Rastila ( sv, Rastböle) is an eastern suburb in the

Vuosaari Vuosaari ( sv, Nordsjö) is a neighbourhood in the City of Helsinki, Finland. It is located by the sea in East Helsinki and with its area of is geographically the largest district in the city. It also has two Helsinki Metro stations, Rastila ...

district of

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. Rastila lies to the north of the arterial road Vuotie (Sw. Norvägen); to the south lies Meri-Rastila (Sw. Havs-Rastböle), which is often understood as part of Rastila. Rastila metro station opened in 1998. Rastila is mostly populated by families in detached houses, but around the station there are new blocks of flats for 2000 inhabitants. Rastila is home to Helsinki's only campsite, ,Leisure: Rastila Camping
– City of Helsinki which connects with the popular swimming beach at Vartiokylänlahti (Sw. Botbyviken).

Demography

The area is home to 4,212 inhabitants (as of 31.12.2012), it provides jobs for 368 (as of 31.12.2010), and its land area is 1.11 km².'Helsinki alueittain 2012' (Helsingin kaupunki Tietokeskus, 12.7.2013), http://www.hel.fi/hel2/tietokeskus/julkaisut/pdf/13_04_30_Hki_alueittain2012_Tikkanen.pdf.

History

Around 6000–7000 years ago, Rastila was on the shore of the

Littorina Sea Littorina Sea (also Litorina Sea) is a geological brackish water stage of the Baltic Sea, which existed around 7500–4000 BP and followed the Mastogloia Sea, a transitional stage of the Ancylus Lake. This stage and form of the body of wate ...

. About 25 metres above sea level, there is still a rocky beach remaining from this phase on the cliffs a little way to the north of the campsite. In the area of Vanttikallio there are still Bronze Age barrows. Rastila is first recorded in documents from the Middle Ages, when the area was located in the estate of Rassbölen. The name subsequently changed to ''Rastböle''. From the 17th century the territory of served as a taxation area and around the 18th century mid-Rastila Manor. The present manor house was built in the early 19th century. It is located at the campsite and now serves as a restaurant. In the early 20th century the manor house still served as a lively and large country estate. Rastila gained a brick factory when the building of Suomenlinna began.

Images

Image:Helsinki Metro station Rastilla.jpg, Rastila metro station Image:Rastilan asuintaloja Vartiokylänlahden rannalla.jpg, Houses by Vartiokylänlahti/Botbyviken in Rastila Image:Vuotie Rastilan kohdalla 1.jpg, Vuotie/Norvägen, which divides Rastila on the north side from Meri-Rastila/Havs-Rastböle on the south Image:Metro train crosses Vuosaaren Silta.jpg, Metro train crosses Vuosaaren Silta Image:Kesäinen Rastilan leirintäalue - G51730 (hkm.HKMS000005-km0000owqh).jpg, Rastila Camping

References

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