Töölö

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Töölö and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Temppeliaukio (Rock Church)16 min walk1.3 km
• Senate Square & the Cathedral27 min walk2.3 km
• The Design District7 min taxi2.4 km
• New Finnish food7 min taxi2.4 km
• Market Square & harbour8 min taxi2.6 km
• The Old Market Hall8 min taxi2.7 km
• A Finnish sauna10 min taxi3.5 km
• Suomenlinna sea fortress17 min taxi5.6 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 7.Oodi Central Library — Not your average library — Oodi is a stunning, wave-roofed civic 'living room' opposite the parliament, a triumph of Finnish design and democracy, with a soaring top-floor reading room under an undulating white ceiling, plus workshops, studios and free spaces for all. Beautiful, welcoming and quintessentially Finnish in its faith in public good; wander in free, admire the architecture, and see how Helsinki treats its citizens. A modern icon.
• 9.The Sibelius Monument — A striking abstract monument to Finland's greatest composer, Jean Sibelius — a shimmering cluster of over 600 steel pipes like a frozen wave or a great organ, set in a pretty seaside park in leafy Töölö. A popular, photogenic stop and a nod to the music at the heart of Finnish identity; combine it with a stroll along the bay and through the park. A pleasant, green corner of the cultured western city.
• 16.Nuuksio National Park — A national park of forest, lakes and mossy boulders 40 minutes out — easy trails, wild blueberries, and maybe a flying squirrel. Finland's nature, on the city's doorstep.
• 17.Seurasaari open-air museum — An island of relocated old wooden farmhouses and churches connected by a bridge — a lovely woodland stroll through rural Finland, with red squirrels for company.