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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), […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Many of the business facilities in the heart of Helsinki are situated in buildings originally intended for residential use. This is also true for Erottajankatu […]

Influenced by late Art Nouveau, the traditional commercial building was completed at Erottajankatu 7 in 1911. The building was designed by Valter Thomé in 1910, […]

The Helsinki telephone company HPY began its operations in rented premises in 1882, but within a few years, its telephone exchange was running short on […]