Hietaniemi beach
Hietaniemi beach is a popular sand beach in central Helsinki, Finland. It is located in the Töölö district, next to the Hietaniemi Cemetery and is the most popular beach in central Helsinki.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: sand beach in central Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as: “Hietaniemi Beach”, “Hietaranta”, “Hietaranta Beach”, and “Hietsu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hietaniemi Cemetery and Temppeliaukio Church.
Hietaniemi Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hietaniemi cemetery is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services and is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
Temppeliaukio Church
Church
Photo: Pertsaboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Temppeliaukio Church is a Lutheran church in the Töölö neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland. The church was designed by architects and brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and opened in 1969.
Olympic Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Joneikifi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium, located in the Töölö district about 2.3 kilometres from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salmisaari and Lapinlahti.
Salmisaari
Quarter
Salmisaari is a small area belonging to the Ruoholahti quarter of the Länsisatama neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland. The Salmisaari island was previously located west of the Helsinginniemi peninsula.
Lapinlahti
Quarter
Lapinlahti is a quarter in Helsinki, part of the Länsisatama neighbourhood. Lapinlahti Hospital, completed in 1841, was the first mental hospital in Finland.
West Helsinki
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Western Helsinki comprises the parts Helsinki that are west of the railway, northwest of Baana and all the way past Munkkiniemi and Munkkivuori shopping mall up to the Haaga roundabout.
Hietaniemi beach
- Categories: park and landform
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.17399° or 60° 10′ 26″ northLongitude
24.90558° or 24° 54′ 20″ eastOpen location code
9GG65WF4+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 8035346OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachGeoNames ID
7647423Wikidata ID
Q2041018
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Satellite Map
Discover Hietaniemi beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hietaniemi beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hietaniemi (lapyahan)”
- Cebuano: “Hietaniemi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط هيتنيمى”
- Finnish: “Hietaniemen uimaranta”
- Finnish: “Hietaniemi”
- Finnish: “Hietaranta”
- Finnish: “Hietsu”
- French: “plage d’Hietaniemi”
- French: “Plage d’Hietaniemi”
- Slovenian: “plaža Hietaniemi”
- Spanish: “Playa de Hietaniemi”
- Swedish: “Hietsu”
- Swedish: “Sandstrand, Helsingfors”
- Swedish: “Sandstrand”
- Swedish: “Sandudds badstrand”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Leppäsuo and Etu-Töölö.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hietaranta and Hietarannan rantalentopallokenttä.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hietaniemi beach”. Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.