Karhupuisto

Karhupuisto is a small triangular park in the district of , Finland. It is located next to and . The park was originally known as Agricolan puistikko.
Wikipedia
Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Helsinki, Finland
  • Also known as: “Agricolanpuisto” and “Björnparken”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Linnanmäki and Kallio Library.

Photo: Jyri Moisio, CC BY 3.0.
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.

Church
Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Lutheran church in the district of , . It was designed by Lars Sonck and represents National Romanticism with Art Nouveau influences. is situated 170 metres west of Karhupuisto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kallio and Inner East.

Suburb
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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.

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
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
, Linjerna is a neighborhood of the district of , . Its name literally means "The Lines" and comes from the five parallel streets named 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Line, which start at Hämeentie and run north-west, except for the much shorter Ensi linja, which starts at the southern end of Suonionkatu.

Karhupuisto

Latitude
60.18386° or 60° 11′ 2″ north
Longitude
24.9524° or 24° 57′ 9″ east
Open location code
9GG65XM2+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 139217741
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q14230411
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Swedish—“Karhupuisto” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Agricolanpuisto”
  • Finnish: “Björnparken”
  • Finnish: “Karhupuisto”
  • French: “Karhupuisto”
  • French: “parc de l’ours”
  • French: “Parc de l’ours”
  • Swedish: “Agricolanpuisto”
  • Swedish: “Björnparken”
  • Swedish: “Karhupuisto”

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Highlights include Matti Helenius park and Memorial to Arvo Turtiainen.

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