Ressu Upper Secondary School

Ressu Upper Secondary School, also known internationally as Ressun lukio IB World School, is a secondary school located in central , . Founded in 1891, Ressu is one of the oldest Finnish speaking schools and considered to be one of the most prestigious schools in Finland.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: upper secondary school in Helsinki, Finland
  • Also known as: “Helsingin lyseo”, “Helsingin reaalilyseo”, “Helsingin Suomalainen Reaalilyseo”, and “Ressun lukio”
  • Address: Kalevankatu 8, Helsinki, 00100

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Helsinki Old Church and Swedish Theatre.

Church
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The Old Church of Helsinki, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1826, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in . The oldest existing church in central Helsinki, the church was originally planned as a temporary building as the Ulrika Eleonora Church constructed in 1727 had become too small for the congregation and the new church, , would not be completed until 1852.

Theater building
Photo: JIP, CC BY 2.5.
The is a Swedish-language theatre in , , and is located at the Erottaja square, at the end of . It was the first national stage of Finland. is situated 290 metres east of Ressu Upper Secondary School.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Helsinki and Kamppi.

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

Suburb
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and Southwestern is here defined as the part of the city raying out to the south-west of the , stretching along highway 51 to the border of next-door .

Suburb
Photo: Paasikivi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the commercial centre of , , and a neighbourhood in the Vironniemi district of Helsinki. The Helsinki Central railway station, and Hotel Arthur, the Helsinki main post office, the , Kämp Galleria, and Sokos department stores, the and the main offices of Finnish banks are located in .

Ressu Upper Secondary School

Latitude
60.16712° or 60° 10′ 2″ north
Longitude
24.93832° or 24° 56′ 18″ east
Open location code
9GG65W8Q+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 37264738
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Wiki­data ID
Q1306700
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Swedish—“Ressu Upper Secondary School” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Gymnázium Ressu”
  • Esperanto: “gimnazio Ressu”
  • Esperanto: “Helsingin lyseo”
  • Esperanto: “liceo Ressu de Helsinko”
  • Esperanto: “Ressun lukio”
  • Finnish: “Helsingin lyseo”
  • Finnish: “Helsingin reaalilyseo”
  • Finnish: “Helsingin suomalainen lyseo”
  • Finnish: “Helsingin Suomalainen Reaalilyseo”
  • Finnish: “Ressun lukio”
  • French: “lycée Ressu”
  • French: “Lycée Ressu”
  • German: “Helsingin lyseo”
  • German: “Helsingin reaalilyseo”
  • German: “Helsingin Suomalainen Reaalilyseo”
  • German: “Ressu-Gymnasium”
  • German: “Ressun lukio”
  • Swedish: “Gymnasiet Ressu”
  • Swedish: “Helsingin lyseo”
  • Swedish: “Helsingin reaalilyseo”
  • Swedish: “Helsingin Suomalainen Reaalilyseo”
  • Swedish: “Ressun lukio”

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