HELSINKI

 

 

 

 

Created 1550 by Gustav 1st

 

Capital of Finland since : 1812

 

Swedish name : Helsingfors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arms of the City

 

Situation : 60°10′ N 24°56′ E

 

Elevation 184 feet / 61m

 

Population : (2003) 560.000 (1,2 Mio with Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen)

 

Airport: Helsinki-Vantaa

 

See connexion to Sweden and continental Europe : Silja Line and Viking Line

 

 

Cathedral of Helsinki (1852)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Helsinki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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