Lighting areas in Helsinki
Light art in the Hanasaari power plant area
The installation entitled Vastavalo (contre jour), designed by architect Sakari Tilanterä, was introduced in 2004. The work of art consists of 56 apple-green poles that constitute the fence surrounding the Hanasaari coal store. The poles are lit up with LEDs and the light is viewed indirectly. The work of art is illuminated in the evening and at night, and during the day the green poles are visible against the black coal. Implemented with energy-saving LEDs, the work of art represents modern lighting technology.
Landscape pylon is lit up at Christmas
The illuminated landscape pylon at the end of Ouritsaari provides a festive Christmas display. The pylon is one of the five landscape pylons off the sea area of Töölö, part of the 110-kV transmission line between Salmisaari and Meilahti. About 60 metres high, the landscape pylons have been named ‘Antti's Footsteps' according to their designer, Professor Antti Nurmesniemi. Helsingin Energia lights up the Ouritsaari pylon between Christmas and Epiphany.
Aleksanterinkatu Christmas lights
Switching on the Christmas lights of Aleksanterinkatu in Helsinki in late November or early December has been the official opening ceremony of the Helsinki Christmas season since 1948. The A-shape design of the lights, protected by the National Board of Antiquities, has remained the same throughout the years. The Christmas lights of Aleksanterinkatu consist of approximately 8,000 incandescent 25-watt bulbs. The area decorated with Christmas lights begins at the Stockmann department store and continues along Aleksanterinkatu and its side streets. It is a tradition at Helsingin Energia to support the implementation of the Aleksanterinkatu Christmas lights.
Statues and buildings
Key buildings, bridges and statues are lit up in Helsinki. Skilful lighting brings them alive also after dark.
