Arabianranta

It is bound by Vanhankaupunginlahti bay from east, and connects to neighboring boroughs of Vanhakaupunki in north, Hermanni in south and Toukola and Kumpula in west.

[1] The City of Helsinki requires all developers in the Arabianranta area to use 1-2% of the building investments of individual sites for works of art.

[1][4] A current Bokvilla Park (Bokvillan puisto), located on Arabianranta, is home to a notorious place known as Hirsipuunkallio ("Gallow Rock"), which is the oldest execution site in Helsinki; from the 16th century until at least the 18th century, many thieves were hanged and the killers (mostly child killers) decapitated.

In the Arabia region, the works of art reflect the history, nature and the unique tradition of Finnish design.

Arabianranta's residents have free internet (10 Mbit/s) due to the district's comprehensive fiber optic network for residential building in this area.

The network has been assembled, so that it is as reliable as electricity, water, heating and all the other basic services Arabianranta is a home for 10,000 people, a workplace for 5,000 and a campus for 6,000 students and know-how professionals.

The Arabianranta district has formed a “laboratory” for housing and since 2007 there has been testing for services and products called "Helsinki Living Lab" together with the residents.

[1] The future objective is to attract more and more businesses in the field of creative industries to join the Arabianranta community and operate and develop together with the local educational institutes.

Advanced and modern projects and experiments in apartment building design and business operations are typical for the Arabia district.

The museum stores, studies and explains through the medium of seasonal exhibitions the story of the diverse techniques, innovations and developments of industrial production in Finland as well as their impact on society and people's daily lives.