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Delve into Kurkimäki
Kurkimäki in Helsinki (Uusimaa) is located in Finland a little north-east of Helsinki, the country's capital town.
Current time in Kurkimäki is now 02:56 AM (Monday). The local timezone is named Europe / Helsinki with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports close to Kurkimäki, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in Finland is Helsinki Malmi Airport in a distance of 2 mi (or 3 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Finland is Fortress of Suomenlinna in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 km), South-West. We encountered 2 points of interest near this location. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Vantaa, Helsinki, Kerava, Tuusula and Jaervenpaeae. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 44 °F
Morning Temperature | 4°C / 38 °F |
Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 4% |
Air Humidity | 92% |
Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (8 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Rain and snow |
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
7°C (44 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
4°C (40 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 28th of November 2024
4°C (40 °F)
1°C (35 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Original Sokos Vantaa
Hotel Rantapuisto
Hostel Suomenlinna
Videos from this area
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Finnish comprehensive school trip to a forest from seventies. Myllypuron Yläaste 70-luku.
Finnish comprehensive school trip to a forest from seventies. Shot at Beaulieu 4008 using Kodachrome 40 super 8 film. Digitized whit Panasonicd HDC-SD 100 camcorder. Filmed somewhere in middle ...
Blue1 Boeing 717 landing over Helsinki to Helsinki-Vantaa, Finland
Blue1 Boeing 717 approaching and landing to Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL), Finland. I have tagged some Helsinki city areas to the video. Plane goes over the East-Helsinki. Filmed to the west. Video...
Helsinki Land Fortifications - A Storage Room (the First World War Base VIII:1, Kivikko)
Two storage structures, at the North side of the base VIII:1. They were constructed maybe for the support of the nearby artillery batteries. The other one has two rooms and a roof, but it's...
Camo painting and weathering a M4 receiver for test purpose
Test painting a receiver before painting a G&P M4. The purpose for this test is to see how much weathering to do and to ask you viewers for some feedback!
E32 instrument cluster research
The BMW E32 700 series and E34 500 series early models had a nasty odometre problem of getting stuck at 299960km. It has been suggested that it could be possible to input a high speed signal...
Vaapukkamehua laatikossa
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KONTULA mini MONTAASI
Lauantai session tuotokset. Kattokaa 720p HD:na!!! Skeittaajat: Hasan Mohamed,Elmeri Rautavirta Musiikki: Biggie Smalls - Living in pain.
Circa demo finland kontula - Danny Cerezini
Nollie flip from circa demo - Taken at 6:48 PM on September 17, 2007 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kontula
Kontula is a quarter of Helsinki, Finland, part of the Mellunkylä neighbourhood. Due to its little higher than average concentration of government tenant housing complexes, immigrant and refugee population it is regarded as an average eastern Helsinki suburb. Kontula has been built mostly in the 1960s and 1970s when apartments were required in Helsinki. Many people from the city centre moved to Kontula. Metro expanded to Kontula in 1986 which made it easy to reach the area.
Itäkeskus metro station
Itäkeskus or Östra centrum is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the Itäkeskus shopping centre and surrounding areas in East Helsinki. After the Itäkeskus station, there is a fork in the metro line: one branch continues north towards Mellunmäki, while another goes east towards Vuosaari. The Itäkeskus station was one of the first metro stations opened in Helsinki, on 1 June 1982, and was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula.
Myllypuro metro station
Myllypuro or Kvarnbäcken is a ground-level station on the northern branch of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Myllypuro in East Helsinki. The station was opened on 21 October 1986, designed by the architect bureau Toivo Karhunen Oy. It is located 1.9 kilometres from the Itäkeskus metro station, and 1.4 kilometres from the Kontula metro station.
Kontula metro station
Kontula or Gårdsbacka is a ground-level station on the northern branch of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Kontula in East Helsinki. The station was opened on 21 October 1986, designed by the architect bureau Toivo Karhunen Oy. It is located 1.4 kilometres from the Myllypuro metro station, and 1.6 kilometres from the Mellunmäki metro station.
Kivikko
Kivikko is the name of a quarter of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Part of the Mellunkylä district, it was built during the 1990s and the first decade of the 2000s. The quarter is located on the west side of Kontula, an important subregional centre and will have a population of 5000 once completed. Kivikko is especially favoured by families with children. 14% of the inhabitants are immigrants or have immigrant roots, which is more than in most of Helsinki.
Helsingin yhteislyseo
Helsingin yhteislyseo (HYL) is a school in Kontula, Helsinki Finland consisting of a lower secondary school and an upper secondary school with over 50 teachers and 700 students in total. The school was founded in 1908 and it is privately maintained by Maanviljelyslyseo (Agricultural Lyceum). The school celebrated its 100th birthday in 2008. Helsingin yhteislyseo and Lapinlahden yhteislyseo relocated to a new building and to its present location on the Rintinpolku street in Kontula in 1971.
Puotinharju
Puotinharju, Botbyhöjden is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Kurkimäki
Kurkimäki, Tranbacka is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.