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  Helsinki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helsinki forms a conurbation with three other cities, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, which are together called the capital area.
Helsinki is, however, perhaps even more famous for its numerous Art Nouveau buildings, designed in the early 1900s and strongly influenced by Kalevala, which is a very popular theme in the national romantic art of that era.
Helsinki is also the birth place of several international celebrities, including the bands HIM, The Rasmus and The 69 Eyes who all have achieved extremely high levels of fame and success both at home and abroad, thus bringing many tourists eager to see the home city of their idols to Helsinki.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helsinki   (1449 words)

  
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Helsinki (Swedish: Helsingfors) is the capital of Finland.
Helsinki forms a conurbation with three other cities, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, which are together called the capital area (see Helsinki Metropolitan Area).
Helsinki only became the capital of Finland in 1812 after Finland had been captured from Sweden by Russia.
www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/h/he/helsinki.html   (603 words)

  
 Helsinki - Simple English Wikipedia
Helsinki is in the coast of Gulf of Finland.
A poetic name for Helsinki is "the daughter of the Baltic Sea".
Helsinki became the capital of autonomous province of Finland.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helsinki   (240 words)

  
 CU Dept. of Geography Resources: Academic Departments
University of Sofia, Faculty of Geology and Geography.
University of Tartu, Faculty of Biology and Geography.
Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Geography and Geology.
www.colorado.edu /geography/virtdept/resources/depts/depts.htm   (3085 words)

  
 University of Helsinki - Department of Geography - main page
The Department of Geography of the University of Helsinki is the oldest and the largest geography department in Finland and offers a wide range of teaching and research facilities.
Geography is divided into physical geography, human geography, geographical education and geoinformatics.
The fields of research in geography are the geographical structures and functions of the human and nature systems and their interactions.
www.helsinki.fi /geography   (312 words)

  
 NTU Info Centre: Helsinki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish — think "Helsin Ki"), or Helsingfors in Swedish, is the capital of Finland.
The Helsinki Metro line, started in 1982, was the first, and so far the only, metro line in the entire Finland.
For the first 16 years of its existence, the line was topologically only one straight line, but in 1998 a fork was added at Itäkeskus station, dividing the remainder of the line into two sub-lines with three stations each.
www.nowtryus.com /article:Helsinki   (1007 words)

  
 Geography at Hope - Subject Overview
Geography has many academic links with other higher education establishments in the UK and with overseas universities such as Berlin, Lyons, Helsinki and Bucharest.
Geography is an excellent background for a number of careers in, for example, planning, industry, accountancy and teaching.
Within Geography at Hope there are opportunities to study for research degrees or to take masters programmes such as the MA in Contemporary Urban Renaissance or the MSc in Ecology and Environmental Management.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Helsinki, or Helsingfors in Swedish and Helsset in Northern Sami, is the capital of Finland.
In Helsinki public transport is done by HKL.
The biggest hospitals of Finland are located in Helsinki, for example HYKS and many private hospitals.
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 HELSINKI FACTS AND INFORMATION
Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish:), or Helsingfors in Swedish (), also called "Stadi" in local slang, is the capital of Finland.
Academy_of_Åbo, the only university in the country, was also relocated to Helsinki in 1827, eventually becoming the University_of_Helsinki.
For the first 16 years of its existence, the line was topologically only one straight line, but in 1998 a fork was added at Itäkeskus_metro_station, dividing the remainder of the line into two branches with three stations each.
www.amysflowershop.com /Helsinki   (1321 words)

  
 Helsinki biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Greater Helsinki area has a total population of 1.2 million.
It consist of buses (dösä), trams (spåra), Helsinki Metro and VR's commuter trains.
In the middle of the city he planned an enormous Cathedral, which was finished in 1852, twelve years after C. Engel's death.
helsinki.biography.ms   (826 words)

