Bulevardi
street in Helsinki, Finland
Bulevardi (Swedish: Bulevarden, Boulevard) is a boulevard in Helsinki, Finland. It starts at Erottaja and ends at Hietalahdentori. The majority of the boulevard is located in the western part of the Kamppi neighborhood and a small part of Punavuori. Restaurants, cafes, and art galleries line the street. The Alexander Theatre and Sinebrychoff Museum of Art are located on Bulevardi.
Bulevardi is part of a culturally and historically significant avenue axis continuing via Erottaja and the Esplanadi park to the Market Square. The trees on the street mostly consist of old linden and younger maple trees. The street has been designated as a nationally significant urban environment, surrounded by architecturally valuable buildings.
History
Bulevardi was founded in the 19th century to ease the traffic between Hietalahti and the South Harbour. It was named after existing boulevards in other countries.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bulevardi” as street in Helsinki, Finland. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as street in Helsinki, Finland. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2927942. Authority coordinates are 60.165, 24.938. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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