Helsinki city news

Sustainable city is the theme of the latest Helsinki Info English Supplement

2012-02-13

The English Supplement of the latest edition of the Helsinki Info information bulletin reviews sustainable city development.

Metro passengers assisted by new visual guides at stations

2012-02-13

Helsinki metro stations from Ruoholahti to Sörnäinen have been equipped with three-dimensional maps that assist passengers in navigating through the stations and finding the right exists.

Helsinki to grow with landfill and extend the metro to the east

2012-02-10

As a part of Helsinki’s Western Harbour re-development, a new general plan has been proposed for the Hernesaari dockyard area, enabling construction of housing, jobs, recreation and tourism-related services in the area. Cruise ships would have one more quay in addition to the current two quays.

Young people grown stricter toward smoking, drinking and mild drugs

2012-02-09

The views of young people have become markedly stricter toward smoking in ten years and they also express increasingly negative attitudes toward alcohol use and mild narcotics according to an extensive survey on 11-19 year olds in Helsinki in 2011.

Employment numbers in Helsinki remain level

2012-02-08

Helsinki’s employment rate was 73.6 percent in the last quarter of 2011, remaining unchanged from the level a year before. The unemployment rate also remained level at 6.6 percent in Helsinki; the unemployment rates were 5.6 percent in the Helsinki region and 7.8 percent nationally.

Helsinki’s Winter Garden to reopen

2012-02-07

Under renovation since the spring of 2010, the Winter Garden in Helsinki will reopen to the public on Thursday, February 9th.

Helsinki galleries and museums celebrate design and the city’s bicentennial

2012-02-06

Close to one hundred exhibitions focus on design during the year of World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 and the coinciding bicentennial of Helsinki as Finland’s capital.

Bicycle centre to open in Kamppi in June

2012-02-06

A bicycle centre will serve Helsinki cyclists at the Kamppi Center from Helsinki Day, June 12th, through the 2012 cycling season. The bicycle centre will offer safe parking of bicycles, bicycle rental, instant repair services and information.

Study: Helsinki’s costs to produce core services are still too high

2012-02-03

The City of Helsinki’s costs to produce core services were higher than those of other large cities throughout the first decade of the millennium, although the gap between Helsinki’s costs and average costs has narrowed. When differences in the needs for services are taken into consideration in comparisons, the picture of the efficiency of service production changes.

Helsinki’s overall air quality is good but nitrogen oxide exceeds limit

2012-02-02

Helsinki exceeded the EU limit for nitrogen oxide in the air in 2011 at the Mäkelänkatu measuring station. The 2011 situation was, however, better than in the previous year, when the limit was exceeded at one more measuring station.