Paloheinä
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Paloheinä (Swedish Svedängen) is one of four subdivisions of the Tuomarinkylä district in Northern Helsinki, Finland. Described by the municipality as "a place where habitation, traditional agricultural milieus, and the forest meet"[1], the Paloheinä recreation area is the northern continuation of Helsingin keskuspuisto, Helsinki's "Central Park".
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[edit] Recreation
Paloheinä is Helsinki's main center for outdoor activities.[2]. Over 200 competitions are held in Paloheinä each year in sports such as skiing, cross-country running, and orienteering.[3]
[edit] Airsoft
Local airsoft players stage mock combat in the wooded areas of Paloheinä.[4]
[edit] Cycling
A cycling enthusiast reviews Paloheinä as follows:
The best thing I like about Paloheinä is that when I get there from the town center I can ride almost all the way on dirt roads of the central park. There are several routes to Paloheinä from the center and most of them avoid crossing with car traffic. There are also nice little rocks along the way for some trial-stuff.[5]
[edit] Golf
A golf course known as "Helsinki City Golf" is available for a fee.[6]
[edit] Hiking
There are many paths popular for hiking as well as a hiking lodge with showers, a café, and saunas (heated three days a week).[7]
[edit] Nature tours
In the summer, guided nature tours are organised from the Paloheinä lodge.[8]
[edit] Nordic walking
Nordic walkers seen every evening at the Paloheinä area. There are organized Nordic walking events at Paloheinä twice a week. In August 2007, Nordic walkers gathered at the Paloheinä recreational area to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their activity.[9]
[edit] Running
A cross-country runner describes:
In Paloheinä, there is a pleasant cafe, open in the afternoons on weekdays, all day saturday-sunday. In Paloheinä there is a soft jogging course of 2-5k, rather hilly but very pleasant for the feet. All this is lit up all night long so you don't have to worry about getting lost in the dark. If you want to run 20-25k you continue from Paloheinä making a wide circle in the forest and turning back to the city by Vantaankoski. There are good maps available in the city tourist office and in the cafes along the route. You don't have to use the same route coming back (there are three main routes going from south to north, with lots of connecting routes). In winter, if there is snow, all the routes are skiing tracks, and runners are not - well if not welcome but frowned upon. But then you can rent skis from Paloheinä![10]
[edit] Skiing
In winter, Paloheinä is Helsinki's main area for skiing, especially cross-country skiing ( a sport immensely popular among Finns). The Paloheinä Skiing Centre has a number of well-maintained skiing tracks to suit skiers of all levels. They also offer rented equipment including skis, snowshoes and pulkka.[11]
[edit] The hill
Paloheinän mäki is a prominent sloping hill 120 m long and 38 m high which is the best ski slope in the area.[12]
One visior to the hill wrote:
In winter, every kid wants to find a big hill and ride down it on a toboggan. And there are no better places in Helsinki than Paloheinä hill. This huge hill is [...] a great place to enjoy a winter's day when the sun is shining. Unfortunately, many local people know this as well and the hill tends to be crowded when the weather is beautiful. However, the exhilaration and excitement as you zoom towards the bottom of the hill are worth it. There is also good illumination until 9pm. At the foot of the hill is the Paloheinä Outdoor lodge, with a café that serves hot drinks and small sandwiches for the exhausted ones.[13]
Tiia Piili did a segment on the Finnish television show "Fit 4 You" in which she ascends this "famous hill" using a kickbike.[14]
[edit] Gardens
There are allotment gardens in the area between Pirkkola and Paloheinä.[15]
[edit] Library
The Paloheinä Library, a branch of the Helsinki City Library, is located at Paloheinäntie 22.[16]
[edit] Buses
Helsinki public transportation in buses 63 and 67 go to the library.[17] Buses 66, 66A and 66B all have their final stops near the hill.[18]
[edit] References
- ^ City of Helsinki "Central Park"
- ^ Wikimap of Paloheinä recreation area
- ^ City of Helsinki "Central Park"
- ^ YouTube videos of airsoft battles in Paloheinä
- ^ Trail Reviews
- ^ Helsinki City Golf puttasi tiensä Golfliiton liittovaltuustoon
- ^ City of Helsinki "Central Park"
- ^ City of Helsinki "Central Park"
- ^ Nordic Walking on its 10th Year
- ^ Run the Planet: Central Park Run: Starting From The Olympic Stadium og Helsinki
- ^ Paloheinä Skiing Centre
- ^ City of Helsinki "Central Park"
- ^ Paloheinän mäki
- ^ Tiia Piili - a Kickbiker!
- ^ City of Helsinki "Central Park"
- ^ Paloheinä Library
- ^ Paloheinä Library
- ^ Paloheinän mäki
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