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Kumpula Botanic Garden, Helsinki

4.4
#19 of 33 in Parks in Helsinki
Garden · Hidden Gem · Nature / Park
The University of Helsinki Botanical Garden is an institution subordinate to the Finnish Museum of Natural History of the University of Helsinki, which maintains a collection of live plants for use in research and teaching. The Botanical Garden has two separate sites: one in Kaisaniemi and one in Kumpula.
The Kaisaniemi Garden is open to the public. Its greenhouse is currently home to more than 800 different species of plants and its grounds to more than 2,800 plants of different origins.
Construction on the Kumpula Garden started in 1987 and opened to the public in 2009.
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  • By JariJK
    There are three botanic gardens in Helsinki: Talvipuutarha, Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden and Kumpula Botanic Garden. They are all different and I love all botanic gardens. So I would like to give five...  more »
  • By StuP200
    Kiva kahvila, hieno ulkoalue ja paljon penkkejä levähtämiseen. Täytyy käydä toistekin. Lovely green garden, good cafe, benhes to sit down. Have to visit more often.  more »
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  • By Duncan
    Even at the end of the Flowering season the gardens are beautiful and very well maintained. There are an excellent variety of endemic and exotic species to interest even expert botanists.
  • By esa aho
    The best botanical garden in Finland? Probably. Well maintained, layout compact but still feeling spacious and even forest like. Almost in the center of Helsinki. Tours are really good but seems that they normally only in Finnish. It is also a nice park for picnics and just enjoying the air and scenery. Cafe is a gem. Everything tastes hand made and fresh, with surprisingly decent prices for a location such as this.
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