Kruunuvuorenselkä ( Swedish: ''Kronobergsfjärden'') is a body of water in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

, Finland, located between the city centre and the eastern suburbs. It is approximately long (north-south) and wide (east-west), and bounded by the islands of

Suomenlinna Suomenlinna (), or Sveaborg (), is a sea fortress composed of eight islands, of which six have been fortified. Located about 4 km southeast of the city center of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, Suomenlinna is a popular destination for bot ...

and Vallisaari to the south; the districts of

Santahamina Santahamina () is an island and neighbourhood of Eastern Helsinki, Finland. At present it is a military base housing the Guard Jaeger Regiment, making access restricted. The Finnish National Defence University (NDU) is also located on the islan ...

and

Laajasalo Laajasalo () is a group of islands that forms a Southeast Helsinki's neighbourhood in southern Helsinki, the capital of Finland. As of 2018, it had a population of 18,876. It is Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most popu ...

to the east; the island of

Kulosaari Kulosaari () is an island and an East Helsinki suburb in Helsinki, Finland. It is also the 42nd neighbourhood of the city. Construction of villas on the island started in the beginning of the 20th century, and a bridge from Sörnäinen was opened ...

to the north; and the city centre area of Helsinki to the west. Kruunuvuorenselkä carries much of the waterborne traffic into and out of Helsinki's

South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

, Hanasaari and Sörnäinen Harbours, shuttle ferry and sightseeing traffic between the city centre and nearby islands, as well as extensive leisure boating based at marinas in

Pohjoisranta Pohjoisranta (Swedish language, Swedish: ''Norra Kajen''), meaning "northern shore", is the eastern shore of the district of Kruununhaka in Helsinki, Finland and a street running along it. Description and history Pohjoisranta is known for the ...

Herttoniemenranta Herttoniemenranta ( Finnish), Hertonäs strand ( Swedish) is a southeastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway ...

, and elsewhere. The fairways leading to each of the main harbours around Kruunuvuorenselkä are a minimum of deep. Access from Kruunuvuorenselkä to the wider

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland (; ; ; ) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg—the second largest city of Russia—to the east, where the river Neva drains into it. ...

is mostly through the narrow Kustaanmiekka strait between Suomenlinna and Vallisaari. A bridge, '' Kruunuvuorensilta'', is being built across Kruunuvuorenselkä as part of the

Crown Bridges The Crown Bridges (, ) is the name given to three bridges under construction in the Finnish city of Helsinki, creating a new tram link and cycle path to the island of Laajasalo. Background The city council of Helsinki decided on 31 August 201 ...

initiatives, connecting central Helsinki with the eastern suburbs at Laajasalo and beyond. The bridge will carry pedestrian and bicycle traffic and a

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

route, but no car traffic. Construction began in late 2021, and the bridge is expected to open to traffic by 2027.

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{{reflist Geography of Helsinki Bays of Finland Landforms of Uusimaa Gulf of Finland