Keilaniemi

Accountor Tower is located in Keilaniemi.

Keilaniemi (Swedish: Kägeludden) is a district in the south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland. It is a high-rise business district mostly known for the numerous head offices of large corporations located there. The district includes the head offices of Tieto (in land formerly occupied by Nokia),^[1] Microsoft Finland,^[2] Kone, Fortum, Neste Oil, and many smaller corporations such as Rovio Entertainment. Keilaniemi rose to the position of a corporate concentration in 1976, when the Accountor Tower (formerly Fortum Head Office) was built there. The 18-storey building is still one of the tallest office buildings in Finland.

Keilaniemi is bordered by the university district of Otaniemi to the north, the commercial/residential district of Tapiola to the west, the Keilalahti bay separating Espoo and Helsinki to the east, and the Gulf of Finland to the south. The distance from Keilaniemi to the centre of Helsinki along the Länsiväylä highway is about 8 km. Keilaniemi is served by a station of the Helsinki metro.^[3] The extension (Länsimetro) was completed in 2017. Significant new construction is also planned: construction of new tower blocks for office and residential use has been approved, and there have been alterations to the ground level in the vicinity of the metro station, including the introduction of cafes, to make the area more "urban".^[4]

Immediately south of Keilaniemi proper, there is the small peninsula of Karhusaari, where a 19th-century mansion, the Sinebrychoff mansion, is located. The mansion, owned by the City of Espoo, houses the Karhusaari Art Centre and is used for weddings and other events.^[5]

Panorama[]

Panorama of Keilaniemi, seen from Keilalahti bay.

References[]

^ G. Griffiths, What Crisis? Architecture and the Myth of Progress, Umbau, 21, 2004. [1]
^ "Microsoft Worldwide Sites". www.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
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