Seurasaari

Seurasaari is an island and a district in Helsinki, Finland, known mostly as the location of the Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, which consists of old, mainly wooden buildings transplanted from elsewhere in Finland and placed in the dense forest landscape of the island.

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Type: Island
Description: island in Helsinki, Finland
Also known as: “Fölisö”, “Fölisön”, and “Fölsiö”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karuna Old Church and Tamminiemi.

Karuna Old Church

Church

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Tamminiemi

Museum

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Tamminiemi is a villa and house museum located in the Meilahti district of Helsinki, Finland. It was one of the three official residences of the President of Finland, from 1940 to 1982.

Sibelius Monument

Work of art

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The Sibelius Monument is a public art memorial to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, who died in 1957. Situated in Sibelius Park within the Töölö district of Helsinki, the monument is by the Finnish sculptor Eila Hiltunen, whose design—Passio Musicae —won a contentious, and therefore protracted, competition that the Sibelius Society of Finland held from 1961 to 1962.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kuusisaari and Meilahti.

Kuusisaari

Suburb

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Kuusisaari, Granö is an island and a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. It has the highest average income of all the Helsinki metropolitan area. Many foreign embassies are located in Kuusisaari.

Meilahti

Suburb

Meilahti is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä. The population of Meilahti is about 5200 people. Meilahti is part of the Reijola district together with Laakso and Ruskeasuo.