Tapanila (Swedish: Mosabacka) is a neighbourhood in Malmi district, Helsinki.

Back then Tapanila was one of the biggest villages in Helsinki area.

There is also Franzén's cottage in Tapanila, where the Finnish national author Aleksis Kivi lived in 1870.

[3] The cottage was built as employee's housing for railroad guards.

In 1870 it was residence of Anders Gustav Franzen and now it is known as Franzen's croft (Finnish: Franzenin torppa);[4][5] see article "Allotment system" for the explanation of the latter term.