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Otaniemi from the air, 1989.
Otaniemi from the air, 1989.

Otaniemi (Otnäs in Swedish) is a part of the city of Espoo, Finland which is near centrum of Helsinki. Most notable as the home of (and synonymous for) the Helsinki University of Technology (TKK). Otaniemi, Espoo photographed from a hot air balloon, Jpk, October 28, 1989, GFDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Otaniemi, Espoo photographed from a hot air balloon, Jpk, October 28, 1989, GFDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within Finland Espoo (IPA: /ˈespoː/; Esbo in Swedish) is a city on the Southern coast of Finland. ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa District Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 342nd 185. ... Auditorium of the main building. ...

One of the Helsinki University of Technology building can be seen in the background
One of the Helsinki University of Technology building can be seen in the background

Hosts a vibrant - and at times rowdy - student community especially concentrated in the several blocks of student housing called Teekkarikylä. Image File history File links Hut-as-background. ... Image File history File links Hut-as-background. ...


Many buildings located in the Otaniemi campus area are designed by architect Alvar Aalto. Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 _ May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect. ...


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Architecture of Otaniemi, Finland - Great Buildings Online (99 words)
Otaniemi Technical University Library, by Alvar Aalto, at Otaniemi, Finland, 1964 to 1969.
Otaniemi Technical University Chapel, by Heikki and Kaija Siren, at Otaniemi, Finland, 1957.
Student's Hostel at OIT, by Alvar Aalto, at Otaniemi, Finland, 1962 to 1966.
Trinet - Otaniemi Campus Network (153 words)
the Otaniemi campus student network founded in 1986
Trinet, the Otaniemi campus network, was founded in 1986.
Today it covers all the student apartments in Otaniemi.
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