Where to stay in Viikki
The right area depends on your trip. Here's who each one suits — pick the place, then the hotel.
Viikki is a quiet, green residential district of Helsinki with few beds of its own. The centre is a short ride. A stay among the blocks near Latokartano and Arabianranta puts the routes into central Helsinki within reach, a calm and well-planted base away from the city's pace.
Who it suits: you want a leafy north-eastern foothold near the church of Viikin kirkko and the footpaths, with the harbour and museums a tram or bus ride toward the core.
About Viikki
What are the main landmarks in Viikki?
Parish churches mark the quarter. Viikin kirkko stands at its centre, with the neighbouring church of Pihlajamäen kirkko close by, and the district keeps two memorials to the war years in the anti-fascist monument of Fasismin vastustajien muistomerkki and the civilian-victims grave of Helsingin 1939 - 44 siviiliuhrien hauta. The green ground runs between them.
Footpaths link the blocks. The churches gather the parish around Viikki.
What is the history of Viikki?
Viikki grew from open land on the north-eastern side of Helsinki. Fields gave way to houses. As the capital reached out through the twentieth century, the green ground near Latokartano and Arabianranta filled with apartment blocks and parish life, and the war years left their record in the monuments raised among the streets.
Churches followed the settlers. Pukinmäki rose alongside it.
Where is Viikki?
Viikki lies in north-eastern Helsinki, away from the harbour core. Green ground surrounds it. The district spreads north-east of the centre near Latokartano and Arabianranta, a low and well-planted quarter where parish churches mark the housing and footpaths run between the blocks.
Pukinmäki lies nearby. The church of Viikin kirkko anchors its centre.
Where Viikki sits
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