Kluuvi District Places of Interest

Grönqvist house (Grönqvistin talo)

One of the Northern blocks of the Kluuvi district along the Esplanade Park occupies a huge building with turrets and intricate decorations, which the residents of Helsinki call "The Stone wall of Grönqvist" (read more )

Helsinki Central Station. History and Architecture

The most famous example of the Finnish art Nouveau is the building of the Central railway station (Helsingin päärautatieasema). Its history began in 1856, when the Russian Emperor Alexander II visited the Principality of Finland, which was then part of the Russian Empire (read more )

Rautatientori Square

Until the end of the fifties of the 19th century, this place was a swampy wasteland, in 1857 the construction of a railway began in Finland, in 1861 the first station and the square in front of it were built here, called Rautatientori (in Swedish Järnvägstorget), which translates as "Railway Square"...read more

Argoksen talo or Wulffin kulman

The corner house adjacent to the Stockmann Department store was built in 1897 by architect Niels Johan Settergren. This residential building, named "Argos" (Argoksen talo) is the first example of art Nouveau in Finland (read more )