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• Helsinki prepares for May Day celebration

• Vappu, the Finnish May Day celebration, starts on the evening of Monday, 30 April and continues through Tuesday, 1 May. This traditional spring festivity of workers and students brings tens of thousands of people to party in the city centre.

  One of the results of the celebration is vast amounts of waste left behind. The City of Helsinki has prepared for the volumes with heavy waste collection equipment. There are 75 units of 3.5-cubic-metre temporary waste containers, as well as other containers and collection points for waste, empty bottles and hot waste from portable grills. There are a large number of portable toilets throughout the city centre and the Kaivopuisto park.
  
  The traditional way to celebrate Vappu is with sparkling wine, much of it consumed in the Kaivopuisto park. There are two bottle collection points in the park. Anyone who returns 20 bottles to the point is rewarded with a free movie ticket.
  
  The Helsinki City Rescue Department is reinforced for Vappu with six voluntary units. The City’s public works staff is reinforced with dozens of outsourced staffers for waste and sanitation management. A special operation is organized for young people in the city centre and other areas, staffed with mostly volunteers and equipped to administer first aid and send those in need to hospitals.
  
  Public transport

  Public transport services mostly operate Friday schedules on 30 April and Saturday schedules on 1 May. Buses operate extended schedules on 30 April, the metro runs two hours longer than normal, and local trains operate through the night. More about public transport

  Health care services

  In life-threatening emergencies – call 112: In the event of a severe and life-threatening illness or accident situation at any time of the day, call 112 for help.
  
  Health Stations are open on Monday 30 April 08:00–16:00 and closed 1 May.
  
  Emergency Health Centre: If your health station is closed, the following health centre hospitals help you in emergencies Mon–Fri 16:00–22:00 and at weekends and holidays 08:00–22:00 as follows:
  
  Adults (over 16 years of age): Haartman Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, building 12, tel.(09) 310 63231 and Maria Hospital, Lapinlahdenkatu 16, building 15 C, inner court, tel. (09) 310 67468. Emergency Departments of Haartman and Maria Hospitals are on duty at night 22:00–08:00.
  
  Children: Lastenklinikka Hospital for Children and Youth, Stenbäckinkatu 11, tel. (09) 10023. At night 22:00–08:00 Children's Emergency Department at Lastenklinikka is on duty.
  
  When a health station of residents of Helsinki is closed, they can in an acute event of illness use the services of Jorvi Emergency Health Centre in Espoo, Turuntie 150, tel. (09) 10023 or Peijas Emergency Health Centre in Vantaa, Sairaalakatu 1, tel (09) 471 67060.
  
  Emergency Dental Care is provided 1 May 09:00–21:00 at Haartman Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, building 12. Appointments can be booked 08:00–21:00 at (09) 310 49999. Please always make an appointment by phone before seeking treatment for Emergency Dental Care.
   

• (03.05.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Health care services in Helsinki at the 1st of May

• In life-threatening emergencies – call 112: In the event of a severe and life-threatening illness or accident situation at any time of the day, call 112 for help.
  
  Health Stations are open on Monday 30 April 08:00–16:00 and closed 1 May.
  
  Emergency Health Centre: If your health station is closed, the following health centre hospitals help you in emergencies Mon–Fri 16:00–22:00 and at weekends and holidays 08:00–22:00 as follows:
  
  Adults (over 16 years of age): Haartman Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, building 12, tel.(09) 310 63231 and Maria Hospital, Lapinlahdenkatu 16, building 15 C, inner court, tel. (09) 310 67468. Emergency Departments of Haartman and Maria Hospitals are on duty at night 22:00–08:00.
  
  Children: Lastenklinikka Hospital for Children and Youth, Stenbäckinkatu 11, tel. (09) 10023. At night 22:00–08:00 Children's Emergency Department at Lastenklinikka is on duty.
  
  When a health station of residents of Helsinki is closed, they can in an acute event of illness use the services of Jorvi Emergency Health Centre in Espoo, Turuntie 150, tel. (09) 10023 or Peijas Emergency Health Centre in Vantaa, Sairaalakatu 1, tel (09) 471 67060.
  
  Emergency Dental Care is provided 1 May 09:00–21:00 at Haartman Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, building 12. Appointments can be booked 08:00–21:00 at (09) 310 49999. Please always make an appointment by phone before seeking treatment for Emergency Dental Care.
   

