Helsinki/West

Western Helsinki comprises the parts Helsinki that are west of the railway, northwest of Baana and all the way past Munkkiniemi and Munkkivuori shopping mall up to the Haaga roundabout.

Get in
Choosing the right form of transportation very much depends on which part of this city district you want to visit. For the northern parts, many buses from central Helsinki to western Vantaa and northern Espoo travel along Mannerheimintie. So do the trams 4 which goes all the way to Munkkiniemi and 10 which goes to Pikku-Huopalahti. If you are going in the direction of Seurasaari or the Sibelius monument, bus 24 brings you there. Tram 2 takes you to Töölö. From the Inner East, trams 8 and 9 connect you with most of the central western and southwestern Helsinki and the circular lines 3 (changes to 2 on the way) and 7 connect Pasila with Töölö.

Highway 1 and the older Highway 110 from Turku end in Western Helsinki, and Highway 3 from Tampere turns into Mannerheimintie here. Finnair's airport bus from Helsinki Airport stops at Scandic Continental on Mannerheimintie on its way to the city centre.

If coming by train, Pasila Railway Station serves this part of the city and all trains to Helsinki, both local and long-distance, except the Allegro service from St. Petersburg, stop there too.

See


Töölö, both Etu-Töölö and Taka-Töölö districts, are great places to see functionalist architecture.

Parks and outdoor sights




Churches and religious sights




Other buildings




Olympic sights
Helsinki is an Olympic city, the host of the 1952 Olympic Games. The Games were planned for 1940, but due to the Second World War, they were postponed. Burdened by the post-war shortages and the war reparations that had to be paid, arranging the Olympic games just eight years after the war was quite a feat. In the same year 1952, a month before Helsinki Olympics Armi Kuusela won the very first Miss Universe pageant, another thing for Finns to be proud of.



Itineraries

 * A seaside stroll in Helsinki

Do




Sports




Record stores




Splurge

 * Tokyo 55 sushi.jpg
 * Tokyo 55 sushi.jpg

Internet access
Wireless internet can be used in some of the branches of the city library (for example Töölö library, Topeliuksenkatu 6). Also some cafés (Picnic), restaurants and fast food chains (McDonald's) offer wireless internet connections.

Go next

 * Espoo
 * Southwestern Helsinki