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Munkkiniemi

Munkkiniemi is a neighbourhood in Helsinki. Subdivisions within the district are , , , , and .
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  • Type: Suburb with 17,300 residents
  • Description: city district and the 30th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
  • Also known as: “Munksnäs”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Munkkiniemi Library and Alvar Aalto’s home.

Library
Photo: Paju, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Museum
Photo: Teemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Church
Photo: Niera, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Munkkivuori and Pikku Huopalahti.

Suburb
is a quarter of the Munkkiniemi neighbourhood in . The buildings and the plan of site are typical of the late 1950s. Most of the residential buildings in are within a loop formed by Ulvilantie ring road.

Quarter
Photo: Joneikifi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood in the West of between the Ruskeasuo neighbourhood and in the east, the Meilahti neighborhood in the South, the Niemenmäki neighborhood and Huopalahdentie street in the West and the Vihdintie street and Etelä-Haaga neighborhood in the North.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
, Granö is an island and a neighborhood of , . It has the highest average income of all the Helsinki metropolitan area. Many foreign embassies are located in .

Munkkiniemi

Latitude
60.19836° or 60° 11′ 54″ north
Longitude
24.87585° or 24° 52′ 33″ east
Population
17,300
Abbreviation
“30”
Open location code
9GG65VXG+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25240269
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
645691
Wiki­data ID
Q3177384
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Munkkiniemi” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Мункиниеми”
  • Cebuano: “Munkkiniemi”
  • Chinese: “僧侣半岛”
  • Chinese: “蒙基涅米”
  • Estonian: “Munkkiniemi”
  • Finnish: “Munkka”
  • Finnish: “Munkkiniemi”
  • Finnish: “Munksnäs”
  • French: “Munkkiniemi”
  • French: “Munksnäs”
  • German: “Munkkiniemi”
  • German: “Munksnäs”
  • Japanese: “ムンキニエミ”
  • Japanese: “ムンッキニエミ”
  • Northern Sami: “Munksnäs”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Munkkiniemi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Munksnäs”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Munksnäs”
  • Norwegian: “Munksnäs”
  • Persian: “مونکنیمی”
  • Russian: “Мунккиниеми”
  • Slovenian: “Munkkiniemi”
  • Slovenian: “Munksnäs”
  • Spanish: “Munkkiniemi”
  • Spanish: “Munksnäs”
  • Swedish: “Muncca”
  • Swedish: “Munkkiniemi”
  • Swedish: “Munksnäs”
  • Tagalog: “Munkkiniemi”
  • Tagalog: “Munksnäs”
  • Turkish: “Munkkiniemi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мунккініемі”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Vanha Munkkiniemi and Toimelan palstapuutarha.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Laajalahden aukio and Stolperstein dedicated to Janka Kollmann.

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