Helsinki's tube stations, translated to English

I’ve seen a image floating around on Facebook where someone took the time to translate Stockholm’s tube stations to English, often with hilarious results. I decided to do the same with Helsinki’s tube stations. The map looks like this (the names in bold are in Finnish; below them are their Swedish equivalents):

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Image: HKL Metro

The results aren’t all funny, but some are. Unfortunately, in some cases, I couldn’t find a direct translation. Without further ado, the list:

  • Ruoholahti: Grass Bay
  • Kamppi: from the Swedish word kampen, meaning  fight or battle
  • Rautatieasema: Railway Square
  • Kajsaniemi: Kajsa Peninsula
  • Hakaniemi: Hook Isthmus
  • Sörnäinen: from the Swedish word Sörnäs, meaning Sör Peninsula
  • Kalasatama: Fish Harbour
  • Kulosaari: Wildfire Island
  • Herttoniemi: Hertto Peninsula
  • Siilitie: Hedgehog Road
  • Itäkeskus: East Centre
  • Myllypuro: Mill Creek
  • Kontula: no direct translation, unfortunately
  • Mellunmäki: Mellu Hill
  • Puotila: no direct translation
  • Rastila: no direct translation
  • Vuosaari: Flow Island

Hook Isthmus has to be my favourite.