Harju

Harju is a quarter of , . It is located northeast of the city centre, part of neighbourhood, between the quarters of , , and the neighbourhoods of and .
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  • 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.

Photo: Jyri Moisio, CC BY 3.0.
is an amusement park in , . It is the largest and most famous amusement park in Finland, and one of the most-visited in Europe.

Museum
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Metro station
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is a station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the central districts of and . Sörnäinen is the easternmost station on the system to be located underground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner East and Sörnäinen curve.

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
comprises the parts of 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.

Neighborhood
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The , also known as Sörkän kurvi or just Kurvi, is an area in the eastern part of the city proper in , at the intersection point of the neighbourhoods of , and .

Quarter
Photo: Marit Henriksson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, Torkelsbacken is a central neighborhood of , , . Its boundaries are Hämeentie on the east, Helsinginkatu on the north, Kaarlenkatu on the west and Viides linja on the south.

Harju

Latitude
60.18838° or 60° 11′ 18″ north
Longitude
24.95594° or 24° 57′ 21″ east
Population
7,580
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
9GG65XQ4+99
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3854079580
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
7521689
Wiki­data ID
Q3068689
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Persian: “هاریو”
  • Russian: “Харю”
  • Slovenian: “Harju”
  • Swedish: “Ås, Helsingfors”
  • Swedish: “Ås”
  • Swedish: “Harju”
  • Turkish: “Harju”

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