Vanhakaupunki
Inner East comprises the parts of Helsinki east of the railway, north of Pitkäsilta, south of freeways 4 and 45 and west of Kulosaari. In this part of the city you can see districts of old wooden houses and postmodern, blocky concrete districts built as the "city districts of the future" in the 1970s.
- Type: Suburb with 824 residents
- Description: 27th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as: “Gammelstad”, “Helsingin vanhakaupunki”, and “ヴァンハカオポンキ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museum of Technology and Verkatehtaanpuisto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toukola and Koskela.
Vanhakaupunki
- Categories: neighbourhood of Helsinki, old town, subdivision of a neighborhood of Helsinki, and locality
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.21432° or 60° 12′ 52″ north
Longitude
24.97969° or 24° 58′ 47″ east
Population
824
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Abbreviation
“27”
Open location code
9GG66X7H+PV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Vanhakaupunki” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Ванхакаупунки”
- Cebuano: “Vanhakaupunki”
- Chinese: “旧城区”
- Danish: “Gammelstaden”
- Dutch: “Vanhakaupunki”
- Estonian: “Vanhakaupunki”
- Finnish: “Gammeli”
- Finnish: “Vanhakaupunki”
- French: “Vanhakaupunki”
- German: “Vanhakaupunki”
- Japanese: “ヴァンハカウプンキ”
- Northern Sami: “Gammelstaden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gammelstaden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gammelstaden”
- Norwegian: “Gammelstaden”
- Persian: “وانهاکاوپونکی”
- Russian: “Ванхакаупунки”
- Slovenian: “Vanhakaupunki”
- Swedish: “Gammelstaden, Helsingfors”
- Swedish: “Gammelstaden”
- Turkish: “Vanhakaupunki”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Viikinranta and Arabianranta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Vanha Helsingin tori ja raatihuone and Kellomäki.
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