Park

Tarja Halonen park

Tarja Halonen park is a small park in front of the Helsinki City Theatre in Kallio. The park was named after President Tarja Halonen in honor of her 70th birthday. There is a sculpture by sculptor Kari Juva in the park, Thalia and Pegasos (1970).

Hyväntoivonpuisto Park

Hyväntoivonpuisto Park will become the green heart of Jätkäsaari. Once complete, the park will be 88 metres wide and slightly more than a kilometre long. In other words, it will be as wide as Esplanade Park but as large as Kaivopuisto Park overall.

Hyväntoivonpuisto Park will be perfect for children's games, resting on the grass and sports. There will be several children's playgrounds in the park, some of which are open to everyone and others which are used by daycare centres.

Hyväntoivonpuisto Park is not only a recreational area, but also a central route for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. The main walking and cycling route runs in the middle of the park and connects Ruoholahti to the sea through Jätkäsaari. There are connecting routes and various shortcuts to the main route across the park.

Patterimäki - "Battery Hill" Park

Patterimäki is a rocky forest-covered hill with a wide variety of trees of different ages. The park features fortifications from the First World War surrounded by a meadow that is rich in plant life. A popular playground is situated in the southeast corner of the park. There is also a model of the solar system in the park that was erected by the Astronomical Association Ursa, with the sun situated atop a pole on the crest of the hill

Strömberg Park

Strömberg Park is one of the gems of Pitäjänmäki and all of Helsinki. It was named after Gottfrid Strömberg, a pioneer in the Finnish electrical industry. The park is highly valuable, in terms of its natural values, as well as culturally and historically. It was once part of Tali Manor. The central element in the park is the Mätäjoki creek with its rapids and ponds offering a range of recreational opportunities. A wide variety of plants grow in the park.

Kolmikulma - Diana park

Kolmikulma park, or Diana park as it's also known as, is a small triangular park area in the city centre, surrounded by the streets Yrjönkatu, Uudenmaankatu and Erottajankatu.

There's is a sculpture in the park, Tellervo, Tapion tytär (Tellervo, Tapios daughter) by sculptor Yrjö Liipola from 1928. The statue portraits Tellervo, the goddess of the forest in Finnish mythology, throwing a spear. The sculpture has also been called Diana after the equivalent goddess of the hunt in Roman mythology, and so the park is also commonly known as the Diana park.

Tähtitorninvuori - Observatory Hill Park

Tähtitorninvuori (or Tähtitorninmäki) is a 30m high hill next to the South harbour in Ullanlinna district. It's mainly a park but there are also some buildings eg. the Helsinki Observatory from 1834.

Observatory Hill Park is known for its wide range of interesting plants. Although the variety of plants has somewhat lessened over the decades, the park is still exceptionally rich in plant life. Almost a hundred species of trees and shrubs grow in the park, as well as many perennials.

Topeliuksenpuisto - Topelius Park

Topelius Park is dedicated to Zacharias Topelius (1818-1898), the journalist and author of books of fairy tales and historical novels. Topelius Park is one of the few architecturally formal gardens in Helsinki, forming a green axle between two public buildings: a church and a library. The park consists of two parts, a natural area and a geometrical park with two successive rectangular sections and a horseshoe-shaped section at the end. In the southern section of the park is Töölö Church designed in the Neoclassical style of the 1920s by Hilding Ekelund (1893-1984). At the opposite end of the park is Töölö Library, which was designed in the Modernist style by Aarne Ervi (1910-1977) and completed in 1970.

Taivaskallio

Taivaskallio is a park area in Käpylä in Helsinki. The almost 60m high hill is popular for sledding during winter, depending on the snow situation.

During the war time in 1939-44, a heavy anti-aircraft battery was located here at Taivaskallio. Some remains of this time still exists, eg. a sealed anti-aircraft gun.

Leninin puisto - Lenin Park

In the beginnig of the 1960's a somewhat secluded section of Alppipuisto Park behind the Helsinki Hall of Culture (Kulttuuritalo) was partitioned to create a fine gardening exhibition area on the rocky hill. The resulting park was the result of collaboration between the City of Helsinki and the Gardening Association of Helsinki (Helsingin puutarhaseura). A small stream flows through the park and into a basin. Paths were constructed out of slabs of slate. The park was named Lenin Park in 1970, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924). Lenin Park is a fine example of how an attractive and diverse green area can be created atop practically bare rock. A significant portion of the woody plants were planted especially for the gardening exhibition, and they continue to thrive here.