted to the rocky terrain and with picturesque compositions. Undecided what course of action to take, however, the City Council asked the prize-winners to submit new proposals. When this led to further stalemate Nyström and Sonck were commissioned to work together on

399-657: Was built in 1920–1930 when Helsinki suffered from rapid population growth and needed more housing. It was the site of the first ever town planning competition in Finland in 1898–1900. Three entries were lifted out for recognition; first prize was awarded to architect Gustaf Nyström (together with engineer Herman Norrmén), second prize to architect Lars Sonck , and third prize to a joint entry by Sonck together with architects Bertil Jung and Valter Thomé. Nyström's scheme represented classicism with wide main streets and imposing public buildings arranged in symmetrical axial compositions, and

420-461: Was sporadic and the very centre of Kamppi remained entirely undeveloped until 2002. The name "Kamppi" is derived from the Swedish word for battle, kamp . Under Russian rule in the 19th century, Kamppi was mainly used as a military area by Russian forces, with barracks and training fields, which the name refers to. This so-called "Kamppi field" in the centre of Kamppi was also the location of

441-402: Was that of Helsinginkatu, driven through the working-class district of Kallio , first outlined in 1887 by Sonck, but with further input from Nyström, and completed in around 1923. However, despite these wide streets there are also several Sitte-inspired picturesque streets and squares, most notably Temppeliaukio square (in the centre of which is the "church in the rock") . Töölö has always been

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