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Website. www .hel .fi /en. Helsinki [a] [b] is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and serves as the seat of the Uusimaa region in southern Finland. Approximately 675,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.25 million in the capital region, and 1.58 million in the metropolitan area.
Suomenlinna ( Finnish: [ˈsuo̯menˌlinːɑ]; until 1918 Viapori, Finnish: [ˈviaˌpori] ), or Sveaborg ( Swedish: [ˈsvɛːɑˈborj] ), is an inhabited sea fortress composed of eight islands, of which six have been fortified; it is about 4 km southeast of the city center of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Suomenlinna is popular with tourists ...
Sanna Marin (born in 1985) attracted attention when she took office as prime minister in December 2019, less than a month after her 34th birthday. At the time, she was the world’s youngest serving prime minister, and she was the youngest one in Finnish history. She was the country’s third female prime minister.
Best reasons to visit Helsinki in a nutshell. Marvel at the city's world-renowned architecture, design, and museums. Visit the free public events co-created by the locals, such as Helsinki Day on the 12th of June. Taste the clean palette of Finnish cuisine at some of the best restaurants in the country. Flaneur around lush Töölönlahti Bay ...
Helsinki is bordered by the Gulf of Finland to the south, while the posh suburban city of Espoo, with the embedded tiny enclave city of Kauniainen, is to the west. The more industrialized city of Vantaa is to the north and east. The Capital Region has a population of about 1.2 million, 650,000 of them living in Helsinki proper.
May 3, 2024 · Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki was founded in 1550 by King Gustav I Vasa of Sweden and was intended to compete with the city of Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia), which lies on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Helsinki was originally located at the mouth of the Vantaa River, at a point about 3 mi (4.8 km) north of its present-day location ...
