- Käpylä
Subdivisions of Helsinki
subdivision_name = Käpylä
subdivision_name_swe = Kottby
subdivision_number = 25
district = Central
area = 1.82
population = 7,563 (Jan 1 2004)
density = 4,155
postcode = 00610 ja 00600neighbours =
Kumpula ,Pasila ,Metsälä ,Patola ,Veräjämäki ,Koskela |Käpylä ( _sv. Kottby) is a neighbourhood of
Helsinki with 7,600 inhabitants. Administratively speaking, Käpylä is a part of theVanhakaupunki district.It is located between
Kumpula ,Oulunkylä andKoskela . Käpylä has an end stop for theHelsinki tram network.Additionally, the Olympic Village built for the1952 Summer Olympics and another village for the cancelled1940 Summer Olympics are located in Käpylä. Park Hotel, located in Käpylä, became known for being the shooting location of a popular Finnish satirical TV showHyvät herrat . The lyceum situated in Käpylä has a specific orientation towards students with an interest in the natural sciences.The tram lines 1 and 1A as well as the
Tuusulanväylä bus lines travel to Käpylä. The I- N- and T-trains of theHelsinki commuter rail system stop at Käpylä railway station.There are smaller regions inside Käpylä,
Puu-Käpylä ("wood-Käpylä") andTaivaskallio .Puu-Käpylä [‘wood Käpylä’] is well-known as the earliest example in Finland of the Garden City Movement. The suburb of wooden buildings, designed by Martti Vallikangas, was built between 1920 to 1925. Puu-Käpylä was a model workers’ housing area, built at a time when there was a bad housing problem for workers in the city. The construction follows the typical Finnish vernacular method: square-log construction then faced in weatherboarding. However, the whole process was partly industrialized, and the area is regarded as the first prefabricated housing area in Finland. The mostly 2-storey semi-detached timber houses are arranged around sheltered courtyards, where originally the tenants’ vegetable gardens were sited. The colours vary slightly from one house to another, but with a dominance of traditional red ochre. The area is still mostly occupied by working-class families though it has also been a popular residential area for professional types, especially architects – and it also has become a favourite tourist attraction.
Välikangas, together with architect Hilding Ekelund, also participated in the design of the Olympic Village situated in Käpylä.
Käpylä was incorporated into the city of
Helsinki in 1906.Related links
* [http://www.helsinginkartta.fi/kapyla.html A map of Käpylä (helsinginkartta.fi)]
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