Meilahti

Meilahti is a neighbourhood of between and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä. Most of the houses in Meilahti were built in the 1930s and 1940s.
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,220 residents
  • Description: 15th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
  • Also known as: Mejlans

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Mary Church and Olympic Stadium.

Church
St. Mary Catholic Parish is a Roman Catholic parish based in the Meilahti neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. It is run by the Priests of the Sacred Heart.

Stadium
The Helsinki , located in the district about 2.3 kilometres from the centre of the capital , is the largest in the country.

University
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
The is a campus area of the University of Helsinki in . It is home to the University's Faculty of Medicine, and the Helsinki Institute of Life Science. The HiLIFE instiutie was established in 2017.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laakso and Taka-Töölö.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in , . Its borders are defined by the streets of and Nordenskiöldinkatu and the Helsinki Central Park.

Suburb
is a suburb.

Quarter
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.

Meilahti

Latitude
60.1912° or 60° 11′ 28″ north
Longitude
24.90061° or 24° 54′ 2″ east
Population
5,220
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Abbreviation
“15”
Open location code
9GG65WR2+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1519383554
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
646253
Wiki­data ID
Q3177103
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Meilahti” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Meilahti
  • Chinese: 美湾
  • Estonian: Meilahti
  • Estonian: Mejlans
  • Finnish: Meikku
  • Finnish: Meilahti
  • Finnish: Mejlans
  • French: Meilahti
  • French: Mejlans
  • German: Meilahti
  • German: Mejlans
  • Northern Sami: Mejlans
  • Persian: می‌لاهتی
  • Russian: Мейлахти
  • Slovenian: Meilahti
  • Slovenian: Mejlans
  • Spanish: Meilahti
  • Swedish: Meilahti
  • Swedish: Mejlans
  • Turkish: Meilahti

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