• (01.05.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• WDC Helsinki 2012 will be launched during the New Year ceremony at Senate Square

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  The traditional New Year celebrations at Helsinki City Senate Square will launch the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 year. All of Finland and the rest of the world will be invited to the celebrations via YLE TV1 beginning from 22:55. Apart from this TV broadcast, the evening's events can be followed on the Internet through Yle Areena at areena.yle.fi. The Yle Areena broadcast can also be seen abroad.
  
  
  WDC Helsinki 2012 will bring to the evening an extensive light and video show as well as a New Year resolution in the words of a young Finnish designer.
  
  During the evening a special feature will be when Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti will officially accept their joint hosting of the World Design Capital 2012.  Hosting of the World Design Capital year will be handed over by President Soon-In Lee of Icsid, International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.  
  
  The entire event will focus on the way ahead. A special bar will be opened where people can make their own New Year resolutions and where hot chocolate will also be served. The ’resolutions bar’ will open at 22:00, and this will also indicate the commencement of the joyous celebrations in Senate Square.
  
  The Senate Square will be lit up by the light and video show jointly produced by Mural Media and Agent Pekka. The Council of State and University buildings surrounding Senate Square will be given a new look for the entire evening. 
  
  The turn of the year will culminate in a video presentation called Ylistys Helsingille (Praise to Helsinki). 

  The evening will be hosted by Helsinki Mayor Jussi Pajunen and will, as usual, feature various musical performances. 
  
  As part of the Senate Square New Year celebrations, a pre-celebration will be organised at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art for families with children. A light derived adventure for the whole family is to be set up in the empty exhibition halls with workshops, shadow puppets, light painting, a dance of shadows as well as a sound and light installation to be discovered along the adventure trail. Admission to this pre-celebration is free to all, and the event will be open between 13:00 and 17:00. The event will be organised by the City of Helsinki and the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art.   
  
  
  http://wdchelsinki2012.fi
  
  The New Year's Eve in Senate Square

   

  
   

• (04.04.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Vuosaari harbour in facts and figures

• Inauguration on November 28, 2008. Unitised cargo carried in containers and on trucks and trailers. Capacity: 1.0-1.3 million TEU and 700-800,000 trucks and trailers. Two 750-metre container quays, 15 RoRo berths, altogether able to accommodate 15-20 ships at a time. Nine STS Gantry Cranes. Land area of the harbour site: 225 hectares (555 acres). Land connections by road and rail. Approximately 200,000 passengers per year. Total cost to the City of Helsinki and Finnish government: €687 million. In addition, about €400 million in private investments.
  Helsinki News 3/08 (.pdf)
  Vuosaari Harbour Project

• (03.03.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Multilingual webservice for immigrants will be updated

• The City of Helsinki Cultural Office is reforming Info Bank, the 15-language web service aimed at immigrants. ”We are updating the service to take greater account of the different immigrant groups - those arriving through work, those taking up study, and those with a refugee background - and the different information needs they have”, says Deputy Mayor Tuula Haatainen. The reform is made possible by a five-year agreement concluded between the Government and the municipalities which will result in a threefold increase in web service funding. Financing the service are Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, Turku, Tampere, Kuopio, Rovaniemi and Kajaani of the municipalities, with the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry for Employment and the Economy, the Ministry of Education and the Finnish Social Insurance Institution on the part of the Government. It is estimated that by 2025 every fifth metropolitan resident will speak a language other than Finnish or Swedish as mother tongue. ”The agreement means that Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen will also join Info Bank, and link to the Selma web service intended for immigrant workers in the metropolitan area. All these measures will lead to immigrants in the metropolitan area having better opportunities to access information and build a secure foundation for life as a part of Finnish society”, says Deputy Mayor Haatainen. www.infopankki.fi

• (03.03.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Kettupäivät "Fox Days" film festival starts from 4th November

• Kettupäivät (Finnish for "Fox Days") is an annual Finnish short and documentary film festival in Helsinki. The 26th Kettupäivät will take place from November 4 until November 7. In case there should be no snow in Helsinki this winter, you can see a tram riding in snow in the very city of Helsinki in the film The Last Winter by Ilmari Aho and Hamy Ramezan.
  
  The films will be shown at the cinema Andorra, in Eerikinkatu 11, not far from Kamppi terminal. In addition to the Metro and buses, the venue can be reached by tram 3T, for example. You will find more connections, including cycle routes, on the Journey Planner. Read more about Fox Days.

