Real estate development company Sponda owns 13 historic buildings that are more than 100 years old in the city centre of Helsinki. What does the […]
Sponda legends
- 2023
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- 2021
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The Sponda Legends walking tour participants marvelled at the impressive premises and stories behind the staircases and lobbies of valuable properties. “Back in the day, […]
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The walking tour is a follow-up to Sponda’s popular Sponda Legends guided tour. This time, you can enjoy the stories of historic, over 100-year-old buildings […]
- 2017
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The golden age of the Fennia building, which was completed at the end of the 19th century on the edge of Helsinki Railway Square (Rautatientori), […]
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In 1912, machinery dealer Aatra constructed a five-storey commercial building on Mikonkatu. The Mikonkatu building later became the property of the Nikolajeff car shop, which […]
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If the walls of the Koitto building in Kamppi could speak, there would be no end to their stories. Completed in 1907, the building has […]
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Two residential buildings were completed at Yrjönkatu 23 in 1908, connected by a central kitchen and food lifts serving each apartment. The idea of a […]
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In 1890, the retail building at Mannerheimintie 16 was completed. Some 35 years later, the largest and most modern cinema of its day, the Capitol, […]
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In the late 19th century, the Russian population in Helsinki, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland, longed for a grammar school for their […]
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At the end of the 19th century, Josefine Frenckell, the widow of renowned businessman Frenckell, constructed a four-storey residential and commercial building on the corner […]