Porthania

Porthania is a university building located in the center of Helsinki, Finland. It is part of the city centre campus of the University of Helsinki. Designed by Aarne Ervi and completed in 1957, it is one of the notable modernist buildings from the 1950s in the center of Helsinki.

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Type: University building
Description: university building in Helsinki, Finland
Address: Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki, 00100

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral and Senate Square.

Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral

Church

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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 210 metres east of Porthania.

Senate Square

Square

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Senate Square presents Carl Ludvig Engel's architecture as a unique allegory of political, religious, scientific and commercial powers in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. Senate Square is situated 230 metres east of Porthania.

Helsinki University Museum Flame

Museum

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Helsinki University Museum Flame is the museum of the University of Helsinki. Helsinki University Museum Flame was established in 2003 by merging several museums operating under the auspices of the University of Helsinki.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kluuvi and Kaisaniemi.

Kluuvi

Suburb

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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.

Kaisaniemi

Quarter

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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.