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Helsinki Velodromi ECMC 2006 2
Helsinki Velodromi ECMC 2006 2

Helsinki Velodrome (Finnish: Helsingin Velodromi) is an outdoor velodrome and American football stadium in Helsinki, Finland. The protected functionalist concrete building was designed by Hilding Ekelund.

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Helsinki Velodrome
Mäkelänkatu, Helsinki Pasila (Central major district)

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Mäkelänkatu
00610 Helsinki, Pasila (Central major district)
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