Harju
Harju is a quarter of Helsinki, Finland. It is located northeast of the city centre, part of Alppiharju neighbourhood, between the quarters of Alppila, Torkkelinmäki, Linjat and the neighbourhoods of Sörnäinen and Vallila.- Type: Quarter with 7,580 residents
- Description: quarter in Alppiharju, Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as: “Harju, Helsinki”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Linnanmäki and The Kindergarten Museum.
Linnanmäki
Photo: Jyri Moisio, CC BY 3.0.
Linnanmäki is an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It is the largest and most famous amusement park in Finland, and one of the most-visited in Europe.
Sörnäinen metro station
Metro station
Photo: Vihermarja, Public domain.
Sörnäinen metro station is a station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the central Helsinki districts of Sörnäinen and Kallio. Sörnäinen is the easternmost station on the system to be located underground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inner East and Sörnäinen curve.
Inner East
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Inner East comprises the parts of Helsinki east of the railway, north of Pitkäsilta, south of freeways 4 and 45 and west of Kulosaari. In this part of the city you can see districts of old wooden houses and postmodern, blocky concrete districts built as the "city districts of the future" in the 1970s.
Sörnäinen curve
Neighborhood
Photo: JIP, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sörnäinen curve, also known as Sörkän kurvi or just Kurvi, is an area in the eastern part of the Helsinki city proper in Finland, at the intersection point of the neighbourhoods of Sörnäinen, Kallio and Alppiharju.
Torkkelinmäki
Quarter
Photo: Marit Henriksson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torkkelinmäki, Torkelsbacken is a central neighborhood of Kallio, Helsinki, Finland. Its boundaries are Hämeentie on the east, Helsinginkatu on the north, Kaarlenkatu on the west and Viides linja on the south.
Harju
- Categories: neighborhood, subdivision of a neighborhood of Helsinki, and locality
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.18838° or 60° 11′ 18″ northLongitude
24.95594° or 24° 57′ 21″ eastPopulation
7,580Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
9GG65XQ4+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 3854079580OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
7521689Wikidata ID
Q3068689
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Satellite Map
Discover Harju from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Harju” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哈尔尤”
- Dutch: “Harju”
- Estonian: “Harju”
- Finnish: “Harju”
- French: “Harju”
- Persian: “هاریو، هلسینکی”
- Slovenian: “Harju”
- Swedish: “Ås, Helsingfors”
- Swedish: “Ås”
- Swedish: “Harju”
- Turkish: “Harju”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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