Old Church
Local name: Vanhakirkko
Located in Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region Coordinates: 60°09′59″ N 24°56′21″ E
- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
- Elevation
- 39 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- HEL Helsinki Vantaa Airport17 km
- TLL Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport84 km
About Old Church
Old Church is a tourist attraction. Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region.
The Old Church of Helsinki (Finnish: Helsingin vanha kirkko, Swedish: Gamla kyrkan i Helsingfors), designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1826, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Helsinki. The oldest existing church in central Helsinki, the church was originally planned as a temporary building as the Ulrika Eleonora Church constructed in 1727 had become too small for the congregation and the new church, Helsinki Cathedral, would not be completed until 1852.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Built
- 1826
- Opened
- 1826
- Architect
- Carl Ludvig Engel
- Architectural style
- Neoclassical architecture
- Heritage designation
- church-protected building, building protected by city plan
- Official website
- helsinginseurakunnat.fi
Source: Wikidata
Climate of Old Church
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 3° · Night -1° · Rain 66 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 20°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -9°)
- Wettest month
- August (74 mm)
- Driest month
- May (31 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -3° | -3° | 1° | 6° | 13° | 18° | 20° | 19° | 13° | 8° | 3° | 0° |
| Average low (°C) | -8° | -9° | -5° | 0° | 5° | 11° | 13° | 12° | 8° | 4° | -1° | -5° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 44 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 31 | 46 | 64 | 74 | 64 | 70 | 66 | 55 |
How to get to Old Church
The nearest airport is Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL), 17 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tallinn, 82 km to the south.
Airports
- Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL) Helsinki (Vantaa) 17 kmnorth
- Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL) Tallinn 84 kmsouth
- Turku Airport (TKU) Turku 153 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Tallinn Population: 394K 82 kmsouth
- Riga Population: 742.6K 362 kmsouth
- Stockholm Population: 1.5M 397 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Old Church
Within 100 km: 25 historic and cultural sites, 30 natural sites, 80 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km51 places
- Kuusisaari Island 5 kmNW
- Vartiosaari Island 8 kmE
- Fölisholmen Island 8 kmW
- Vallisaari Island 5 kmSE
25–60 km21 places
- Kråkö Island 45 kmNE
- Prangli Saar Island 60 kmS
- Mäkiluoto Island 43 kmSW
- Keri Island 52 kmS
60–100 km63 places
- Aegna Saar Island 66 kmS
- Mohni Island 73 kmSE
- Rammu Island 68 kmS
- Koipsi Island 72 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
national theater of Finland Attraction, Helsinki0.7 km N
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Uspensky Cathedral Attraction, Helsinki1.2 km E
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Ateneum Museum, Helsinki0.5 km NE
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Museum of Finnish Architecture Museum, Helsinki0.6 km SE
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Havis Amanda Natural site, Helsinki0.7 km E
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Kiasma Museum, Helsinki0.6 km N
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Esplanadi Natural site, Helsinki0.5 km E
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Sinebrychoff Museum of Art Museum, Helsinki0.6 km SW
Nearest towns and villages
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Kamppi Neighbourhood, Helsinki0.5 km W
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Punavuori Neighbourhood, Helsinki0.6 km S
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Ullanlinna Neighbourhood, Helsinki1.1 km SE
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Kaartinkaupunki Neighbourhood, Helsinki0.5 km E
Sources & licences
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