Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Helsinki, Finland

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 0 m
Descend 0 m

Explore Helsinki in Finland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in HelsinkiIndividual Sights in Helsinki

Sight 1: Olaus Petri Church

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Olaus Petri Church is a church in Helsinki, Finland, located in Etu-Töölö on Minervankatu. The church belongs to the Olaus Petri Parish in Helsinki, which is part of the Diocese of Porvoo. Before 2007, the parish was part of the Church of Sweden.

Wikipedia: Olaus Petri kyrka, Helsingfors (SV)

237 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Kristuskyrkan

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Kristuskyrkan is a Christian church in Helsinki, Finland, located in the central district of Etu-Töölö at the corner between Fänrik Ståls Street and Apollonkatu Street. It was built at the beginning of the twentieth century and it is part of the Swedish Methodist Church of Finland.

Wikipedia: Kristuskyrkan (EN), Website

409 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Spring / UKK Monument

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The Urho Kekkonen Memorial or Lähde is a monument dedicated to President Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986) in Helsinki's Hakasalmi Park, next to Finlandia Hall. A design competition was held for the monument in 1997, which was won by sculptor Pekka Jylhä with his proposal Lähde. The work was unveiled on the centenary of Kekkonen's birth on 3 September 2000.

Wikipedia: Urho Kekkosen muistomerkki (Helsinki) (FI), Website

408 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Hesperian puisto

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Hesperia Park is a park located on the western shore of Töölönlahti Bay in Helsinki, belonging to the districts of Etu-Töölö and Taka-Töölö. It borders Mannerheimintie in the west, Finlandia Hall in the south and the Finnish National Opera and Ballet in the north. On the beach, however, the park extends in a narrow strip all the way to Helsinginkatu, on the other side of which is the Zoo park area. South of Töölönlahti is the Töölönlahti Park, opened in 2016. The entire Töölönlahti park zone can be counted as part of Helsinki Central Park.

Wikipedia: Hesperian puisto (FI)

593 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Töölönlahden puisto

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Töölönlahden puisto Yehia Eweis / CC BY-SA 4.0

Töölönlahti Park is a public park located on the southern shore of Töölönlahti Bay in the centre of Helsinki. It borders Hesperia Park to the west, the main railway line to the east and Töölönlahdenkatu to the south. The park was completed in summer 2016 on the site of the former Töölö freight rail yard, a few years after the Helsinki Harbour Railway and VR's warehouses had been demolished. Töölönlahti Park, as well as the Zoo area north of Töölönlahti Bay, can be counted as part of Helsinki Central Park.

Wikipedia: Töölönlahden puisto (FI)

536 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Finlandia Hall

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The Finlandia Hall is a congress and event venue in the centre of Helsinki on the Töölönlahti Bay, owned by the City of Helsinki. The building, which was designed by architect Alvar Aalto, was completed in 1971. Every detail in the building is designed by Aalto. The designs were completed in 1962, with building taking place between 1967 and 1971. The Congress Wing was designed in 1970 and built in 1973–1975. In 2011, the building was expanded with new exhibition and meeting facilities. Finlandia Hall is known as the venue for the OSCE Summit held in August 1975, attended by 35 world leaders, including the leader of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev, and the President of the United States, Gerald Ford.

Wikipedia: Finlandia Hall (EN)

1325 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 7: Freemason's Grave

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A Mason's Tomb may refer to:Masonic Tomb (Helsinki), a tomb and grave memorial located in Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki Mason's Tomb (Tampere), a monument in Hatanpäänpuisto, Tampere.

Wikipedia: Vapaamuurarin hauta (FI)

266 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden

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Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden is located in the Kluuvi district of Helsinki, in an area called Kaisaniemi. Along with the Kumpula Botanical Garden, it is one of the two botanical gardens of the University of Helsinki. In addition to the Botanical Museum, both gardens belong to the Botany Unit of the Finnish Museum of Natural History, headed by Docent Marko-Tapio Hyvärinen. Botanical gardens maintain a scientific collection of living plants for research and educational purposes.

Wikipedia: Kaisaniemen kasvitieteellinen puutarha (FI), Website

458 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Museum of Civil Defence

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Museum of Civil Defence Sakari Kiuru / CC BY 3.0

The Helsinki Civil Defence Museum is a museum of the Helsinki City Rescue Department along Siltavuorenranta in Kruununhaka. The museum presents the history and present of civil defence and was built in a civil defence shelter during World War II. The exhibition spaces include a home from the Continuation War and objects from the civil defence industry. The Helsinki Civil Defence Association is responsible for the maintenance of the museum and organises safety training for associations, groups and school classes visiting the museum on request.

Wikipedia: Helsingin Väestönsuojelumuseo (FI), Website

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Burgher's house

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Burgher's houseJennifer Boyer from Maryland, USA / CC BY 2.0

The Spraymaster's House is a wooden building in Kruununhaka, completed no later than 1818, which is the oldest stationary wooden house in the Helsinki city centre. Alexander Wickholm, who worked as a spray master, bought it as an apartment for his family in 1859. The building is one of the offices of the Helsinki City Museum, and it has been restored to showcase the home life of a family of civil servants in the 1860s. The property includes a one-storey main building and a courtyard building, but at one time there was also a stable, barn, wagon shed and woodshed on the plot. These buildings were demolished in 1905 and replaced by a three-storey stone house. The courtyard building has been used as a sauna, baking room and living rooms. Originally, the main building was painted with red soil, but when Wickholm bought the house, it had already been painted ochre yellow.

Wikipedia: Ruiskumestarin talo (FI), Website

914 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 11: Life at the Hakaniemi Marketplace

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Market Life in Hakaniemi is a sculpture relief made by Aimo Tukiainen at the Hakaniemi metro station in Helsinki. The work, made in 1961, is the oldest of the works of art on the Helsinki metro. It is also the only one that was not designed for the metro: the work was originally located on the outer wall of the Postipankki office building on Siltasaarenkatu. After the change of ownership of Postipankki, Torielämä in Hakaniemi was transferred to the ownership of the Helsinki City Transport Department. The work is made of metal by welding and it shows market stalls seen from a bird's eye view. Lamps are placed inside the work to illuminate it in the dark.

Wikipedia: Torielämää Hakaniemessä (FI)

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Hakaniemi Market Hall

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Hakaniemi Market Hall --Jisis 18:13, 6 September 2008 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Hakaniemi market hall is a market building at the Hakaniemi market square in the district of Kallio in Helsinki, Finland. It was built at the start of the street Hämeentie in 1914.

Wikipedia: Hakaniemi market hall (EN), Website

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Helsingin Saalem

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Salem Church in Helsinki is a Pentecostal church located in Helsinki, Finland. Salem Church was founded in 1928. Today, Salem Church is the largest Pentecostal church in Finland with approximately 3,500 members. The congregation meets at the Salem Temple in Näkinkuja, Hakaniemi. Since October 2022, branch president has been Stefan Sigfrids. Salem Church is a member of the Pentecostal Church of Finland.

Wikipedia: Helsingin Saalem-seurakunta (FI), Website, Website

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