Länsikari

Länsikari is in , . Länsikari is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vallisaari and Finnish submarine Vesikko.

Island
Photo: MKFI, Public domain.
is an island in , . It is located between and . The island has some ponds, and it was first known for hundreds of years as a place where sailors could take fresh water.

Museum
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Vesikko is a submarine, which was launched on 10 May 1933 at the Crichton-Vulcan dock in . Until 1936 it was named by its yard number CV 707. Vesikko was ordered by a engineering company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw in 1930 as a commercial submarine prototype, being the prototype for the German Type II submarines.

Island
Photo: GPSLeo, CC0.
is an island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suomenlinna and Kaivopuisto.

Suburb
Photo: Michal.pise, CC BY 2.0.
South Helsinki is in this guide defined as the part of south of the Esplanadi and Bulevardi streets. It also includes the archipelago south of Helsinki, such as the islands.

Suburb
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, nicknamed Kaivari in Finnish or Brunsan in Swedish, is one of the oldest and best known in central , , and also a neighbourhood of about 500 inhabitants where the park is located. is situated 3½ km north of Länsikari.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is in this guide defined as the part of south of the Esplanadi and Bulevardi streets. It also includes the archipelago south of Helsinki, such as the Suomenlinna islands.

Länsikari

Latitude
60.12855° or 60° 7′ 43″ north
Longitude
24.97595° or 24° 58′ 33″ east
Open location code
9GG64XHG+C9
Geo­Names ID
12670135
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Swedish—“Länsikari” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Länsikari”
  • Swedish: “Västergrundet”

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