  
 Helsinki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish: ['helsiŋki]), or Helsingfors in Swedish Missing image
The Greater Helsinki region has a total population of 1.2 million.
In Helsinki, public transport is handled by HKL, the Helsinki City Transport.
www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=Helsinki   (1241 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Helsinki, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Helsinki grew rapidly after Alexander I of Russia moved (1812) the capital there from Turku.
When the Univ. of Helsinki (founded 1640) was moved from Turku in 1828, Helsinki became the center of Finnish nationalism.
In the city's older part are the state council building, the president's residence, the Univ. of Helsinki, the Church of St. Nicholas, the national art gallery, and the impressive railway station (designed by Eliel Saarinen).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Helsinki.html   (345 words)

  
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At that time, however, Helsinki was little more than a place for the King and his retinue to stay while they were away from the capital
Helsinki is, however, perhaps even more famous for its numerous Art Nouveau buildings, designed in the early 1900s and strongly influenced by
Kalevala, which is a very popular theme in the national romantic art of that era.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Helsinki   (644 words)

  
 Helsinki : Helsinki, Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Helsinki was founded in 1550, following an order by the king of Sweden, Gustav Vasa.
Helsinki only became the capital of Finland in 1812 when Finland was captured from Sweden by Russia.
The original foundation was at the mouth of the Vantaa river but the population eventually migrated somewhat to the west of there in order to take advantage of better sea-anchorage.
www.termsdefined.net /he/helsinki,-finland.html   (475 words)

  
 HKKK - Economic Geography in HSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Economic Geography in Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) aims at giving students understanding of regional development processes and problems that firms face while operating in various regional levels: places, integrated markets and global arenas.
Geographies of Industrial Organisation (E) Economic Geography of Western Europe (EU) (E) Economic Geography of the North America (Nafta) (E) Economic Geography of Eastern and Central Europe (E) Euro-Regions in Finland
The assistants of economic geography will be pleased to answer any questions you might have regarding the teaching and the research of the subject.
www.hkkk.fi /econgeo/econgeo.html   (203 words)

  
 Helsinki travel guide — Helsinki tourism and travel information
You can also browse and buy directly Helsinki city guide and Finland travel guide books, Helsinki maps and Finland maps and atlases.
The new opera house of the Finnish National Opera, which opened in 1993, is close to the city center in Töölö;.
We are happy to offer cheap airline tickets Helsinki, cheap flights Helsinki, also available cheap airline tickets to Finland and to the whole world.
www.city-travel-guide.co.uk /travel-guide/helsinki-travel-guide.html   (998 words)

  
 Geography of Helsinki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Helsinki has a total area of 686 km² (264.8 mi²).
This is a listing of the suburbs and localities in the city of Helsinki in alphabetical order.
This page was last modified 12:24, 18 September 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Helsinki   (81 words)

  
 Geography of Helsinki -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Geography of Helsinki -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
(The capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center) Helsinki has a total area of 686 (Click link for more info and facts about km²;) km²; (264.8 (Click link for more info and facts about mi²;) mi²;).
This is a listing of the suburbs and localities in the city of (The capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center) Helsinki in alphabetical order.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Ge/Geography_of_Helsinki.htm   (148 words)

  
 Geography of Helsinki - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Geography of Helsinki - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This page was last modified 21:47, 13 Apr 2005.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Geography of Helsinki contains research on
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Geography_of_Helsinki   (113 words)

  
 Institute of Development Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It was established with the support of the Ministry of Education to consolidate doctoral level training and supervision in the study of global development issues.
Eight departments from five universities participate in the programme which is coordinated by the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Helsinki (IDS).
The chairperson of the Board is Professor Marja Järvelä (University of Jyväskylä) and the Vice-Chair Professor Ulla-Maija Kivikuru (University of Helsinki, Swedish School of Social Sciences).
www.valt.helsinki.fi /kmi/english_jatkokoulutus.htm   (547 words)

  
 Helsinki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The demographics of Helsinki is divided between 53.5 percent females and 46.5 percent males.
image district, situated close to the city center, hosts many of Helsinki's tourist attractions.
Heureka is a science center featuring exhibitions and an IMAX theater.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/he/Helsinki.htm   (736 words)

