Käpylä
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Käpylä
Kottby | |
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 Position of Käpylä within Helsinki | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Greater Helsinki |
| Municipality | Helsinki |
| District | Central |
| Area | 1.77 km2(0.68 sq mi) |
| Population (1.1.2015) | 8 089 |
| • Density | 4,570/km2(11,800/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 00610 and 00600 |
| Subdivision number | 25 |
| Neighbouring subdivisions | Kumpula,Pasila,Metsälä,Patola,Veräjämäki, Koskela |
Käpylä(Finnish:[ˈkæpylæ];Swedish:Kottby) is aneighbourhoodofHelsinkiwith 7,600 inhabitants. Administratively speaking, Käpylä is a part of theVanhakaupunkidistrict.
It is located betweenKumpula,Oulunkyläand Koskela. Käpylä has a terminus for route-1 of theHelsinki tramnetwork. Additionally, the Olympic Village built for the1952 Summer Olympicsand another village for the cancelled1940 Summer Olympicsare located in Käpylä. The Park Hotel, located in Käpylä, became known for being the shooting location of the popular Finnish satirical TV seriesHyvät herrat.One of the two lyceum schools situated in Käpylä has a specific orientation towards students with an interest in the natural sciences.
Tram lines 1 and 1Tas well as buses heading along theTuusulanväyläfreeway bus lines travel to Käpylä. The K, T, I and P trains of theHelsinki commuter railsystem stop atKäpylä railway station.
There are smaller regions inside Käpylä, Puu-Käpylä (wood-Käpylä) and Taivaskallio.
Puu-Käpylä[edit]
Puu-Käpylä [‘wood Käpylä’] (Swedish ‘Trä-Kottby’) is well known as the earliest example in Finland of theGarden City Movement.The suburb of wooden buildings, planned byAkseli Toivonenand designed byMartti Välikangas,was built between 1920 and 1925 and designed in the so-calledNordic Classicismstyle prevalent throughout the Nordic countries at the time. Puu-Käpylä was a model workers’ housing area, built at a time when there was a bad housing problem for workers in the city. The construction follows the typical Finnish vernacular method: square-log construction then faced in weatherboarding. However, the whole process was partly industrialized, and the area is regarded as the first prefabricated housing area in Finland. The mostly 2-storey semi-detached timber houses are arranged around sheltered courtyards, where originally the tenants’ vegetable gardens were sited. The colours vary slightly from one house to another, but with a dominance of traditional red ochre. The area is still mostly occupied by working-class families though it has also been a popular residential area for professional types, especially architects – and it also has become a favourite tourist attraction.
Välikangas, together with architect Hilding Ekelund, also participated in the design of the Olympic Village situated in Käpylä.
Käpylä was incorporated into the city ofHelsinkiin 1906.
Sports[edit]
Football clubKäpylän Palloplays inYkkönen,the second tier of football in Finland. The city was part of theroad cyclingevent for the1952 Summer Olympics.Amateur football clubKäpylä Maanantaiplay their home matches in Käpylä.
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