Esplanadi
Esplanadi, colloquially known as Espa, is an esplanade and urban park in downtown Helsinki, Finland, situated between the Erottaja square and the Market Square.Photo: Thierry Caro, Public domain.
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as: “Esplanaden” and “Esplanadi park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral and Senate Square.
Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral
Church
Photo: Biopics, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kruununhaka and Katajanokka are two districts of Helsinki right to the east of downtown, here defined as east of Unioninkatu, and stretching as far south as the Market Hall.
Senate Square
Square
Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Senate Square presents Carl Ludvig Engel's architecture as a unique allegory of political, religious, scientific and commercial powers in the centre of Helsinki, Finland.
Swedish Theatre
Theater building
The Swedish Theatre is a Swedish-language theatre in Helsinki, Finland, and is located at the Erottaja square, at the end of Esplanadi. It was the first national stage of Finland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kluuvi and Kaartinkaupunki.
Kluuvi
Suburb
Photo: Paasikivi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kluuvi is the commercial centre of Helsinki, Finland, and a neighbourhood in the Vironniemi district of Helsinki. The Helsinki Central railway station, Hotel Kämp and Hotel Arthur, the Helsinki main post office, the Stockmann, Kämp Galleria, and Sokos department stores, the Kluuvi shopping centre and the main offices of Finnish banks are located in Kluuvi.
Kaartinkaupunki
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaartinkaupunki is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Helsinki, Finland. Kaartinkaupunki consists of the area between the Esplanadi park and the Tähtitornin vuori park.
Central Helsinki
Central Helsinki consists of the central parts of Helsinki east of Mannerheimintie, south of Pitkäsilta, west of Unioninkatu and north of Esplanadi; in short the commercial downtown.
Esplanadi
- Category: promenade
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Esplanadi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- 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”
- 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”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Esplanaden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Esplanadparken”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Esplanaden”
- Norwegian: “Esplanadparken”
- Persian: “اسپلانادی”
- Polish: “Esplanad”
- Polish: “Esplanadi”
- Russian: “Esplanaden”
- Russian: “Парк Эспланады”
- Russian: “Эспланади”
- Slovak: “Esplanadi park”
- Spanish: “Esplanadi”
- Swedish: “Espen”
- Swedish: “Esplanaden, Helsingfors”
- Swedish: “Esplanaden”
- Swedish: “Esplanadin puisto”
- Swedish: “Esplanadparken”
- Turkish: “Esplanadi Parkı”
- Ukrainian: “Парк Еспланади”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaisaniemi and Kruununhaka.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hotel Kämp and Kämp Galleria.
Helsinki: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Kamppi and Southwest, Inner East, Central Helsinki, and South Helsinki.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.