  
 Geography of Helsinki
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Helsinki has a total area of 686 km²; (264.8 mi²;).
This is a complete listing of the suburbs and localities in the Helsinki area in alphabetical order.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/geography_of_helsinki   (139 words)

  
 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Ge'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Geography of the United States Pacific Mountain System
Geography of the United States Rocky Mountain System
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /g/ge   (145 words)

  
 WorldBook General Reference Encyclopedia > Geography > Europe > Cities > Finland > Helsinki >   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The town of Helsinki was founded by King Gustav...
Tallinn in Estonia, the Hansa city on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Finland.
DC-5: The Helsinki Metadata Workshop; A Report on the...
www.surfablebooks.com /worldbookgeneral/Geography/Europe/Cities/Finland/Helsinki/1.htm   (290 words)

  
 HUT - YTK - graduate school
The School is multidisciplinary and mutual with the Department of Architecture and the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), and the Departments of Geography, Sociology and Social Policy at the Helsinki University.
The 1990s have seen the emergence of a livelier street culture and public city life in Helsinki: the city is becoming more open, 'global', and aestheticized.
Main question of this work is how and if culturally and historically valuable urban parks can be adapted both functionally and visually to stand the pressures of recreation, everyday use and deterioration caused by contemporary urban life.
www.hut.fi /Units/Separate/YTK/research/grschool.html   (927 words)

  
 Polity - Geography Resources : Academic Departments
University of Karlsruhe, Institute for Geography and Geoecology.
University of Potsdam, Institute of Geography and Geoecology.
University of Leicester, CTI Centre for Geography, Geology, and Meteorology.
www.polity.co.uk /geography/depts.asp   (5456 words)

  
 The Helsinki Corpus of English Texts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
of the Helsinki Corpus reflect the view that linguistic change should be approached through evidence based on synchronic variation inherent in the structure of the language studied.
The compilers of the Helsinki Corpus aim at facilitating access to versatile data for those interested in computer-based corpus linguistics and the structure and development of the English language.
The material included in the dialectal part of the Helsinki Corpus is transcribed orthographically by the postgraduate students who made the recordings in the 1970's.
khnt.hit.uib.no /icame/manuals/HC   (8114 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Helsinki Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Kiasma is the city's contemporary art museum.
The new opera house of the Finnish National Opera, which opened in 1993, is close to the city center.
Helsinki Portal - from the City and the University
www.ipedia.com /helsinki.html   (765 words)

  
 Finland Helsinki Mission - Helsinki Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Finland Helsinki Mission Alumni Alumni Web Site is dedicated to the alumni of this mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Helsinki helsinki city finland include buildings suburbs industrial planning commercial finnish sweden city's 888 technical apartments 871 impressive...
Studio Helsinki Finland is spesified to architecture and design field where we produce custom projects from idea to product.
www.deuxfillesetunesouris.ca /finland-helsinki-mission.html   (350 words)

  
 Finnish Studies People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
She is a human geographer with interests in political and cultural geography, the geography of leisure and recreation, and visual methodologies.
Pauliina received her Ph.D. in Basque Studies from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1996 and has since taught at the University of Helsinki, where she is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography.
She has served as Editor in Chief of Terra, the Finnish- and Swedish-language journal of the Geographical Society of Finland and as co-editor of the 100th-anniversary edition of the Atlas of Finland (1999 and 2002).
esc.cla.umn.edu /people.html   (601 words)

  
 metro dothan - Local business directory. metro dothan .   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Helsinki Metro, or Helsingin metro, is the metro system in Helsinki, Finland.
The system maintains a single forked line with 16 stations, out of which 8 are subterranean and 8 are surface stations.
Geography Dothan is located at 31°13'38" North, 85°24'26" West (31.227225, -85.407258)1.
www.localbizus.com /alabama/dothan/dothan-alabama-metro.html   (619 words)

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