26.3.2012
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15.8.2012
Searching for the city’s soul
A history of urban planning in Helsinki
Suomenlinnakeskus
5.6.2012
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16.8.2012
Nature trips down Helsinki’s memory lane
Nature trips organised by the Environment Centre take you back 200 years into the history of the capital.
22.8.2012
100 Years of School Allotment Gardens – 1912-style garden party
Kumpula School Allotment Garden, Vähänkyröntie 4.
21.8.2012
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23.8.2012
Helsinki Festival: Dominoes
The Helsinki Festival invites everyone to participate in building a giant domino route! In the large-scale game, breeze blocks dominos set one another in motion.
23.8.2012
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25.8.2012
Delicacies of Finland 2012 and Syystober 2012
Rautatientori, the Helsinki central railway station square
Local food – event Herkkujen Suomi 2012 (Delicacies of Finland) and Syystober 2012 (Beer Festival) takes place at Rautatientori square on the 23 th, 24th and 25th of August.
25.8.2012
Koskipäivä (‘rapids day’) fishing event
The Koskipäivä event has already become a tradition for the whole family and will be celebrated at the Vanhankaupunginkoski Rapids (Viikintie 1) on Saturday 25 August 2012 from 12 to 4 p.m.
1.5.2012
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30.9.2012
The emergence of Finland’s literary culture
The National Library of Finland
1.5.2012
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30.9.2012
Martti Luther and his impact on Finland
The National Library of Finland
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
Jubilee year on the Union Axis – from Observatory Hill to Kallio Church
Unioninkatu is the Festival Street of the Helsinki 200 Years as Capital jubilee year. Emperor Alexander I of Russia, who elevated Helsinki to the status of capital, arrived in Helsinki along this street on his 1819 visit to the city, and named it Unioninkatu, or Union Street.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
Journeys to the heart of the city – education, book project and virtual street
The Union Axis dissects the centre of Helsinki, stretching from Kopernikuksentie on Observatory Hill, via Unioninkatu across Pitkäsilta Bridge to Siltasaarenkatu and to Kallio Church beyond.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
From neighbourhoods to communities
The Kassi service is now Sharetribe.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
Guard Battalion – 200 years
The history of the Guard Battalion begins with the Life Guard’s 3rd Finnish Sniper Battalion, founded in 1812.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
Pihlajamäki 50 years!
The first residents moved to Pihlajamäki, in north-eastern Helsinki, in 1962, making 2012 a 50th anniversary year for the purpose-built suburb.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
The open city – opportunities for improving the lives of city residents
Laituri is one of the most important Helsinki venues for World Design Capital year 2012.
Exhibitions, which change every month, follow the theme ‘The open city – opportunities for improving the lives of city residents’.
8.4.2012
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31.12.2012
Taste Helsinki’s 200-year culinary history
The HelsinkiMenu restaurants are marking the city’s 200 years as Finland’s capital with a wide range of menus and flavours from across this period.
18.8.2012
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31.12.2012
At Your Service!
Food and drink culture of Helsinki and Finland
in the new permanent exhibition at the Hotel and Restaurant Museum
29.3.2012
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17.2.2013
”Discoveries – art on campus”
Come and discover which significant historical figures thronged to Finland’s new capital city!
16.8.2012
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31.8.2013
Unelma (‘dream’) sculpture
Oona Tikkaoja’s sculpture Unelma (‘dream’) is a moveable public work of art. Its first location is on Siltasaarenkatu in Hakaniemi.
12.6.2012
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1.9.2013
Made in Helsinki 1700–2012
The City Museum’s main exhibition to mark Helsinki’s two centuries as Finland’s capital showcases products made in Helsinki, and their makers, from the 18th century until present day.
6.6.2012
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31.12.2015
Art on the Union Line
Modern Finnish art will be showcased on transformer boxes along the Union Axis from Unioninkatu to Siltasaarenkatu.