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Favorite thing: The “Hip Flask” Towers designed in 1960 by Viljo Revell are one of the prominent features of Tapiola’s skyline. They are placed on the small hill close to the Tapiola Center, and as you approach from the lower area they seem to appear between the trees looking more monumental than the 7-floors towers can be. Beautifully designed curved line of their façade encloses typical floors with smaller flats, originally intended for singles and couples without children. Each of the towers also features common rooms at their roof-terrace, with the inevitable Finnish sauna.
Updated Nov 22, 2003
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Favorite thing: Single-family houses in Tapiola usually come in form of row-houses, set freely in the landscape and usually with no fences around the plots. The division between public and private is usually made by placement of different plants.
This type of flats was originally planned for families with children. Their contact with the terrain and nature remains their best quality.
Updated Nov 22, 2003
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Favorite thing: The ideals of the Modernist architecture of the 1920s – lightness and openness; and life in nature – was successfully realized in the dwellings and the surroundings of Tapiola. One of the most important things of the settings of the buildings was the contact with nature, enabling nice views from the flats as well as the safe areas for children and various outdoor activities in the vicinity of homes.
Another important feature of Tapiola is the mix of different types of housing, ranging from single-family houses to the appartment blocks and towers. This enabled desired mix of different social groups of inhabitants.
The general feature when photographing housing in Tapiola are birch trees in the foreground, making a desired buffer between the public paths and more intimate domestic interiors as well as the characteristic feature of this Garden City.
Updated Nov 22, 2003
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Favorite thing: Espoo is the big city on the west side of Helsinki. It's also famous for having the headquarters of the giant Nokia, but there is also other Finnish international companies there as: Kone, TietoEnator, Fortum, Tekla, Jippii and others.
Fondest memory: I didn't thought of any, anyhow, here is Espoo official site:
www.espoo.fi
Updated Nov 8, 2003
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2 Reviews and 75 Opinions I stayed at the hotel just for 1 night. The cost was 120 Euros. I would recommend this hotel.
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Espoo is the big city on the west side of Helsinki. It's also famous for having the headquarters of the giant Nokia, but there is also other Finnish...
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Q: Increased chances to be at Espoo during ~20 days from July 25. Very probable to go with kids (10 and 14 years old). Please inform...
A: Espoo is just next to Helsinki (and Vantaa) there are lots of possibilities for all what you mentioned, you just need to find out. We have biking roads here, so it will...
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Tapiola - New, 50 Years Old Garden City
Tapiola is one of the best known “New Towns” that were built in the 20th Century throughout the world as the response to the needs of urbanisation and pressures to the existing towns. Although Tapiola...
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This is where I live, close to Helsinki but a town of its own. We have it all: modern shopping centres, wildlife in the north (with wild berries and mushroom for everyone to pick) and the archipelago....
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Espoo is the big city just next to Helsinki. It is also an important business town and well as great place to explore the nature, the forest and lakes in Finland.
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The city of Espoo has grown rapidly becoming the second largest city in Finland. There is no clear centre in the city, but five regional centres, each size of a medium-sized Finnish city. Because of...
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So this is the city I NOW live in. Kilo is the district to be precise and it right next to my old living quarters - Leppävaara. Kilo is more quiet neighbourhood and more family oriented (i think) than...
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