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Helsinki City Theatre

Location

Helsinki

Finland

60° 10' 54.1632" N, 24° 56' 31.0884" E

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FI

General info:

Helsinki City Theatre is the other one of twe two biggest theatres in Helsinki. The repertoire includes Finnish and foreign classics, new Finnish plays, musicals and childrens theatre. Check out what´s currently being played from here: http://www.hkt.fi/

The Helsinki City Theatre was founded in 1965. The plays are normally in Finnish.

Getting there:

You can take either metro or trams 1, 3B, 6 or 9to ”Hakaniemi” and walk from there. It is some 400m to walk from Hakaniemi.

Costs:

Ticket prices for adults are usually between 31€ and 51€. You can buy the tickets from any Lippupiste office (All R-Kiosks for example) or www.lippu.fi .

Interesting places nearby

The Swedish Theatre

The Swedish Theatre (Svenska Teatern) is a Swedish-speaking theatre and the first national stage in Finland. The theatre has two stages, big one with 500 seats capacity and small one with 127 seats capacity.

The Finnish National Theatre

The Finnish National Theatre is the world's oldest theatre with performances in Finnish. The National Theatre is often considered as the main theater of Finland where th emost significant Finnish actors have made their performances.

The Finnish Museum of Natural History

Finland used to have corals, turqoise waters and palm beaches. Thats before our piece of continent sailed to its current position near the artctic circle.

Kiasma

The weird looking building in center of Helsinki is Kiasma. It is a contemporary art museum with 5 floors and over 9000 pieces of art.

The Vasa Museum

The Vasa warship was unlucky enough to sink on her first voyage in the 1628, right in front of Stockhlom where it left from. The maiden voyage lasted 15 minutes and the ship sailed 1300 meters.

Moderna Museet

Moderna Museet is the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art. It was opened in the late fifties and has since become one of the most important cultural institutions of the city.