Sompasaari
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Sompasaari is an island on the Kruunuvuorenselkä water area in the Sörnäinen district in Helsinki, Finland. On the southern side of the Nihdinkanava channel built in the middle of Sompasaari is the is
Apartment buildings in Sompasaari, built in 2020.
The island near the harbour in 1937.
The pier at the island. The forested and cliff-faced island of Sompasaari hosted a summer camp for the children of Elanto employees in the 1950s.
The harbour at Sompasaari in 1966.
Sörnäinen Harbour
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Sörnäinen Harbour was for nearly one and a half centuries a major harbour and freight terminal in the Port of Helsinki, located in the Sörnäinen district on the eastern shore of the Helsinki city cent
Sompasaari
…channel built in the middle of Sompasaari is the island of Nihti. The island was originally connected to the mainland with reclaimed land and the Sörnäinen Harbour was built on top of it. Because of this, the entire harbour has been referred to as Sompasaari. Signs on roads leading to the harbour used the name…
Aerial view of Sörnäinen Harbour in 1994, looking north, with the Hanasaari Power Plant seen on the left