• (16.02.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Health as street gallery theme

• The street galleries of Museokatu, Eerikinkatu and Fleminginkatu in Helsinki are based on the idea that fine art should be more visible in public spaces. This year, the common theme of the three street gallery exhibitions is Health. The theme gives a more multidimensional picture of health than the other images – advertisements – in the urban space. What is physical health, what is mental health? What do they mean to people of different ages, to different cultures? When the Western idea of physical health can sometimes gain a position that may even cause stress, it is good to put some perspective to it. Read more...

• (15.02.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Helsinki Helpers serve over 90,000 customers

• The Tourist & Convention Bureau’s Helsinki Helpers served over 90,000 this summer. Their season began on 12 June and ended on 24 August. This summer there were 28 Helsinki Help-ers, which is eight more than last year. Approximately 80 percent of customers served by the Helsinki Helpers were foreign visitors and 20 percent domestic visitors. In addition to patrolling the streets, the Helsinki Helpers were on hand to greet cruise ship passengers when they disembarked at port and from their shuttle bus-ses in the city. The Helsinki Helpers’ fun new summer helper, “Helppi”, attracted many customers. Thousands of family photos were taken of the green character in and around Esplanade Park. The other new service this summer was the two “History Helpers” dressed in 19th century costumes, who assisted visitors to Senate Square. Tourism

• (15.02.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Helsinki Region Housing Report 2008

• An uncertain mood once again prevails on the housing market. The shaky state and outlook of the economy and money markets is holding back demand for housing. Dwelling construction in the Helsinki Region has settled in recent years at a level of about 9,000 completed dwellings annually, which is about one thousand fewer dwellings than at the start of the present decade. This reduction has centred specifically on the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, while dwelling construction has grown continually in the surrounding municipalities. Local authority estimates suggest that construction in the Helsinki Region as a whole will continue to fall to a level of 8,100-8,300 dwellings in both 2008 and 2009. In the present economic climate construction developers have shown renewed interest in building State-subsidised housing. Conditions for dwelling construction will improve substantially with the launch of major new housing estates at Kalasatama and Jätkäsaari following completion of the new harbour development at Vuosaari in Helsinki. Read more...

• (15.02.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• The Port of Helsinki to discontinue charging wastewater fees

• Starting next year, the Port of Helsinki will no longer charge a wastewater fee for wastewater left by ships in the port sewer system. This change is a continuation of the Port of Helsinki’s efforts to reduce loading in the Baltic Sea. Wastewater fees were discontinued for international cruise ships on a trial basis in the summer of 2008 and the trial will now become standard practice for all vessels. In the summer of 2007, the mayors of Helsinki and Turku committed themselves to saving the Baltic Sea and presented a challenge to hundreds of other actors for improvement to the state of the sea. The measures presented in the commitment concerning the Baltic Sea initiative aim at reducing the pollutant loading of the water body caused by the activities of the cities. One of the goals in the City of Helsinki’s action plan is to reduce the environmental impact of ship traffic.
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• (15.02.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• New quays for cruise traffic at West Harbour

• With cargo port operations ending at West Harbour, the Melkinlaituri and Valtamerilaituri quays are free to be used for the needs of cruise ship traffic. The waterlines at the quays will be readjusted and a sewage system will be built for pumping ships’g rey wastewater. There are preliminary plans for some 22 cruise ship visits at the Valtamerilaituri and Melkinlaituri quays in the summer of 2009. The transfer of these quays to use by cruise ships creates considerable additional capacity and a competitive advantage in order to attract mega-class cruise liners to Helsinki.
  Read more...

• (15.02.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Christmas holiday in Helsinki schools and vocational institutions

• Helsinki City ordinary schools and vocational institutions start their Christmas holiday on Monday 22.12.2008. School starts again on Wednesday 7.1.2009. Education Department

• (15.02.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• The waste fired power plant will be implemented by Vantaa Energy

• Vantaa Energy Ltd has won the competitive bidding concerning YTV’s waste fired power plant project. YTV will purchase the waste treatment on a service basis from Vantaa Energy Ltd, who have suggested building the waste fired power plant in the area of Långmossebergen at the cross-section of Ring Road III and the Porvoo Motorway. The matter was decided upon by the board of YTV board on 19.12.2008. The estimated commissioning of the waste fired power plant will be sometime at the beginning of 2014. The treatment capacity of a waste fired power plant is 320 000 tons per year. Read more...

