Suomenlinna

South Helsinki is in this guide defined as the part of south of the Esplanadi and Bulevardi streets. It also includes the archipelago south of Helsinki, such as the Suomenlinna islands.
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  • Type: Suburb with 900 residents
  • Description: sea fortress by Helsinki, Finland
  • Also known as: “Sveaborg”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ehrensvärd Museum and Military Museum of Finland.

Museum
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Museum
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The is the central museum of the Finnish Defence Forces and the national special museum of military history. It is located in and it is part of the Finnish National Defence University.

Memorial
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The Ehrensvärd grave is the final resting place and memorial of Augustin Ehrensvärd, the founder of the Suomenlinna island fortress in , , at the Linnanpiha yard on the island of Susisaari in Suomenlinna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaivopuisto and South Helsinki.

Suburb
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, nicknamed Kaivari in Finnish or Brunsan in Swedish, is one of the oldest and best known in central , , and also a neighbourhood of about 500 inhabitants where the park is located.

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is in this guide defined as the part of south of the Esplanadi and Bulevardi streets. It also includes the archipelago south of Helsinki, such as the Suomenlinna islands.

Suburb
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is a city district of Helsinki, in Finland. features a wide variety of high-quality restaurants. Korkeavuorenkatu is known for its fashion boutiques, cafés, and restaurants. is situated 2½ km northwest of Suomenlinna.

Suomenlinna

Latitude
60.14439° or 60° 8′ 40″ north
Longitude
24.98541° or 24° 59′ 8″ east
Population
900
Abbreviation
“52”
United Nations Location Code
FI SBG
Open location code
9GG64XVP+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1323450834
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6698617
Wiki­data ID
Q1292442
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Suomenlinna” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سوومنلينا”
  • Armenian: “Սվեաբորգ”
  • Basque: “Suomenlinna”
  • Basque: “Sveaborg”
  • Belarusian: “Крэпасць Суаменліна”
  • Belarusian: “Свеаборг”
  • Belarusian: “Суаменліна”
  • Bulgarian: “Суоменлина”
  • Catalan: “Suomenlinna”
  • Catalan: “Sveaborg”
  • Cebuano: “Suomenlinna”
  • Cebuano: “Sveaborg”
  • Chinese: “斯韋阿堡”
  • Chinese: “斯韦阿堡”
  • Chinese: “维亚堡”
  • Chinese: “芬兰堡”
  • Chinese: “芬蘭堡”
  • Croatian: “Suomenlinna”
  • Croatian: “Sveaborg”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Suomenlinna”
  • Czech: “Suomenlinna”
  • Czech: “Sveaborg”
  • Danish: “Fæstningen Suomenlinna”
  • Danish: “Suomenlinna”
  • Danish: “Sveaborg”
  • Dutch: “Fort Suomenlinna”
  • Dutch: “Suomenlinna”
  • Dutch: “Sveaborg”
  • Dutch: “Viapori”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سوومنلينا”
  • Esperanto: “Suomenlinna”
  • Esperanto: “Sveaborg”
  • Estonian: “Suomenlinna”
  • Estonian: “Sveaborg”
  • Estonian: “Viapori”
  • Finnish: “Suokki”
  • Finnish: “Suomenlinna (linnoitus)”
  • Finnish: “Suomenlinna”
  • Finnish: “Sveaborg”
  • Finnish: “Viapori”
  • French: “Suomenlinna”
  • French: “Sveaborg”
  • French: “Viapori”
  • Galician: “Fortaleza de Suomenlinna”
  • Georgian: “სვეაბორგის სიმაგრე”
  • Georgian: “სუომენლინა”
  • German: “Festung Suomenlinna”
  • German: “Iso Mustasaari”
  • German: “Länsi Musta”
  • German: “Pikku Musta”
  • German: “Suomenlinna”
  • German: “Sveaborg”
  • German: “Viapori”
  • Greek: “Sveaborg”
  • Greek: “Viapori”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο της Σουομενλίνα”
  • Hebrew: “סואומנלינה”
  • Hindi: “सुआमेनलिन्ना”
  • Hungarian: “Suomenlinna erődítménye”
  • Hungarian: “Sveaborg”
  • Inari Sami: “Suomâlanne”
  • Indonesian: “Suomenlinna”
  • Indonesian: “Sveaborg”
  • Italian: “Suomenlinna”
  • Italian: “Sveaborg”
  • Italian: “Sveaborgo”
  • Italian: “Sveaburgo”
  • Italian: “Viapori”
  • Japanese: “スオメンリンナ”
  • Japanese: “スオメンリンナの要塞”
  • Japanese: “スオメンリンナの要塞群”
  • Korean: “수오멘린나”
  • Latvian: “Somenlinna”
  • Lithuanian: “Suomenlina”
  • Lithuanian: “Sveaborgas”
  • Macedonian: “Суоменлина”
  • Malay: “Suomenlinna”
  • Malay: “Sveaborg”
  • Maltese: “Fortizza ta‘ Suomenlinna”
  • Maltese: “Fortizza ta’ Suomenlinna”
  • Maltese: “Suomenlinna”
  • Maltese: “Sveaborg”
  • Maltese: “Viapori”
  • Nepali: “सुमेनलिनाको किल्ला”
  • Northern Sami: “Sveaborg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Suomenlinna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sveaborg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Suomenlinna”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sveaborg”
  • Norwegian: “Sveaborg”
  • Oriya: “ସୁଅମେନଲିନ୍ନା”
  • Oriya: “ସୁଓମେନ୍ଲିନା ଦ୍ଵିପ , ଫିନଲାଣ୍ଡ”
  • Persian: “سوئومن‌لینا”
  • Persian: “سیومنلینا”
  • Polish: “Suomenlinna”
  • Polish: “Sveaborg”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de suomenlinna”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Suomenlinna”
  • Portuguese: “Suomenlinna”
  • Portuguese: “Sveaborg”
  • Romanian: “Suomenlinna”
  • Romanian: “Sveaborg”
  • Russian: “Свеаборг”
  • Russian: “Суоменлинна”
  • Serbian: “Суоменлина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Suomenlinna”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sveaborg”
  • Slovak: “Suomenlinna”
  • Slovak: “Sveaborg”
  • Slovak: “Viapori”
  • Slovenian: “Suomenlinna”
  • Somali: “Suomenlinna”
  • Somali: “Sveaborg”
  • Spanish: “Suomenlinna”
  • Spanish: “Sveaborg”
  • Swedish: “Sveaborg”
  • Tajik: “Свеаборг”
  • Turkish: “Suomenlinna”
  • Turkish: “Sveaborg”
  • Ukrainian: “Свеаборг”
  • Ukrainian: “Суоменлінна”
  • Vietnamese: “Suomenlinna”
  • Welsh: “Suomenlinna”

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