Dec 28, 2019 10:00:00

What is the underground city that spreads underground in Helsinki, the capital of Finland?

Underground in

Helsinki , the capital of Finland, there are museums, churches, swimming pools, go-kart tracks, etc., making it look like an underground city.

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Since opening in August 2018, the Amos Rex Museum has attracted more than 10,000 visitors a week. There is no building on the ground, only windows that look like tunnels sticking out.

There is an exhibition space filled with natural light in the basement, and it is said that everything from experimental contemporary art to ancient civilization works of art is exhibited.

In addition, looking up at the window above the ground from the basement looks like this.

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Pete

One of Helsinki's main attractions is Temppeliaukio Church , a stone church. Built in 1969, the historic underground church receives about 850,000 visitors each year.

Another popular spot is the Itakescus Swimming Center, which boasts about 400,000 visitors a year. A swimming hall with a 50-metre pool, a children's pool and two water chutes, six saunas, a Jacuzzi, a Turkish bath and a cold water pool, carved out of solid bedrock, can accommodate 3,800 people in an emergency. Acts as a possible emergency shelter.

The Reikki Ora indoor playground with a large number of children's playground equipment and the

Hakaniemi Arena with four indoor courts where you can enjoy floorball , futsal, handball, badminton, etc. are also located in the basement of Helsinki.

The Formula Center in eastern Helsinki has the only underground go-kart track in Finland and the only one in the world.

The Helsinki Metro connects the vast underground spaces. A 35km subway network covered by 2 lines and 25 stations provides transportation for citizens and tourists. Access from overseas is convenient as it is also connected to

Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport via Helsinki Central Station.

The underground space that is not open to the public includes an underground reservoir with a capacity of 35 million liters, a wastewater treatment facility that can treat the domestic wastewater of about 800,000 people, and the world's largest heat pump plant that can be used for both cooling and heating. are also housed. In the future, there is also a plan to develop an underground tunnel connecting Helsinki with Tallinn, the capital of Estonia on the other side of the Gulf of Finland.