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Kalasatama (; ; literally translated "fish port") is a
neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in the city of
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,
Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. The area is officially part of the Sörnäinen district; and like Sörnäinen, Kalasatama is located a little more than one kilometre north from the coastal centre of Helsinki, near the district of Hakaniemi, and the east side of Kalasatama borders the sea. Itäväylä, which leads in the direction of East Helsinki, runs next to Kalasatama. The Isoisänsilta pedestrian and cycling bridge, opened in 2016, connects Kalasatama to the nearby islands of Mustikkamaa, Korkeasaari and Kulosaari. Kalasatama is projected to become a rather densely built-up area - about 25,000 inhabitants expected to come there, about as many as in Kallio. In addition, jobs are planned for Kalasatama for about 10,000 people. A concentration of 23- to 35-storey skyscraper towers are coming to the Kalasatama center area around the Kalasatama metro station, which was completed in 2007. Three of the towers, called Majakka, Loisto and Lumo One, and the Redi shopping centre are already completed, while the fourth and fifth towers Visio and Horisontti are still under construction. Construction of Visio began in the end of 2021,Pekka Torvinen
”Aiemmin ei ole kunnon näköaloja ollut, niin otettiin sitten kerralla kunnolla” – Kalasataman toinen pilvenpiirtäjä valmistui, ja tällaiset maisemat aukeavat asunnoista
– ''
Helsingin Sanomat , abbreviated ''HS'' and colloquially known as , is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. Its name derives from that of the Finnish capital ...
'', September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021. (in Finnish)
and Horisontti was started in May 2023. Kalasatama may be considered the name of a larger area with a number of residential neighbourhoods, including Sompasaari, settled from 2011, Verkkosaari, having acquired residents from the mid 2010's onward, while both Verkkosaari and Hanasaari have continued construction at present. Attempts have been made to build a
smart city A smart city is an urban area that uses digital technology to collect data and operate services. Data is collected from citizens, devices, buildings, or cameras. Applications include traffic and transportation systems, power plants, utilities ...
from Kalasatama that focuses on smart sensors and
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. Guide robots in the doctors' offices, robot buses and food delivery robotsYLE: Robotti tuo ostokset kotiovelle ja vitsailee hissin kanssa: "En yletä painamaan nappia" – katso kuinka robottilähetti kulkee Helsingin Kalasatamassa
(in Finnish) have already been on display in Kalasatama. The neighbourhood was given the name Kalasatama as formerly there had been a major commercial port located there, Sörnäinen Harbour, which was replaced in late 2008 by Vuosaari Harbour, after which residential construction began.


See also

* Hermanni (Helsinki)


References


External links


Kalasatama , Uutta Helsinkiä
- Kalasatama in the Uutta Helsinkiä site
Kalasatama , My Helsinki
- Kalasatama in the My Helsinki site Neighbourhoods of Helsinki Smart cities in Europe Sörnäinen {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub