Torkelsbacken

Torkelsbacken is a locality in , . Torkelsbacken is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the quarter .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Linnanmäki and Kallio Library.

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is an amusement park in , . It is the largest and most famous amusement park in Finland, and one of the most-visited in Europe.

Library
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is a public library in the district of . The red brick building, which was designed by Karl Hård af Segerstad and finished in 1912, was the first library in Finland financed entirely by the public sector.

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 Torkkelinmäki.

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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.

Quarter
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, 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.

Suburb
Photo: Timo Noko, CC BY 2.0.
is a district and a neighbourhood in , the capital of , located on the eastern side of the Helsinki peninsula about one kilometre north from the city centre.

Torkelsbacken

Latitude
60.1857° or 60° 11′ 9″ north
Longitude
24.95536° or 24° 57′ 19″ east
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
9GG65XP4+74
Geo­Names ID
12670093
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Swedish—“Torkelsbacken” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Torkkelinmäki”
  • Swedish: “Torkelsbacken”

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