Old Church park

The Old Church of Helsinki, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1826, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in . The oldest existing church in central Helsinki, the church was originally planned as a temporary building as the Ulrika Eleonora Church constructed in 1727 had become too small for the congregation and the new church, , would not be completed until 1852.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Helsinki, Finland
  • Also known as: “Old Church Park”, “Old Church Park, Helsinki”, “Plague Park”, and “Vanha kirkkopuisto”
  • Address: Helsinki

Places of Interest

Highlights include Helsinki Old Church and Swedish Theatre.

Church
Photo: I. K. Inha, No restrictions.
The Old Church of Helsinki, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1826, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in . The oldest existing church in central Helsinki, the church was originally planned as a temporary building as the Ulrika Eleonora Church constructed in 1727 had become too small for the congregation and the new church, , would not be completed until 1852.

Theater building
Photo: JIP, CC BY 2.5.
The is a Swedish-language theatre in , , and is located at the Erottaja square, at the end of . It was the first national stage of Finland.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Helsinki and City Centre.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
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
Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the center of , the capital of . The name refers to red cliffs located between Sepänkatu and Punavuorenkatu.

Old Church park

Latitude
60.16607° or 60° 9′ 58″ north
Longitude
24.93979° or 24° 56′ 23″ east
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
9GG65W8Q+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28238099
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
7731742
Wiki­data ID
Q3070296
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Old Church park” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Parque de la Ilesia Vieya”
  • Bulgarian: “Ванханкирконпуисто”
  • Cebuano: “Vanhankirkonpuisto”
  • Chinese: “老教堂公园”
  • Finnish: “Kampin hautausmaa”
  • Finnish: “Ruttis”
  • Finnish: “Ruttopuisto”
  • Finnish: “Vanha kirkkopuisto”
  • Finnish: “Vanhankirkon puisto”
  • Finnish: “Vanhankirkonpuisto”
  • French: “parc de la Vieille église d’Helsinki”
  • French: “Parc de la Vieille église d’Helsinki”
  • Polish: “Ruttopuisto”
  • Swedish: “Gamla kyrkans skvär”
  • Swedish: “Gamla kyrkoparken”
  • Swedish: “Pestparken”

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