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Meilahti

Meilahti is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä.

Meilahti
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The place

Meilahti is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä. The population of Meilahti is about 5200 people. Meilahti is part of the Reijola district together with Laakso and Ruskeasuo. The area is bordered to the west by the sea, to the south by the Stenbäckinkatu street, to the east by the Mannerheimintie street and to the north by the park area continuing from the Tilkanvierto street. The Seurasaari islands are also part of Meilahti.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Meilahti

Airports
Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 15 km · Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 86 km · Turku (TKU), 150 km
  • Turku → Meilahti
    148 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · €16–23
  • Tampere / Pirkkala → Meilahti
    153 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · €18–26
  • Lappeenranta → Meilahti
    204 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · €23–32
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Meilahti

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 Meilahti. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are car ferries from Stockholm and Tallinn and roro-ships from Travemünde.
  • Go nextIf returning through Sweden you could take the ferry from Turku instead, saving some money and driving.

From Wikivoyage: Finland in ten days by car, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-02.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Turku and the archipelago gatewayFI

    11 ways of moving, 13 sources

    148 km
  2. 02165 km
  3. 03
    Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring roadFI

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    195 km
  4. 04
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

    227 km
  5. 05
    Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)FI

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    275 km

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Next door to Meilahti

Meilahti is 2 km from Helsinki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.