Kaivopuisto
Kaivopuisto, nicknamed Kaivari in Finnish or Brunsan in Swedish, is one of the oldest and best known parks in central Helsinki, Finland, and also a neighbourhood of about 500 inhabitants where the park is located.
Kaivopuisto, nicknamed Kaivari in Finnish or Brunsan in Swedish, is one of the oldest and best known parks in central Helsinki, Finland, and also a neighbourhood of about 500 inhabitants where the park is located.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Observatory Hill
- 02Ursa Observatory
- 03Diana Park
Also known as Kolmikulma (the triangle), this pocket sized park is a nice place to take break from your sightseeing in the summer and just sit down on a park bench and have an ice-cream.
- 04Kaivopuisto
A beautiful park by the sea in the southernmost part of the city.
- 05Sinebrychoffin
Also known as "Koffin puisto", it's in Punavuori district next to the Sinebrychoff art museum.
- 06St. John's Church (Johanneksenkirkko), Korkeavuorenkatu
The largest church in Helsinki and a fine example of Gothic Revival architecture.
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Things to do
- 01Beach of Uunisaari
One of the better kept secrets of Helsinki is the beach on Uunisaari, an island a short ride away from the south coast.
- 02Seapoint
Liuskaluoto.
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Getting to Kaivopuisto
- Airports
- Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 18 km · Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 83 km · Turku (TKU), 153 km
- Turku → Kaivopuisto7 km · quickest by road, 26 min · €1–1.5
- Tampere / Pirkkala → Kaivopuisto70 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · €11–15
- Lappeenranta → Kaivopuisto203 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · €23–32
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kaivopuisto
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kaivopuisto. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf you wish to go to Suomenlinna, board the ferry from the Market square.
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Next door to Kaivopuisto
Kaivopuisto is 2 km from Helsinki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.