Munkkisaari
Munkkisaari is a quarter in Helsinki, Uusimaa and has about 1,180 residents. Munkkisaari is situated nearby to the neighborhood Telakkaranta, as well as near the suburb Eira.Photo: MKFI, Public domain.
- Type: Quarter with 1,180 residents
- Description: quarter of Ullanlinna district in Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as: “Hernesaari”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pyhiinvaeltajanpuisto and Mikael Agricola Church.
Mikael Agricola Church
Church
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mikael Agricola Church is a Lutheran church located in the Punavuori district of Helsinki, Finland. It was designed by Lars Sonck and built between 1933 and 1935. The church was inaugurated on 14 April 1935. It is named after bishop Mikael Agricola.
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Art gallery
The Sinebrychoff Art Museum is an art museum located on Bulevardi in Helsinki, Finland. The museum exhibits the old European art collections of the Finnish National Gallery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eira and Hietalahti.
Eira
Suburb
Photo: Joneikifi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eira is a borough in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Eira is located south from the city centre. The neighbourhood has some of the most expensive and sought-after old apartments in Helsinki, built in jugend style.
Hietalahti
Quarter
Photo: Алексей Решетников, CC BY 3.0.
Hietalahti is the southernmost section of the Kamppi neighborhood the city of Helsinki, Finland. A notable feature is the Hietalahti shipyard. Hietalahti's borders are the seaside, Mechelininkatu, Ruoholahdenkatu, Albertinkatu, Bulevardi.
Hernesaari
Suburb
Photo: Ximonic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hernesaari is a subarea of the Länsisatama district in the southernmost part of Helsinki. It consists of the peninsula west of Eira and the former islands of Munkkisaari and Hernesaari, which have been connected to it by land reclamation.
Munkkisaari
- Category: locality
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.15633° or 60° 9′ 23″ northLongitude
24.93021° or 24° 55′ 49″ eastPopulation
1,180Open location code
9GG65W4J+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 11759145369OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Munkkisaari” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蒙基萨里”
- Dutch: “Hernesaari”
- Finnish: “Herne”
- Finnish: “Herneri”
- Finnish: “Hernesaari”
- Finnish: “Munkkisaari”
- French: “Hernesaari”
- French: “Munkkisaari”
- Persian: “هرنساری”
- Swedish: “Ärtholmen”
- Swedish: “Munkholmen, Helsingfors”
- Swedish: “Munkholmen”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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