Tallinnanaukio (literally "Tallinn Square"; , literally "Reval Square") is a

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in the

Itäkeskus Itäkeskus (, literal translation ''East center'') is a '' quarter'' in the neighbourhood of Vartiokylä (as of the 1980s) in Helsinki, Finland. The district's main attraction is the largest covered-in shopping mall in the Nordic countries, Itis ...

quarter 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 ...

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. There is direct access from the Tallinnanaukio to the

Itis shopping center Itis (formerly Itäkeskus) is a shopping center located in Itäkeskus in East Helsinki. It is located next to the Itäväylä motorway and the Itäkeskus metro station. The mall has been refurbished a number of times, most recently in 2014, increa ...

, and there is also one of the eastern entrances to the

Itäkeskus metro station Itäkeskus metro station (, - "Eastern Center") is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro. The station was built on the grounds of the shopping center Itis, and serves the quarter of Itäkeskus in the neighborhood of Vartiokylä in East He ...

, from where the

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leaves the metro to the city's downtown center. The Finnish name of the square refers to

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

, the capital of

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, while the Swedish name refers to ''Reval'' (''Rääveli'' in Finnish), an older name previously used from Tallinn.

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, the East Helsinki Cultural Center, and the Itäkeskus

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are also close to the square. Tallinnanaukio is also home to local

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and

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. In addition, Tallinnanaukio has several

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s and bars, and a

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in summer. Kimmo Schroderus' sculpture ''Kuru'' is also located in the square.

Law enforcement at the square

In mid-July 2010, the

Helsinki Police The Helsinki Police Department (HPD) ( Finnish: Helsingin poliisilaitos) is the department of the Police of Finland in charge of the Finnish capital of Helsinki. Its responsibilities include enforcing the law and providing security for the city. ...

gave the guards of the shopping center permission to remove

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and other disturbing behavior from Tallinnanaukio. The reasons for this are the large number of people passing through Tallinnanaukio and the position of the Itäkeskus metro station as an important public

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Tallinnanaukio
at Itis (in Finnish) Vartiokylä Squares in Helsinki {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub

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Law enforcement at the square

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