Pohjois-Haaga (

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), Norra Haga (

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, translates as Northern Haaga) is a neighborhood of

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

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. On east it borders with

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ...

's highway. Etelä-Haaga (Southern Haaga) is in its southern side, separated by park areas and road Metsäläntie. Lassila district is on the west side, separated by road Kaupintie and parks on the southern side of road Aku Korhosen tie. Among central places of Pohjois-Haaga is Thalianaukio (Thalia's square) with a

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station. Light traffic bridges over Hämeenlinna's Highway connect Pohjois-Haaga to Helsinki's central park and Pirkkola's sport center. The district has the population of around 9 500 (1.1.2014) and around 4 000 working places (2012). Many of the residents have been lived in the area since its building in the 1950s. Thus the average age of residents is relatively high, many of them being over 65 years old. The highest point of Pohjois-Haaga's territory is the rocks at the northern side of road Ida Aalbergin tie (44 metres above the sea). The lowest point is at the border of Etelä-Haaga, next to Hämeenlinna's highway (10,5 metres above the sea). The distance to the centre of Helsinki is around nine kilometres. Pohjois-Haaga Seura ry founded in 1956 is a district level organisation of residents.

Street names

Most of street names in Pohjois-Haaga refer to the theatre. Area's collector road is Näyttelijäntie (actor's road) and its cross streets include ones named after famous actors Ida Aalberg,

Aino Ackté Aino Ackté (originally Achte; 24 April 18768 August 1944) was a Finnish soprano. She was the first international star of the Finnish opera scene after Alma Fohström, and a groundbreaker for the domestic field. Biography Ackté was born in ...

and Adolf Lindfors. The area also has streets named after playwrights including

Maiju Lassila Algot Untola (28 November 1868 – 21 May 1918) was a Finnish writer and journalist. Untola was born in Tohmajärvi, to the ''Tietäväinen'' family, and his real name was ''Algoth'', but he changed the name to ''Algot Untola''. Untola had many ...

, Maria Jotuni, Artturi Järviluoma and

Teuvo Pakkala Teuvo Pakkala (originally Teodor Oskar Frosterus, 9 April 186217 May 1925) was a Finnish author, playwright, reporter, linguist and teacher. Pakkala is considered to be one of the realists of the 1880s and 1890s, and he is also often called a n ...

. Thalia square is named after the muse of dramatic arts in Greek mythology, Thalia. However, in the south-eastern side of the area, street names such as Nuijamiestentie (cudgel men's road), Ilkantie ( Ilkka's road), Poutuntie ( Pouttu's road), Krankantie ( Krankka's road) and Linnaleiri square (castle camp) refer to

cudgel war The Cudgel War (also Club War, fi, Nuijasota, links=no, sv, Klubbekriget, links=no) was a 1596–1597 peasant uprising in Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. The name of the uprising derives from the fact that the peasants ...

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Pohjois-Haaga: * FC Pohjois-Haagan Urheilijat {{coord, 60, 14, N, 24, 53, E, display=title, region:FI_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Haaga