Käpylä
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left|thumb|Käpylä is known for its natural atmosphere and old wooden houses. Käpylä (; ) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki with 7,600 inhabitants. Administratively speaking, Käpylä is a part of the Vanhakaupunki district.
Key facts
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- Helsinki Subdivision
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- Position of Käpylä within Helsinki
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- Uusimaa
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- Greater Helsinki
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- Helsinki
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- Central
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- 1.77
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- 8 089
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- 1.1.2015
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Puu-Käpylä
- Sports
- References
left|thumb|Käpylä is known for its natural atmosphere and old wooden houses. Käpylä (; ) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki with 7,600 inhabitants. Administratively speaking, Käpylä is a part of the Vanhakaupunki district.
It is located between Kumpula, Oulunkylä and Koskela. Käpylä has a terminus for route-1 of the Helsinki tram network. Additionally, the Olympic Village built for the 1952 Summer Olympics and another village for the cancelled 1940 Summer Olympics are located in Käpylä. The Park Hotel, located in Käpylä, became known for being the shooting location of the popular Finnish satirical TV series Hyvät herrat. One of the two lyceum schools situated in Käpylä has a specific orientation towards students with an interest in the natural sciences.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Käpylä” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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