Central Park (Helsinki)

The park stretches 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Töölönlahti Bay in the south to the border of Helsinki and Vantaa in the north.

[1] The park is not a gardened one but instead consists mostly of lightly managed woodland crisscrossed by gravel paths.

The Paloheinä forest, a northern extension of the park, is Helsinki's main center for outdoor activities.

[2] Architect Bertel Jung first proposed the idea of a central park in Helsinki in 1911.

[3] A master plan for Central Park was ratified in 1978.