Tag: Aleksanterinkatu
HS: The general plan is an obstacle to converting offices into apartments in the center of Helsinki
Converting the office into apartments would therefore require the city to create a corresponding amount of business space elsewhere in the center. “We want to preserve the downtown area. If one property owner is given the opportunity to convert the Business Space into residential use, the next property owner will soon demand it as well,” […]
Helsinki’s Chinese New Year celebration is crowned by a dance procession on Keskuskatu
Helsinki’s Chinese New Year brings a little joy to the dark time of the year and invites citizens to enjoy the day’s traditional program. The festival event will take place on Saturday, January 21, on Keskuskatu, between Kaivokatu and Aleksanterinkatu, ice sculpture performances from 10 am to 3 pm and dragon and lion dance from […]
HS: There are three factors that point to the weakening of vitality in the center of Helsinki
The Helsinki City Council has commissioned a vitality assessment, which drew attention to the deep problems of downtown businesses. The Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce has revealed that the turnover of companies operating in downtown areas was 20-30 percent lower this fall than before the coronavirus pandemic in 2019. The assessment also highlighted the increase […]
Helsinki Pride photo gallery: Angels, pastors and the prime minister
Helsinki Pride week culminated in Saturday afternoon’s Pride parade, which has been organized for the first time since 2019. Chairman of the board of Helsinki Pride Panu Mäenpää told Yle that the event went well and no disturbances have been reported, although there had been fears of such in advance. Yle followed the procession from […]
Police: In the crash of Helsinki’s May Day crash, the driver was not intoxicated
The 33-year-old driver of the car, who collided with nine vehicles in the middle of the party in the center of Helsinki on May Day, was not intoxicated, the city police said on Wednesday. Three men, including a driver, were injured in a series of crashes in the city’s popular Esplanade Park at about 7 […]
The police report on the busy May Day, investigating the accidents in Helsinki and Hyvinkää
Police said in many areas in Finland they were busy on Saturday night due to drunken and harassing behavior when residents celebrated their first May Day unrestricted after 2019. Helsinki police answered more than 300 calls during the Vappu celebrations on Saturday night and early Sunday. In their statement, they described the night "a return […]
Thousands of people are expected to attend Helsinki to support Ukraine
Organizers expect up to 10,000 people to take part in a demonstration in support of Ukraine in Helsinki on Saturday. The Mothers for Peace event began at noon with a speech by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Finland. Olga DibrovaIn front of the Parliament House. The peace march begins at 12.30 pm and continues along […]
