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Fun fact 4 about Helsinki

Helsingin ydinkeskustaa ja Mannerheimintien alkupäätä Erottajan paloaseman tornista (cropped)
city

Helsinki's city council consists of eighty-five members.

Helsinki
Finland
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Helsinki

Finland

Country
Finland
Population
658.9K
Coordinates
60.17, 24.94
395th most populous city in the world

Helsinki, until about 1930 known in English by its Swedish name of Helsingfors, is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region.

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Photo: Otso Kivekäs; retouched & uploaded (with permission) to Wikimedia Commons by Jonik. · CC BY-SA 3.0