Katajanokka
Katajanokka is a neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland, with around 5,000 inhabitants in 2023.
The district is located adjacent to the immediate downtown area, though in the first major town plan for Helsinki from the mid-18th century, the area fell outside the fortifications planned to encircle the city.
Getting to Katajanokka
You can get in from Central Helsinki by foot or by tram, tram lines also connect across Pitkäsilta to Hakaniemi and to the southern part of the city. If you arrive by Viking Line's ferries from Stockholm or Tallinn, their terminal is in Katajanokka.
Worth seeing
The buildings south and north of the Lutheran cathedral were mostly designed by Carl Ludwig Engel and built in the early 19th century as a new unified city centre when Helsinki was made capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland. If you have come to look at the cathedral, why not walk around in the area and take a few photos? Buildings include the
Getting around Katajanokka the local way
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- Get inIf you arrive by Viking Line's ferries from Stockholm or Tallinn, their terminal is in Katajanokka.
From Wikivoyage: Helsinki/Kruununhaka and Katajanokka, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Stephan van Helden (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.