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Cycle Route Helsinki-Turku

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Elevation profile Cycle Route Helsinki-TurkuDom von Turku0100200050100150200250

Added on 27 Dec 2011,

on 30 Jun 2024

Cycle route metrics

Total distance in km

263

GPS track data

Information about rights to the gps-track data

Rights owner

OpenStreetMap and Contributors + biroto-Redaktion (biroto.eu)

Rights characteristic / license

Contains information from OpenStreetMap, which is made available here under the Open Database License(ODbL)

Link to the description of the license

opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/

GPX file taken from

https://openstreetmap.org/relation/2265095

GPX file uploaded

by biroto-Redaktion on 30 Jun 2024

Track points in total

4.994

Track points per km (avg)

19

Start/endpoint

Start location

Helsinki, FI (3 m NHN)

End location

Turku, FI (3 m NHN)

Remarks

The former cycle route No. 1 is now part of EuroVelo 10.

Beds4Cyclists, worth visiting and infrastructure

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3,3 km
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World Heritage Site
FI-00190 Helsinki

 

Castle/palace/World heritage site

Suomenlinna, until 1918 Viapori (Finnish), or Sveaborg (Swedish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands (Kustaanmiekka, Susisaari, Iso-Mustasaari, Pikku-Mustasaari, Länsi-Mustasaari and Långören), and which now forms part of the city of Helsinki Wikipedia Icon, the capital of Finland.

Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage site and popular with both tourists and locals, who enjoy it as a picturesque picnic site. Originally named Sveaborg (Fortress of Svea Wikipedia Icon), or Viapori as called by Finns, it was renamed Suomenlinna (Castle of Finland) in 1918 for patriotic and nationalistic reasons, though it is still also sometimes known by its original name. In Swedish-speaking contexts, the name Sveaborg is always used.

The Swedish crown commenced the construction of the fortress in 1748 as protection against Russian expansionism. The general responsibility for the fortification work was given to Augustin Ehrensvärd Wikipedia Icon. The original plan of the bastion fortress Wikipedia Icon was strongly influenced by the ideas of Vauban Wikipedia Icon, the foremost military engineer of the time, and the principles of Star Fort Wikipedia Icon style of fortification, albeit adapted to a group of rocky islands.

In addition to the island fortress itself, seafacing fortifications on the mainland would ensure that an enemy would not acquire a beach-head from which to stage attacks. The plan was also to stock munitions for the whole Finnish contingent of the Swedish Army and Royal Swedish Navy there. In the Finnish War the fortress surrendered to Russia on May 3, 1808, paving the way for the occupation of Finland by Russian forces in 1809.

Information about copyright

Rights characteristic / license

by-sa: CREATIVE COMMONS Attribution-ShareAlike

Link to the description of the license

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Input taken over from:

Wikipedia contributors, 'Suomenlinna', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 14 January 2012, 15:41 UTC, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suomenlinna&oldid=471334973 [accessed 7 March 2012]

taken over / edited on

07 Mar 2012

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biroto-Redaktion

Hours of opening

Visitor Centre and Suomenlinna Museum:

October till April daily 10.30–16.30 (closed 6.12,  24.–25.12, 1.1, 6.4.)

 

0 km
0,7 km
14 m

 

FI-00120 Helsinki

 

Hotel

 

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1,2 km
7 m

 

FI-00100 Helsinki

 

Hotel

 

0 km
0,7 km
21 m

 

FI-00100 Helsinki

 

Hotel

 

1 km
0,7 km
6 m

Fähre Helsinki Tallinn
FI-00220 Helsinki

 

Ferry pier

Ferries to Tallinn:
Star, Baltic Princess, Superstar

Information about copyright

Rights characteristic / license

by-sa: CREATIVE COMMONS Attribution-ShareAlike

Link to the description of the license

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

taken over / edited on

05 Sep 2011 - 27 Mar 2012

taken over / edited by

biroto-Redaktion

Hours of opening

Monday to Friday 06.15 am - 11.15 pm
Saturday 06.00 am - 10.00 pm
Sunday 09.00 am - 11.15 pm

CheckIn passengers without vehicle
Begin: 1.5 hours before departure
Close: 20 minutes before departure

 

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