Meilahti
Meilahti is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä.
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.
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Worth seeing in and around Meilahti
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.
- 01University 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.
3.2 km · public university in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 02Helsinki 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.
3.2 km · cathedral in Helsinki, Church of Finland · Wikipedia - 03Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium, located in the Töölö district about 2.3 kilometres from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country. The stadium is best known for being the centre of activities in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
1.5 km · stadium in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 04Helsinki Halli
Veikkaus Arena is a large multi-functional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland that is the home of Jokerit. It was opened in April 1997 and the arena is convertible for various events.
3 km · multifunctional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 05Aalto University
Aalto University is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
4 km · Finnish university · Wikipedia - 06Ateneum
Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station.
2.8 km · art museum in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 07National 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.
3.1 km · foremost research library in Finland · Wikipedia - 08Finlandia Hall
The Finlandia Hall is a congress and event venue in the centre of Helsinki on the Töölönlahti Bay, owned by the City of Helsinki. The building, which was designed by architect Alvar Aalto, was completed in 1971.
2 km · concert house in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 09Senate 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.
3.3 km · square in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 10Havis Amanda
Havis Amanda is a fountain and a statue in Helsinki, Finland by the sculptor Ville Vallgren. The work was modelled in 1906 in Paris, and erected at its present location at the Market Square in Kaartinkaupunki in 1908.
3.3 km · bronze sculpture in Helsinki, created 1906 by Ville Vallgren · Wikipedia
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Getting to Meilahti
- Airports
- Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 15 km · Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 86 km · Turku (TKU), 150 km
- Stations
- Helsinki Central Railway Station, 2.7 km · Rautatientori metro station, 2.7 km · Ruoholahti metro station, 2.4 km · University of Helsinki metro station, 2.9 km · Hakaniemi metro station, 2.8 km
- Turku → Meilahti148 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · €16–23
- Tampere / Pirkkala → Meilahti153 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · €18–26
- Lappeenranta → Meilahti204 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · €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 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.
- 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.
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Next door to Meilahti
Meilahti is 2 km from Helsinki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Helsinkicapital and most populous city of Finland2.5 km
- Lauttasaari31st neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland3.1 km
- Pasilacity district and the 17th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland2.6 km
- Kallio11th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland2.7 km