Fact and Fable
Fact and Fable is a memorial in Helsinki, Uusimaa. Fact and Fable is situated nearby to the park Teatteriesplanadi, as well as near the memorial Eino Leino.- Type: Memorial
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Also known as: “Memorial to Topelius”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swedish Theatre and Esplanadi.
Swedish Theatre
Theater building
The Swedish Theatre is a Swedish-language theatre in Helsinki, Finland, and is located at the Erottaja square, at the end of Esplanadi. It was the first national stage of Finland.
Esplanadi
Park
Esplanadi, colloquially known as Espa, is an esplanade and urban park in downtown Helsinki, Finland, situated between the Erottaja square and the Market Square.
Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral
Church
Photo: Biopics, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kruununhaka and Katajanokka are two districts of Helsinki right to the east of downtown, here defined as east of Unioninkatu, and stretching as far south as the Market Hall. Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral is situated 520 metres northeast of Fact and Fable.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Helsinki and Kluuvi.
Central Helsinki
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.
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.
Kaartinkaupunki
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaartinkaupunki is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Helsinki, Finland. Kaartinkaupunki consists of the area between the Esplanadi park and the Tähtitornin vuori park.
Fact and Fable
- Categories: sculpture, work of art, and historic site
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.16748° or 60° 10′ 3″ northLongitude
24.94481° or 24° 56′ 41″ eastInception
1932Open location code
9GG65W8V+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 298277933OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q49104496
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Swedish—“Fact and Fable” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Fabulace a fakta”
- Czech: “Fabulace a pravda”
- Czech: “Pohádka a pravda”
- Czech: “Saga och sanning”
- Czech: “Taru ja totuus”
- Czech: “Topeliuksen muistomerkki”
- Czech: “Topeliusstatyn”
- Czech: “Topeliův památník”
- Finnish: “Taru ja totuus”
- Finnish: “Taru ja Totuus”
- Finnish: “Topeliuksen muistomerkki”
- Swedish: “Saga och sanning”
- Swedish: “Topelius‘ minnesmärke”
- Swedish: “Topeliusstatyn”
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Highlights include Teatteriesplanadi and Eino Leino.
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