Helsinki Central Station

Central Helsinki consists of the central parts of Helsinki east of Mannerheimintie, south of Pitkäsilta, west of Unioninkatu and north of Esplanadi; in short the commercial downtown.

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “Helsinki päärautatieasema”
Address: Kaivokatu 1, Helsinki, 00100

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Linnanmäki and Helsinki Central Library Oodi.

Linnanmäki

Photo: Jyri Moisio, CC BY 3.0.

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

The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, commonly referred to as Oodi, is a public library in Helsinki, Finland. The library is situated in the Kluuvi district, close to Helsinki Central Station and next to Helsinki Music Centre and Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. Helsinki Central Library Oodi is situated 250 metres northwest of Helsinki Central Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaisaniemi and City Centre.

Kaisaniemi

Quarter

Photo: JIP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kaisaniemi is a part of the centre of Helsinki, Finland, located immediately east of the Helsinki Central railway station and south of Hakaniemi. Kaisaniemi is part of the Vironniemi district and neighbourhood of Kluuvi.

City Centre

Suburb

Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.

City Centre is a suburb.

Kluuvi

Suburb

Photo: Paasikivi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kluuvi is the commercial centre of Helsinki, Finland, and a neighbourhood in the Vironniemi district of Helsinki. The Helsinki Central railway station, Hotel Kämp and Hotel Arthur, the Helsinki main post office, the Stockmann, Kämp Galleria, and Sokos department stores, the Kluuvi shopping centre and the main offices of Finnish banks are located in Kluuvi.

Helsinki Central Station

Categories: station and transportation
Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

60.1721° or 60° 10′ 20″ north

Longitude

24.94125° or 24° 56′ 29″ east

Elevation

26 metres (85 feet)

Inception

March 17th, 1862

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency

Network

VR;HSL

Open location code

9GG65WCR+RF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 25474663

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

13453572

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Helsinki Central Station” goes by many names.

Chinese: “赫尔辛基”
Finnish: “Helsinki”
French: “Gare centrale d’Helsinki”
German: “Bahnhof Helsinki”
Japanese: “Herushinki”
Japanese: “へるしんき”
Japanese: “ヘルシンキ”
Portuguese: “Estação central de Helsínquia”
Spanish: “Estación Central de Helsinki”
Swedish: “Helsingfors”

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