Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #13 in Helsinki, Finland

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 3.7 km
Ascend 0 m
Descend 0 m

Experience Helsinki in Finland in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in HelsinkiIndividual Sights in Helsinki

Sight 1: Musiikkimuseo FAME

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Musiikkimuseo FAME

Music Museum Fame – Finnish Music Hall of Fame is a music museum in the Tripla shopping centre in Central Pasila in Helsinki. The entrance to the museum premises is from the outside from the Pasilansilta bridge side and from the inside from the third floor of Tripla.

Wikipedia: Musiikkimuseo Fame (FI), Website

67 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: HopLop Helsinki, Pasila

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HopLop Helsinki, Pasila / fair use

Hoplop is a children's indoor sports and adventure park chain founded in 2005.

Wikipedia: HopLop (FI)

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Ecology Stone

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Ecology Stone is a public artwork designed by Akseli Leinonen above the entrance to the Tripla shopping centre, on Fredikanterassi in Central Pasila, Helsinki. The work won a two-stage design competition in spring 2017, which sought a permanent and site-specific work that would strengthen the character of Fredikanterassi as a meeting and entertaining place. It was hoped that the work would give the area an identity and offer new perspectives to the residents of the area and others moving around in Pasila. Ecology Stone was unveiled in October 2020.

Wikipedia: Ecology Stone (FI)

819 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: Vanha teatterikenttä

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The Vallila Summer Theater, or Vallila's open-air stage, was a summer theater, which operated in Helsinki from the late 1920s until 1970. It was located in the forest north of the Vallila district in the area of ​​present East Pasila.

Wikipedia: Vallilan kesäteatteri (FI)

1828 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 5: Harppi ja tähdet

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Harppi and the stars is a public work of art in Riikka Puronen's public art in the Green Area between Kyläsaarenkatu, Romankatu and the sea in Helsinki. The sculpture consists of different colors and golden steel and aluminum. In his book, Puronen has used metal electrochemical treatment methods. The book, unveiled in May 2018, is seven meters high.

Wikipedia: Harppi ja tähdet (FI)

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Keidas

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Keidas P.V. Lehtinen, Markus Frey / Tekijänoikeuslain 25 §

Oasis is a 2007 short film directed by P.V. Lehtinen. The film is a meditative journey to an oasis that has become like a second home to which they return every summer. They share a strong common experience of Helsinki from the swimming stadium as a source of life force. Many have been there since they were infants.

Wikipedia: Keidas (vuoden 2007 elokuva) (FI)

432 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Kumtähden kenttä

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Kumtähti Airport is a small park area in Toukola, Helsinki. It is located between Hämeentie and Gustav Vasa road north of their branching point, about three kilometers north-northeast of the centre of Helsinki. Nearby on the other side of Gustav Vaasa road is now the Kumpula campus of the University of Helsinki.

Wikipedia: Kumtähden kenttä (FI)

71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Maamme-laulun muistomerkki

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The Song of Our Country memorial is a memorial to the first performance of Finland's national anthem, the song Maamme, in Toukola, Helsinki, in 1848. The monument, created by architect Erik Bryggman and sculptor Viktor Jansson, was unveiled to commemorate the centenary of the event in 1948. It is in its original location, nowadays on the park-like Kumtähti field near the intersection of Gustav Vaasan tie and Floorantie.

Wikipedia: Maamme-laulun muistomerkki (FI)

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