Esplanadi park
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Esplanadi (), colloquially known as Espa, is an esplanade and urban park in downtown Helsinki, Finland, situated between the Erottaja square and the Market Square. It is bordered on its northern and southern sides by the Pohjoisesplanadi (Norra Esplanaden, North Esplanadi) and Eteläesplanadi (Södra Esplanaden, South Esplanadi) streets, respectively. Aleksanterinkatu runs parallel to Esplanadi. Esplanadi is well known as a popular walking area, and street performances are also often held in the park.
Key facts
- Park.name
- Esplanadi
- Park.native_name
- Esplanaden
- Park.native_name_lang
- sv
- Park.photo
- Esplanadin puisto 2020.jpg
- Park.photo_caption
- The central walking path of Esplanadi, 2020.
- Park.map
- Finland Helsinki (mainland)
- Park.map_caption
- Location of Esplanadi in Helsinki
- Park.type
- Urban park
- Park.location
- Helsinki, Finland
- Park.established
- 1818
- Park.designer
- Carl Ludwig Engel
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tourist attraction
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Helsinki
- Location
- Kaartinkaupunki
- Image
- Statue of Johan Ludvig Runeberg in Helsinki - DSC03903.JPG
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- nickname
- Espen
- Commons category
- Esplanadi
- Commons gallery
- Esplanadi
- inception
- 1830-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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Esplanadi (), colloquially known as Espa, is an esplanade and urban park in downtown Helsinki, Finland, situated between the Erottaja square and the Market Square. It is bordered on its northern and southern sides by the Pohjoisesplanadi (Norra Esplanaden, North Esplanadi) and Eteläesplanadi (Södra Esplanaden, South Esplanadi) streets, respectively. Aleksanterinkatu runs parallel to Esplanadi. Esplanadi is well known as a popular walking area, and street performances are also often held in the park.
In 1827, Engels Teater (the predecessor of the Swedish Theatre), the first theatre building in Helsinki, also designed by Engel, was erected in a corner of the park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Esplanadi park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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