Finland Swedish: Centralgatan | |
Location within Greater Helsinki | |
Former name(s) | Hakasalmenkatu Finland Swedish: Hagasundsgatan |
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Length | 284 m (932 ft)[citation needed] |
Width | 21 m (69 ft) |
Location | Kluuvi, Vironniemi, Helsinki, Finland |
Postal code | 00100 |
Nearest metro station | Rautatientorin metroasema |
Coordinates | 60°10′08″N 24°56′34″E / 60.16902°N 24.94291°E |
South end | Pohjoisesplanadi |
Major junctions | Aleksanterinkatu |
North end | Kaivokatu |
Construction | |
Commissioned | 13 June 1927 |
Inauguration | 12 December 1928 |
Other | |
Designer | Eliel Saarinen |
Status | Pedestrianized |
Keskuskatu, literally "Central Street" (Finland Swedish: Centralgatan), is a two block-long pedestrian street in the centrally-located Kluuvi neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. Along the street are located (from south to north): the Stockmann department store, the Rautatalo building, Domus Litonii, the World Trade Center and the Citycenter Mall, nicknamed "Makkaratalo" (lit. "sausage house"). Keskuskatu begins at Pohjoisesplanadi, across from the Swedish Theatre, and ends when it meets Kaivokatu, across from Helsinki Central Station.[1] It is intersected just south of its midpoint by Aleksanterinkatu.