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- The city of music and the arts: Sibelius, the national composer; conductors and performers; art galleries and installations; National Romanticism and the Nordic aesthetic.
- The city of hospitality: Art Nouveau hotels and cafes; sauna culture; famous visitors and refugees: Lenin and Hitler; multicultural Helsinki and a history of migration.
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INTERLINK BOOKS
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Copyright Neil Kent, 2005, 2014
Foreword Laura Kolbe, 2005, 2014
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
p. cm.(Cities of the imagination)
4. Helsinki (Finland)Guidebooks. I. Title. II. Series.
2004004615
Drawings by Maggie Claringbull
Cover Images: Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau
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Contents
Swedish Rule
Imperial City
War and Peace
The Cityscape
F ROM H ERRINGS T O H I -T ECH
Baltic Port
Trade and Industry
Markets
Industrialization
Banking
Workers Metropolis
Electrification and Electronics
Working-Class Life
The Depression
Post-War Developments
Soviet Collapse and New Beginnings
T HE C ZAR, T HE A RCHITECT AND THE N EW C ITY
Fire and Rebirth
EngelsVision
Senate House
Costly Construction
Aristocratic Playground
Imperial Rule
Autonomy UnderThreat
Revolutionary Stirrings
Mixed Legacy
W AR AND W ARRIORS
Russian Stronghold
TheCantonist Military School
Engels Military Barracks
Military and Police
The Crimean War
GeneralStrike
The First World War, Independence and the CivilWar
Gustaf Mannerheim
The Winter War
TheContinuation War
Peace and Resettlement
Post-WarRetrenchment and Reconstruction
L ANGUAGE, I DENTITY AND C OMMUNITY
Swedish and Russian
TheFinnish Folk Revival
Awakening of Swedish-FinnishIdentity
Finnish-Russian Relations
CulturalDivide
German-Speakers
War and Reconciliation
Literary Expressions
Language and Legislation
Romaand Saami Peoples
Helsinkis Jews
Russians inHelsinki
Latter-Day Refugees
The ContemporaryScene
C HURCHES, F AITHS AND R ELIGIOUS D IVERSITY
The Old Church
The Great Church ofSt. Nicholas
Spiritual Diversity
Holy TrinityChurch
Military Chapel
The Uspensky Cathedral
Orthodox Autonomy
The Jewish Community
TheCatholic Minority
Muslim Helsinki
ReligiousFreedoms
Other Religions
New Churches
W EATHER, S PORTS AND P UBLIC H EALTH
Botanical Gardens
Planting the Esplanade
Kaisaniemi Park
Attractions of Nature
Winter in Helsinki
Rus in Urbe
Epidemics
The Olympics
M YTH, E PIC AND A RCHITECTURE
The Kalevala
Aleksis Kivi
Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Karelia
Saarinen and National Romantic Architecture
Katajanokka
The Pohjola Insurance Company
The Helsinki Railway Station
Gustav Nystrm and Lars Sonck
Seurasaari Open Air Museum
The Twentieth-Century Kalevala Revival
U RBAN G ROWTH, A RCHITECTURE AND D ESIGN
Suburban Growth
Transport
Urgent Development
Post-War Building
Finnish Design
Arabia
Modern Furniture
High-Rise Helsinki
Alvar Aalto
Tapiola
The Changing Face of Helsinki
Urho Kekkonen: Modern Politics
The Presidential Residence at Tamminiemi
Womens Rights
S CIENCE AND L EARNING
The Observatory
Books and Printers
Schools
Helsinki University
Helsinki Polytechnic University
Educated Nation
Libraries
Exploration and Philosophy
The Birth of Technological Research
Nokia
Modern Technology
H OTELS, D RINKING AND S AUNAS
Advent of the Steamship
The Ullanlinna Spa
Kappeli
Hotel Kmp and Other Hostelries
Restaurants
Car Ferries
Popular Entertainment
Red Light District and Night Life
Alcohol
Contemporary Cafs
Saunas
M USEUMS, G ALLERIES AND A RTISTS
Ateneum
The National Museum and Sinebrychoff Museum
The Kunsthalle
Finnish-Russian Cultural Links
Worlds Fair, 1900
The Kaivopuisto Spa Colony
Havis Amanda: Public Sculpture
Amos Anderson: Private Patrons
Villa Gyllenberg
Didrichsen Art Museum
Venues Old and New
Kiasma
Art and Crafts
M USIC, O PERA AND B ALLET
Fredrik Pacius
Kantele
Merikanto and Wegelius: National Tradition
Sibelius
Later Composers
Performers and Conductors
The Finnish Ballet
The Sibelius Academy
Theater Life in Helsinki
Finlandia Hall
Circuses
Jazz and Tango
The Live Music Society
Contemporary Music
Films
City of the Future
Foreword
Helsinki: the Blue-White Daughter of theBaltic Sea?
The growth and planning of Europes national capitals are closely linked to political, social and economic forces. Local, national and international changes are clearly visible in the history of Helsinki. Urbanization came late to Finlands capital city. Throughout the past two centuries it has appeared to foreign eyes above all as a modern city, even if the central part of the townscape is full of architecture dating from the beginning of the nineteenth century. As a Nordic capital, Helsinkis spirit has been, and still is, informed by a constant drive towards cultural modernity. This includes an ability to quickly reinvent itself while maintaining its historical roots.
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