• (15.02.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• A trial period of pair working to be held at seven health stations

• Beginning on 12 January 2009 a trial period will be initiated at the health stations of Herttoniemi, Jakomäki, Koskela, Laajasalo, Paloheinä, Puistola and Suutarila. During the period personal physicians and personal nurses will work as pairs. The pairs will be in charge of physician and public health nurse services of certain geographi-cal areas. The aim of this arrangement is to improve the continuity of care and the availability of services. Read more...

• (15.02.2012 Helsingin kaupunki)
• WDC Helsinki 2012 will be launched during the New Year ceremony at Senate Square

• 
   

  The traditional New Year celebrations at Helsinki City Senate Square will launch the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 year. All of Finland and the rest of the world will be invited to the celebrations via YLE TV1 beginning from 22:55. Apart from this TV broadcast, the evening's events can be followed on the Internet through Yle Areena at areena.yle.fi. The Yle Areena broadcast can also be seen abroad.
  
  
  WDC Helsinki 2012 will bring to the evening an extensive light and video show as well as a New Year resolution in the words of a young Finnish designer.
  
  During the evening a special feature will be when Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti will officially accept their joint hosting of the World Design Capital 2012.  Hosting of the World Design Capital year will be handed over by President Soon-In Lee of Icsid, International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.  
  
  The entire event will focus on the way ahead. A special bar will be opened where people can make their own New Year resolutions and where hot chocolate will also be served. The ’resolutions bar’ will open at 22:00, and this will also indicate the commencement of the joyous celebrations in Senate Square.
  
  The Senate Square will be lit up by the light and video show jointly produced by Mural Media and Agent Pekka. The Council of State and University buildings surrounding Senate Square will be given a new look for the entire evening. 
  
  The turn of the year will culminate in a video presentation called Ylistys Helsingille (Praise to Helsinki). 

  The evening will be hosted by Helsinki Mayor Jussi Pajunen and will, as usual, feature various musical performances. 
  
  As part of the Senate Square New Year celebrations, a pre-celebration will be organised at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art for families with children. A light derived adventure for the whole family is to be set up in the empty exhibition halls with workshops, shadow puppets, light painting, a dance of shadows as well as a sound and light installation to be discovered along the adventure trail. Admission to this pre-celebration is free to all, and the event will be open between 13:00 and 17:00. The event will be organised by the City of Helsinki and the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art.   
  
  
  http://wdchelsinki2012.fi
  
  The New Year's Eve in Senate Square

   

  
   

• (31.12.2011 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Night of the Arts takes over Helsinki on 26 August

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  A troubadour in the Night of the Arts in 2010. Photo: Seppo Laakso / City of Helsinki
  
  The Night of the Arts will be held in Helsinki for the 23rd time on Friday, 26 August, as part of Helsinki Festival. Helsinki residents and visitors will have the chance to discover art and culture in new places and in new ways. The night allows people to move from one atmosphere to another. The events are free of charge.

  The core of the night’s programme is made up of events at museums, galleries, bookshops, cultural centres and art boutiques. The Suvilahti cultural centre offers circus, the Korjaamo art factory features wannabe ballerinas, and the Cable Factory organizes a major wall painting event.

  A large number of events will be organized on squares and streets and in parks. Malminkatu becomes an art street, Parliament House’s park sets the stage for a political installation, and Tähtitorninmäki becomes the scene for a reading of Saima Harmaja’s poetry.

  The Night of the Arts spreads from the city centre to suburbs. For example, the City of Helsinki Cultural Office’s Malmitalo, Vuotalo, Stoa and Kanneltalo organize programmes for visitors of all ages.  

  Six city art works will be revealed. Water-themed short films are shown at the Swimming Stadium, hydrophones turn the Kamppi fountain into an instrument, live animations are screened on the Ateneum art museum’s façade, and the trees take on a new life with masks and mirrors in Viikki.

  The journey towards the Night of the Arts will begin on 19 August with Animals Visiting the City, a project where South African artist Roger Titley and Airan Berg from Israel bring to life the beasts of Finland’s forests. Free public workshops are run across the city, with anyone and everyone welcome to take part. The project culminates in an open air procession on the Night of the Arts.

  Helsinki Festival’s main partner in the Night of the Arts is the Helsinki daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.

  More about the Night of the Arts

• (13.08.2011 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Flow Festival is a celebration of music and city culture in Suvilahti

• The annual contemporary city culture highlight, Flow Festival, takes place in Helsinki on the weekend of August 12-14. Since 2007, the festival has taken over the historic Suvilahti power plant site, turned into a cultural centre and festival ground.

