Kulosaari

Worth seeing in and around Kulosaari

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Helsinki

   The University of Helsinki is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Regia Academia Aboensis under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Tsar Alexander I following the Great Fire of Turku.

   4 km · public university in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Helsinki Cathedral

   Helsinki Cathedral is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, located in the neighborhood of Kruununhaka in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, at the Senate Square. The church was originally built from 1830 to 1852 as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland, Emperor Nicholas I of Russia.

   3.8 km · cathedral in Helsinki, Church of Finland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   National Library of Finland

   The National Library of Finland is the foremost research library in Finland. Administratively the library is part of the University of Helsinki.

   3.9 km · foremost research library in Finland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Senate Square

   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 and its surroundings make up the oldest part of central Helsinki.

   3.9 km · square in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Uspenski Cathedral

   Uspenski Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox or Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. Its name comes from the Old Church Slavonic word uspenie, which denotes the Dormition.

   3.6 km · orthodox cathedral church of Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Presidential Palace

   The Presidential Palace is one of the three official residences of the president of the Republic of Finland. It is situated in Helsinki, on the north side of Esplanadi, overlooking Market Square.

   3.7 km · administrative building in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Kauppatori

   The Market Square is a central square in Helsinki, Finland. It is located in central Helsinki, at the eastern end of Esplanadi and bordering the Baltic Sea to the south and Katajanokka to the east.

   3.9 km · square in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Kallio Church

   Kallio Church is a Lutheran church in the Kallio district of Helsinki, Finland. It was designed by Lars Sonck and represents National Romanticism with Art Nouveau influences.

   3.7 km · church in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Korkeasaari Zoo

   Korkeasaari Zoo, also known as Helsinki Zoo, is the largest zoo in Finland, located in Helsinki's Korkeasaari island. The zoo was first opened in 1889.

   2 km · zoo in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Institute for the Languages of Finland

    The Institute for the Languages of Finland, better known as Kotus, is a governmental linguistic research institute of Finland geared to studies of Finnish, Swedish, the Sami languages, Romani language, as well as Finnish Sign Language and Finland-Swedish Sign Language.

    3.5 km · governmental linguistic research institute of Finland · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Kulosaari

Airports

Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 15 km · Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 86 km · Turku (TKU), 156 km

Stations

Siilitie metro station, 2.8 km · Kulosaari metro station, 800 m · Hakaniemi metro station, 3.7 km · Kalasatama metro station, 2.2 km · Sörnäinen metro station, 3.1 km

• Turku → Kulosaari

  154 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · €17–24
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• Tampere / Pirkkala → Kulosaari

  156 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · €19–26
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• Lappeenranta → Kulosaari

  199 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · €23–32
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