Kino Engel

Helsinki


Year-round, independent, two-screen cinema showing art-house and Finnish indie films. In the warmer months it also mounts open-air kesäkino (summer cinema) screenings at Senaatintori. All films are in Finnish.


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1. Helsingin Kaupunginmuseo

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This museum complex spreads over five buildings from different eras, including Sederholmin talo, Helsinki’s oldest central building (dating from 1757 and…

2. Senaatintori

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From the kauppatori walk up the cobbled Sofiankatu to Senaatintori, Helsinki's majestic central square. Surrounded by early 19th-century buildings, the…

3. Havis Amanda

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4. Tuomiokirkko

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One of Carl Ludvig Engel’s finest creations, the chalk-white neoclassical Lutheran cathedral presides over Senaatintori (Senate Sq). Created to serve as a…

5. Kauppatori

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6. Presidentinlinna

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7. Johan Ludvig Runeberg Statue

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8. Esplanadin Puisto

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