  In this year’s Flow Festival, eleven stages at the three-hectare site accommodating 16,000 people offer contemporary music and city culture into early morning hours. The 800-square-metre Main Stage is joined this year by the Nokia Blue Tent, which accommodates 5,000 people.

  The festival brings on stage a rich palette of top international and domestic performers, ranging from electronic music to indie rock, jazz and world music. Part of the contemporary cultural experience is culinary treats by inventive local chefs.

  The festival grounds can best be reached by public transportation. Helsinki buses operate an extra late night service on Friday and Saturday. Public transportation alternatives and schedules can best be found with the help of Journey Planner.

  More about Flow Festival
   

• (12.08.2011 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Metro restarts operation Wednesday

• European Athletics has awarded the 2012 European Athletics Championships to the city of Helsinki.
  
  The European Athletics Council made the unanimous decision Monday afternoon after the Finnish Athletics Federation and City of Helsinki presented their candidacy to host the 21st edition of the event.
  
  European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz said, "We are very pleased to confirm that Helsinki will be the hosts of the European Athletics Championships in 2012. Athletics is a hugely popular sport in Finland and today we have been assured that we can look forward to a fantastic event.
  
  "There are some conditions to be fulfilled and we will work hard together with the host broadcaster, the local organising committee, the city and the European Broadcasting Union to make sure these are dealt with by the end of this year to all parties' satisfaction and that the 2012 championships are successful," said President Wirz.
  
  European Athletics has set a deadline of 15 December for an agreement to be reached on certain television production matters. The 2012 championships, scheduled for 27 June to 1 July, will be held without the Marathon and Race Walk events.
  
  Further information: www.european-athletics.org

• (09.04.2010 Helsingin kaupunki)
• New Year festivities at Senate Square

• The New Year’s celebration will cut motorised traffic through the Senate Square Thursday 31 December at about 6 pm.
  
  The Metro traffic will be prolonged so that the last departure from Ruoholahti to Vuosaari will leave at 0121 hours and from Ruoholahti to Mellunmäki at 0126 hours. The Metro’s connection shuttle buses will finish operating at the normal time, however.
  
  Bus lines 01N, 02N, 20N, 39A, 40, 64N, 72, 74, 74N, 85N, 90N, 94N and 96N will have additional traffic after 0030 hours. Also early morning lines will get extra buses.
  
  The preparations of the New Year will cause diversion for the lines operating normally around the Senate Square (Senaatintori). Read more about diversions...

• (02.04.2010 Helsingin kaupunki)
• New Year festivities at Senate Square

• Swing into the New Year with family-oriented festivities at Senate Square. The New Year’s Eve celebrations at Senate Square on 31 December 2009 will feature brilliant performers on the stage and a fun atmosphere for all. Throughout the evening Senate Square and the University of Helsinki’s Festival Hall will offer family members of all ages lots of interesting things to watch and listen to. Read more...

• (30.12.2009 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Additional traffic and diversions for New Year’s Eve

• The New Year’s celebration will cut motorised traffic through the Senate Square Thursday 31 December at about 6 pm.
  
  The Metro traffic will be prolonged so that the last departure from Ruoholahti to Vuosaari will leave at 0121 hours and from Ruoholahti to Mellunmäki at 0126 hours. The Metro’s connection shuttle buses will finish operating at the normal time, however.
  
  Bus lines 01N, 02N, 20N, 39A, 40, 64N, 72, 74, 74N, 85N, 90N, 94N and 96N will have additional traffic after 0030 hours. Also early morning lines will get extra buses.
  
  The preparations of the New Year will cause diversion for the lines operating normally around the Senate Square (Senaatintori). Read more about diversions...

• (29.12.2009 Helsingin kaupunki)
• The 2009 tourist year the third best in Helsinki

• The tourist year is on the way of becoming the third best of the decade in Helsinki. By the end of October 2009 the total number of overnight stays hade decreased by six per cent in comparison with the number at the same point of time last year. The number of foreign overnight stays had decreased by eleven per cent and the number of resident overnight stays hade increased by a half per cent. If the number of overnight stays is used as the criterion, 2008 och 2007 are the best tourist years in Helsinki during the decade that is drawing to a close.

  The Russian tourists were three per cent fewer in January–October 2009 than during the same period last year, but we are expecting that a great number of Russian tourists will come to Hel-sinki to celebrate the New Year. Last December–January some 70,000 Russian overnight stay-s were registered in hotels and other places offering accomodation in Helsinki.

