Herttoniemi

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Herttoniemi (Swedish: Hertonäs) is a suburb of Helsinki, the Finnish capital. It is located about 7 km east of the city centre and can be easily reached by metro in 10 minutes. It has an older northern suburb and a newer coastal suburb with ferry connections to the city centre. There once was a large harbour in Herttoniemi, but in the 1990s, this industrial harbour area was demolished and converted to a tightly populated residential area and marina.

The Siperia Social Centre, a squatted council house in Herttoniemi, burned town on 14 June 2006.

Swedish military architect Augustin Ehrensvärd whos life's work was building the fortress of Sveaborg owned Herttoniemi manor in the area.

One of the most famous Finnish writers Frans Eemil Sillanpää who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1939 lived in Herttoniemi.

There are four districts in Herttoniemi:

• Länsi-Herttoniemi West Herttoniemi
• Roihuvuori which is former East Herttoniemi
• Herttoniemenranta Harbour of Herttoniemi
• Herttoniemi industrial area

Herttoniemi manor build 1815	Kiikkujat statue in Roihuvuori	Herttoniemi church in western Herttoniemi	Roihuvuori water tower is landmark of the area
Roihuvuori area in eastern Herttoniemi	Japanese style garden in Roihuvuori	Siilitie area in western Herttoniemi

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