Esplanadi

Esplanadi, colloquially known as Espa, is an esplanade and in downtown , Finland, situated between the Erottaja square and the .
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Helsinki, Finland
  • Also known as: “Esplanaden”, “Esplanadi park”, and “Esplanadi Park”
  • Address: Helsinki

Places of Interest

Highlights include Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral and Swedish Theatre.

Church
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Kruununhaka and Katajanokka are two districts of right to the east of , here defined as east of Unioninkatu, and stretching as far south as the Market Hall.

Theater building
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The is a Swedish-language theatre in , , and is located at the Erottaja square, at the end of Esplanadi. It was the first national stage of Finland.

Square
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presents Carl Ludvig Engel's architecture as a unique allegory of political, religious, scientific and commercial powers in the centre of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Helsinki and Kluuvi.

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consists of the central parts of east of Mannerheimintie, south of Pitkäsilta, west of Unioninkatu and north of Esplanadi; in short the commercial downtown.

Suburb
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is the commercial centre of , , and a neighbourhood in the Vironniemi district of Helsinki. The Helsinki Central railway station, and Hotel Arthur, the Helsinki main post office, the , Kämp Galleria, and Sokos department stores, the and the main offices of Finnish banks are located in .

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the southern part of , . consists of the area between the Esplanadi park and the Tähtitornin vuori park.

Esplanadi

Latitude
60.16746° or 60° 10′ 3″ north
Longitude
24.94755° or 24° 56′ 51″ east
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Operator
City of Helsinki
Open location code
9GG65W8X+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28328802
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
6956566
Wiki­data ID
Q1368319
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Esplanadi” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Esplanaden”
  • Bulgarian: “Еспланади”
  • Cebuano: “Esplanaden”
  • Cebuano: “Esplanadi”
  • Chinese: “埃斯普拉纳迪”
  • Chinese: “埃斯普拉纳迪公园”
  • Chinese: “爱斯普拉纳地”
  • Chinese: “爱斯普拉纳地公园”
  • Czech: “Esplanadi”
  • Czech: “Esplanadin puisto”
  • Czech: “Esplanadparken”
  • Czech: “Park Esplanadi”
  • Danish: “Esplanaden”
  • Danish: “Esplanadin puisto”
  • Danish: “Esplanadparken”
  • Dutch: “Esplanadi”
  • Estonian: “Esplanaadi park”
  • Estonian: “Esplanaden”
  • Estonian: “Esplanadin puisto”
  • Estonian: “Esplanadinpuisto”
  • Estonian: “Esplanadparken”
  • Finnish: “Espa”
  • Finnish: “Esplanaden”
  • Finnish: “Esplanadi-puisto”
  • Finnish: “Esplanadin puisto”
  • Finnish: “Esplanadinpuisto”
  • French: “Esplanaden”
  • French: “Esplanadi”
  • French: “Esplanadin puisto”
  • German: “Esplanade”
  • German: “Esplanaden”
  • German: “Esplanadi”
  • Hungarian: “Esplanadi”
  • Icelandic: “Esplanaden”
  • Indonesian: “Esplanaden”
  • Italian: “Espa”
  • Italian: “Esplanaden”
  • Italian: “Esplanadi”
  • Japanese: “エスプラナーディ公園”
  • Japanese: “エテラエスプラナーディ通り”
  • Korean: “에스플라나디 공원”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esplanaden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esplanadparken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Esplanaden”
  • Norwegian: “Esplanadparken”
  • Persian: “اسپلانادی”
  • Polish: “Esplanad”
  • Polish: “Esplanadi”
  • Russian: “Esplanaden”
  • Russian: “Парк Эспланада”
  • Russian: “Парк Эспланады”
  • Russian: “Эспланади”
  • Slovak: “Esplanadi park”
  • Swedish: “Espen”
  • Swedish: “Esplanaden, Helsingfors”
  • Swedish: “Esplanaden”
  • Swedish: “Esplanadin puisto”
  • Swedish: “Esplanadparken”
  • Turkish: “Esplanadi Parkı”
  • Ukrainian: “Парк Еспланади”

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