Kallio Library

Kallio Library 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.
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  • Opening hours:
    August—May: Monday—Thursday 9:00 AM—8:00 PM and Friday 9:00 AM—6:00 PM and Saturday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
    public holidays: closed
  • Email: kallion_kirjasto@hel.fi
  • Type: Library
  • Description: public library in Helsinki, Finland
  • Also known as: “Fleminginkatu 1” and “Porthaninkatu 12”
  • Address: Viides linja 11, Helsinki, 00530
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Linnanmäki and Karhupuisto.

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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.

Park
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is a small triangular park in the district of , Finland. It is located next to Kallio Library and . The park was originally known as Agricolan puistikko.

Church
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is a Lutheran church in the district of , . It was designed by Lars Sonck and represents National Romanticism with Art Nouveau influences. is situated 250 metres west of Kallio Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kallio and Inner East.

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.

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
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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.

Kallio Library

Latitude
60.18361° or 60° 11′ 1″ north
Longitude
24.95363° or 24° 57′ 13″ east
Inception
1912
Operator
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries
Open location code
9GG65XM3+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 20010806
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q10428420
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Kallio Library” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “卡利奥图书馆”
  • Finnish: “Fleminginkatu 1”
  • Finnish: “Kallion kirjasto”
  • Finnish: “Porthaninkatu 12”
  • French: “Bibliothèque de Kallio”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Каллио”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека Калио”
  • Swedish: “Berghälls bibliotek”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Matti Helenius park and Memorial to Arvo Turtiainen.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Karhupuisto and Lyhty ry.

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