Crossword clues for helsinki
helsinki
- Ambassador fashioned links with one city
- Henry likes tanks going round in European capital
- Scandinavian capital
- Cold capital
- 1952 Olympics site
- 1952 Olympics host
- Finnish city
- White City of the North
- Third-largest Nordic city
- Sikh line (anag)
- National Museum of Finland site
- Finnair hub
- Finland’s capital
- Finland's largest city
- Capital north of Estonia
- Capital east of Oslo
- Capital city with more than 300 islands
- 1952 Summer Olympics site
- 1952 Summer Olympics city
- "Heart It Races" band Architecture in ___
- Site of the Sibelius Monument
- The capital and largest city of Finland
- Located in southern Finland
- A major port and commercial and cultural center
- Accord signed by Ford and Brezhnev
- High-latitude capital
- Collapse after endless torture by one in European capital
- City to decline in endless spiral
- City man is about to crack cryptic link
- City brothels in kinky shows
- City brothels in kinky houses
- Capital's decline in endless spiral
- Capital of Finland
- European capital, venue for the 1952 Olympics
- Sheikh going short, surprisingly with nil capital
- North European capital
- Nordic capital
- Finnish capital
- Finland’s capital
- Finland's capital
Wikipedia
Helsinki (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Helsinki has a population of , an urban population of 1,214,210, and a metropolitan population of over 1.4 million, making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located some north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities. In 2012, Lonely Planet included Helsinki amongst the top 10 of the world's unsung places.
The Helsinki metropolitan area includes the urban core of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, and surrounding commuter towns. It is the world's northernmost metro area of over one million people, and the city is the northernmost capital of an EU member state. The Helsinki metropolitan area is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the Nordic countries, the City of Helsinki being the third largest after Stockholm and Oslo. Helsinki is Finland's major political, educational, financial, cultural, and research center as well as one of northern Europe's major cities. Approximately 75% of foreign companies operating in Finland have settled in the Helsinki region. The nearby municipality of Vantaa is the location of Helsinki Airport, with frequent service to various destinations in Europe and Asia.
In 2009, Helsinki was chosen to be the World Design Capital for 2012 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, narrowly beating Eindhoven for the title. The city was the venue for the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
In 2011, the Monocle magazine ranked Helsinki the most liveable city in the world in its " Liveable Cities Index 2011". In the Economist Intelligence Unit's August 2015 Liveability survey, assessing the best and worst cities to live in globally, Helsinki placed among the world's top ten cities.
Helsinki is an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). It covers the administrative area of the city of Helsinki, with a population of 591,306 . Helsinki currently elects 21 members of the Eduskunta.
The constituency is urban, including the city centre of Helsinki and its eastern, mainly working-class suburbs. It does not include most of the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which falls instead under the constituency of Uusimaa. The largest party in the 2011 election was the centre-right National Coalition Party.
Green League had its best result in Finland and Centre Party worst result in this district
Usage examples of "helsinki".
Tucking in fairly close to the heavy craft, the Archerfish steamed on toward Helsinki.
Almost a full day ahead of schedule, the Archerfish sank into the deeps off Helsinki.
Lisiy Nos, Vyborg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Yuri Stepanov, all multisyllables with Alexander hidden in the middle of them, saying nothing.
It was a fast-track monorail, cutting directly through the City, south to Turku, then east to Helsinki Terminal.
As the chocolate and meat mix started to force its way out I fought to keep control, wanting to catch the insurance policy, wrapped in two condoms and inserted up my ass with the aid of some Helsinki hotel soap.
The snow was still falling, so the vehicle would be covered by now and the plates would be un checkable On arrival at Helsinki I'd pulled off the left-luggage ticket from under locker number eleven and collected my bag, cash, passports, and credit cards.
Khamovkhin was frightened, had been all day from the talk of the daytime security team that had accompanied him to Helsinki.
So are Helsinki and Leningrad, and so is Manhattan that sparkled in the dusk like a wet finger dipped into the caster sugar of electricity.
The helicopter flight over the sixty miles from the centre of Helsinki had been a final strained weariness after the other events of the day - a hammering metal box around him, shadowed by two other helicopters, and a flight path patrolled on the ground and in the air all that day.
The outspoken Helsinki newspaper editor had survived his kneecapping and would probably walk again.
The two chatted about possible departure plans, George deciding that he'd take the next flight he could get on, Peggy saying that she wasn't sure how or when she was going to leave Helsinki--- that all she wanted to do right now was to walk and feel the sun bake her face and avoid any closed space that reminded her of a midget submarine, the backseat of a car, or a cramped train.