Korkeasaari, an island zoo outside Helsinki , Finland
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Original source: The logo is from the http://www.metrolehti.fi/content/acrobat/helsinki/FIHEL_20080519_A_metro.pdf website.Captured from a newspaper.
Original source: The logo is from the http://www.metrolehti.fi/content/acrobat/helsinki/FIHEL_20080519_A_metro.pdf website.Captured from a newspaper.
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Korkeasaari (Swedish: Högholmen) is an island in Helsinki, Finland
where the country's biggest zoo is situated. The English name of the
zoo is Helsinki Zoo.
Korkeasaari is one of the most popular places among visitors in
Helsinki. The animals on display are divided geographically to
Amazonia, Africasia and Borealia. Animal species number to about two
hundred, and plant species to a thousand.
Korkeasaari has been a recreational park for Helsinki people long
before the zoo was founded, since 1569. It was first
used as pasture and for fishing. In 19th century, it was used for
storing timber.
opened on the island of Korkeasaari in 1884; the acquisition of
animals began soon afterward and the zoo was officially opened in
1889. It is inhabited by many...
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Your first action on your arrival here must be buying a map.
Pictures from Korkeasaari (Högholmen) Zoo in Helsinki, Finland.
worry for the time, Korkeasaari is worth it!
For additional info, consult
www.hel.fi/tourism/html/english/artikkelit/artikkelit/korkeasaari
www.hel.fi
www.hel.fi/hkl/english/aikataulut/bussit/eng11
for the water bus and bus timetable.
Established in 1889 Helsinki's Korkeasaari Zoo, located on Korkeasaari
Island, has animals from Finland and around the world housed in large
natural enclosures.
Technology, was organized by the Korkeasaari Zoo in collaboration with
Wood Focus Finland.
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won a competition to remodel Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland.
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The proposal involves creating a large glass-domed entrance and animal
viewing building on the island zoo, and bringing back polar bears
after a 30-year absence.
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the Korkeasaari Island with spectacular views of the sea and the city
of Helsinki.
The free form is inspired by its natural setting: it follows the
existing low stone wall and skirts around a small birch grove.
take a jaunt, Helsinki's zoo, Korkeasaari Eläintarha,is accessible by
metro or daily ferry from the South Harbor, just east of the market.
Helsinki's oldest public monument, the Obeliski Keisarinnan kivi,
stands in Kauppatori along Pohjoisesplanadi.
the zoo, the ferry to Korkeasaari Island takes less than a half hour,
but allow time to wait for the ferry coming and going.
on Korkeasaari Island was won by the entry Kupla ("Bubble"). The
Lookout Tower has a strong but light meshed shell structure built of
timber strips.
Edit This Korkeasaari Zoo is situated in a cove near the city centre
by Kruunuvuori bay. During the summer months, the best way to get to
the Helsinki Zoo is with public transport: a fifteen-minute ferry
journey from Kauppatori or Hakaniemi.
The Korkeasaari Island Lookout Tower in Helsinki, Finland *dm543
The Korkeasaari Island Lookout Tower in Helsinki, Finland
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