Herttoniemi (Swedish: Hertonäs; unofficial English translation based on the historic meaning of the name: "Duke Cape") is a neighbourhood and a suburb of Helsinki, the Finnish capital. It is located about 7 km east of the city centre and can be easily reached by metro in 10 minutes. It has an older northern suburb and a newer coastal suburb with ferry connections to the city centre. There once was a large harbour in Herttoniemi, but in the 1990s, this industrial harbour area was demolished and converted to a tightly populated residential area and marina.

The Siperia Social Centre, a squatted council house in Herttoniemi, burned down on 14 June, 2006.

There are four districts in Herttoniemi:

• Länsi-Herttoniemi West Herttoniemi
• Roihuvuori which is former East Herttoniemi
• Herttoniemenranta Harbour of Herttoniemi
• Herttoniemi industrial area

Famous people

One of the most famous Finnish writers Frans Eemil Sillanpää who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1939 lived in Herttoniemi.

See also

• Geography of Helsinki