• (17.12.2009 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Season of Light to brighten Helsinki in early January

• Helsinki will celebrate the beginning of the year 2010 with two light-art installations by Mikki Kunttu in the Season of Light event.
  
  These installations will shroud both the Senate Square and the Parliament House in a multitude of colours, turning the Helsinki city centre into a scene of a bright event that contrasts with the darkest season of the year.
  
  At the Senate Square, “Reflections” will be a journey to the past and fantasy. The square and its surrounding buildings will return to 1852, when St. Nicholas’ Church (today Helsinki Cathedral) was inaugurated. History blending with fantasy, vines will grow on the cathedral’s pillars, and the cathedral walls will be the backdrop to an interplay of lights, colours, shadows and textures. The visual effects will be accompanied and enhanced by sound effects created by composer and sound designer Kasperi Laine.
  
  “Oratoribus” at the Parliament House will highlight the timeless and venerable character of the building, exploring its details and accentuating the building’s special place in the Finnish psyche.
  
  Reflections and Oratoribus will debut on Friday, January 1, 2010 at 8 pm (20:00). On subse-quent days through January 6, Reflections will play at 30-minute intervals from 5 pm to 11 pm (17:00-23:00) and Oratoribus nonstop from 4 pm to 9 am (16:00-9:00).
  
  The Season of Light pays close attention to energy consumption, primarily making use of the energy efficient LED technology. With the event, Helsinki seeks to become the city of light of the Baltic region.
  
  The Season of Light is organized by the City of Helsinki in cooperation with Helsinki’s Energy company Helsingin Energia. More at http://www.seasonoflight.fi

  
  

• (25.11.2009 Helsingin kaupunki)
• Metro between Kaisaniemi and Ruoholahti is closed due to water damage

• Bus line 14 in the direction of Kamppi - Pajamäki is running from the terminal stop “Merikatu” via Merisatamanranta – Merikatu – Laivurinkatu – regularly route. The stops at Pietarinkatu and Kapteeninkatu are withdrawn during the diversion, which is expected to last about until 10 November. The diversion is due to a construction work. Read map...

• (22.11.2009 Helsingin kaupunki)
• All Helsinki health stations treat influenza patients

• All health stations in Helsinki treat flu patients during their opening hours. The health stations are prepared to treat and advise flu patients as well as to extensive swine flu vaccinations by cancelling non-urgent appointments.
  
  Laakso influenza health station treats people belonging to risk groups
  Laakso influenza health station treats influenza patients that belong to risk groups, open Mon-Sun from 8.00 to 20.00 hrs. Risk group people are advised to contact Laakso health station immediately by phone when contracting first symptoms of influenza. The phone number is 09 310 47936.
  
  People not in risk groups to contact their own health station
  The major part of influenza patients recover within one week by resting at home without a doctor’s treatment. Where necessary, the symptoms can be alleviated with pain killers.
  Influenza patients not belonging to any risk group are requested to contact their own health stations during their opening hours to have their need for treatment estimated. In evenings and week-ends, also the non-risk group patients can contact Laakso influenza health station.
  
  During the epidemic, influenza patients and others in urgent need of treatment have priority at the health stations. This also applies to long-term illnesses necessitating treatment. New appointments are not given for the time being. The opening hours and addresses of the health stations are available at www.hel.fi/terveysasemat.
  
  Child welfare clinics vaccinate children from 3 to 6 years of age
  The child welfare clinics in Helsinki have started the swine flu vaccinations to healthy children from 6 to 35 months of age on 16.11.2009. The clinics start to vaccinate also healthy children from 3 to 6 years of age. The appointments for physical examinations of babies over 6 months of age are cancelled for the time being. The same applies to family guidance, too. During the epidemic, the clinics will carry out the examinations of pregnant and parturient women, babies of 6 months or less as well as the necessary examinations of children over 6 months.
  
  Vaccinations for schoolchildren and students under preparation
  The vaccinations of schoolchildren are started immediately when the Health Centre has received an adequate amount of the vaccine. The students in comprehensive schools, secondary schools and vocational institutes will be vaccinated at their schools. The Health Centre will give more detailed information of the vaccinations and the time schedule.
  More information about the vaccinations:
  Helsinki Health Centre pages
  National Institute for Health and Welfare pages

  
  

• (21.11.2009 Helsingin kaupunki)

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