Pohjois-Haaga ( Finnish), Norra Haga ( Swedish, both translate as Northern Haaga) is a neighborhood of

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. On east it borders with

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'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. Pohjois-Haaga 1964

Street names

Most of street names in Pohjois-Haaga refer to the theatre. Area's

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is Näyttelijäntie (actor's road) and its cross streets include ones named after famous actors

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and Adolf Lindfors. The area also has streets named after playwrights including Maiju Lassila, Maria Jotuni,

Artturi Järviluoma Kustaa Artturi Järviluoma (9 August 1879 – 31 January 1942) was a Finnish journalist, screenwriter and author. Until 1902, he went by the name Jernström. He is best known for his play ''Pohjalaisia'' (The Ostrobothnians), which later formed th ...

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 ...

. 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

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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