Tapanila
Tapanila (Swedish: Mosabacka) is a neighbourhood in Malmi district, Helsinki. Tapanila has approximately 5474 inhabitants (2005). Tapanila has its own railway station. It is known that there were few farm houses in Tapanila already in the 16th century. Back then Tapanila was one of the biggest villages in Helsinki area. In 1862, railroad between HĂ€meenlinna and Tapanila was built. Tapanila was largely rebuilt from 1910â1935 based on Letchworth Garden City in England, the first in the Garden city movement. The area was annexed to Helsinki in 1946. There is also FranzĂ©n croft in Tapanila, where, according to auricular tradition, the Finnish national author Aleksis Kivi lived in 1870.
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Kuoppatie, Helsinki TapaninkylÀ (Northeastern major district)
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N 60.2644 ° | E 25.0214 ° |
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PÀivÀkoti Tapanila
Kuoppatie 43
00730 Helsinki, TapaninkylÀ (Northeastern major district)
Finland
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