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Keilaniemi
Keilaniemi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkei̯lɑˌnie̯mi]; Swedish: Kägeludden; lit. 'pin cape') is a neighbourhood in the south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland. Keilaniemi is one of Finland's most important corporate hubs. The metro opened in 2017 as part of the Länsimetro extension.
Keilaniemi is part of the district of Otaniemi. The medieval Otaniemi village, which consists of Keilaniemi and the current areas of Tapiola and Westend, originally belonged to the Hagalund manor. The manor has been owned by the families von Wright, von Numers, Sinebrychoff and Grahn.
A particular time of splendour for the manor was the ownership by the Sinebrychoff family from the 1860s to the 1920s. The manor served as the summer resort for the family, which was in fashion at the time. The people wanted to visit the unspoilt nature, and thanks to steam ship traffic, wealthy families in Helsinki could acquire summer villas at the peaceful countryside next to Helsinki.
The Sinebrychoff family ordered extensive repair and extension work in the Hagalund manor. They changed it to a well-kept model farm and also took notice of the farming and forestry economy. The benevolence and fair treatment of staff by the Sinebrychoff family was appreciated, and the family became known as "the good people of Hagalund". Thanks to this good reputation, the people at the farm were left in peace during the Finnish Civil War, unlike many other families.
The traffic connection to Helsinki improved greatly when the Jorvaksentie road was completed in 1937, which attracted the attention of people needing apartments to the sparsely-populated southern Espoo, which could previously only have been reached by ship. Arne Grahn, who owned the mansion at the time, sold off some of the lands as zoned lots, and from the 1930s to the 1950s the villa town of Westend, the garden city of Tapiola as well the Helsinki University of Technology and the science community in Otaniemi rose on the lands.
In 1949, the Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank started commissioning vacation homes and an entertainment centre for their staff in northern Keilaniemi. The collective, designed by architect Aarne Ervi, included 50 summer cottages, two saunas and the Otaniemi Casino built in 1951, currently housing the restaurant Keilaranta. The vacation resort served as a training centre for the bank from 1954 and as the training centre of the Finnish state from the 1970s. A separate training building has later served as the headquarters of the Finnish sugar manufacturer Sucros and the shipping company Tallink Silja.
Keilaniemi is bordered by the university district of Otaniemi to the north, the commercial/residential district of Tapiola to the west, the Keilalahti bay separating Espoo and Helsinki to the east, and the Gulf of Finland to the south. The distance from Keilaniemi to the centre of Helsinki along the Länsiväylä highway is about 8 km.
There are numerous islands and islets in Keilaniemi, including Fröknarna and Leppäluoto.
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Keilaniemi
Keilaniemi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkei̯lɑˌnie̯mi]; Swedish: Kägeludden; lit. 'pin cape') is a neighbourhood in the south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland. Keilaniemi is one of Finland's most important corporate hubs. The metro opened in 2017 as part of the Länsimetro extension.
Keilaniemi is part of the district of Otaniemi. The medieval Otaniemi village, which consists of Keilaniemi and the current areas of Tapiola and Westend, originally belonged to the Hagalund manor. The manor has been owned by the families von Wright, von Numers, Sinebrychoff and Grahn.
A particular time of splendour for the manor was the ownership by the Sinebrychoff family from the 1860s to the 1920s. The manor served as the summer resort for the family, which was in fashion at the time. The people wanted to visit the unspoilt nature, and thanks to steam ship traffic, wealthy families in Helsinki could acquire summer villas at the peaceful countryside next to Helsinki.
The Sinebrychoff family ordered extensive repair and extension work in the Hagalund manor. They changed it to a well-kept model farm and also took notice of the farming and forestry economy. The benevolence and fair treatment of staff by the Sinebrychoff family was appreciated, and the family became known as "the good people of Hagalund". Thanks to this good reputation, the people at the farm were left in peace during the Finnish Civil War, unlike many other families.
The traffic connection to Helsinki improved greatly when the Jorvaksentie road was completed in 1937, which attracted the attention of people needing apartments to the sparsely-populated southern Espoo, which could previously only have been reached by ship. Arne Grahn, who owned the mansion at the time, sold off some of the lands as zoned lots, and from the 1930s to the 1950s the villa town of Westend, the garden city of Tapiola as well the Helsinki University of Technology and the science community in Otaniemi rose on the lands.
In 1949, the Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank started commissioning vacation homes and an entertainment centre for their staff in northern Keilaniemi. The collective, designed by architect Aarne Ervi, included 50 summer cottages, two saunas and the Otaniemi Casino built in 1951, currently housing the restaurant Keilaranta. The vacation resort served as a training centre for the bank from 1954 and as the training centre of the Finnish state from the 1970s. A separate training building has later served as the headquarters of the Finnish sugar manufacturer Sucros and the shipping company Tallink Silja.
Keilaniemi is bordered by the university district of Otaniemi to the north, the commercial/residential district of Tapiola to the west, the Keilalahti bay separating Espoo and Helsinki to the east, and the Gulf of Finland to the south. The distance from Keilaniemi to the centre of Helsinki along the Länsiväylä highway is about 8 km.
There are numerous islands and islets in Keilaniemi, including Fröknarna and Leppäluoto.
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