Helsinki

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Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the south of Finland, Uusimaa region / Nyland, on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. The population of Helsinki is 584,420, making it the most populous city in Finland. Helsinki is located about 400 km (250 miles) east of Stockholm, Sweden, 300 km (190 miles) west of St. Petersburg and 80 km (50 miles) north of Tallinn, Estonia strong ties with these three cities .

Over one million people live in the Helsinki metropolitan area, which includes the city and two other cities Helsinki, Vantaa and Espoo. Helsinki metropolitan area is the northern urban area on Earth, with a population of over 1 million people. In total, 1.3 million people live in Greater Helsinki area, which includes the cities mentioned above and 9 suburban satellite cities. Approximately one in four Finns living in Greater Helsinki area.

Helsinki was established as a trading town by King Gustav I of Sweden in 1550 in the town of Helsingfors, which he wanted to be a rival for the city of Reval (today: Tallinn). Helsinki has remained a small coastal town for a long time, plagued by poverty, wars and diseases. Plague of 1710 killed most of the inhabitants of Helsinki. When Russia defeated Sweden in the Finnish War and annexed Finland Tsar Alexander I of Russia moved the capital from Turku to Helsinki to reduce Swedish influence in Finland. Royal Academy of Turku, then the only university in the country, was moved to Helsinki in 1827 and eventually became the University of Helsinki.

The city is spread in a series of bays and peninsulas and over a number of islands. City Centre occupies a southern peninsula, which is rarely mentioned her real name Vironniemi. Population density in certain parts of the Helsinki area is very high, reaching 16,494 inhabitants per square kilometer (in the Kallio district), but overall density counts 3050 inhabitants per square kilometer, earning it as quite sparsely populated in comparison with other European cities. Much of Helsinki outside the city center is composed of postwar suburbs separated from each other by strips of forest. Another stretch of 10 kilometers long and one km wide that stretches from downtown to the northern border town is an important area for recreational park for residents.
Some notable islands in Helsinki are Seurasaari, Lauttasaari and Korkeasaari (which is also the largest zoo in the country) and the island fortress Suomenlinna (Sveaborg).

Helsinki has a continental humid climate. Given the influence of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf Stream, winter temperatures are much higher than its northern position would suggest an average in January and February around -5 ° C. Temperatures below - 20 ° C occurring normally a week or two in a year. Because of the latitude, the days are less than 6 hours around the winter solstice, and very cloudy weather this time of year stresses the darkness. Instead, Helsinki enjoys long days in summer, almost nineteen hours around the summer solstice. Maximum average temperature in June-August is about 19-21 ° C. The highest temperature ever recorded in the city center was 34.0 ° C on 28 July 2010 and the lowest was -34.3 ° C on 10 January 1987.

Air traffic is handled primarily by the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport International Airport, located about 19 km north of Helsinki, in the neighboring city of Vantaa, Helsinki's second airport, Malmi airport is mainly used for general aviation and private .

Helsinki | Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the south of Finland, Uusimaa region / Nyland, on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Helsinki is located about 400 km (250 miles) east of Stockholm, Sweden, west 300 km (190 miles) from St-Petersburg, Russia and 80 km (50 miles) north of Tallinn, Estonia

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