Dynamicum is the name of a building on the Kumpula Campus

Kumpula Campus

The Kumpula Campus is a science campus of University of Helsinki. The campus is located some four kilometres from the centre of Helsinki, in the Kumpula district...

 of the University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki

The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...

 that is shared by the Finnish Meteorological Institute

Finnish Meteorological Institute

The Finnish Meteorological Institute is the government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland. It is a part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications but it operates semi-autonomously....

 and the Finnish Institute of Marine Research

Finnish Institute of Marine Research

The Finnish Institute of Marine Research is a research institute founded in 1918 that is subordinate to the Ministry of Transport and Communications...

. Dynamicum is located in Kumpula

Kumpula

Kumpula is a verdant neighbourhood in Helsinki, bordered by Eastern Pasila to the west, Vallila to the south, Käpylä and Koskela to the north and Toukola and Arabianranta to the east. As of January 1, 2003, Kumpula had approximately 3,600 inhabitants....

, Helsinki

Helsinki

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. Construction on the building was completed in September 2005, at which point in time the Finnish Meteorological Institute

Finnish Meteorological Institute

The Finnish Meteorological Institute is the government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland. It is a part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications but it operates semi-autonomously....

 and the Finnish Institute of Marine Research

Finnish Institute of Marine Research

The Finnish Institute of Marine Research is a research institute founded in 1918 that is subordinate to the Ministry of Transport and Communications...

 moved in. The President of Finland, Tarja Halonen

Tarja Halonen

Tarja Kaarina Halonen is the incumbent President of Finland. The first female to hold the office, Halonen had previously been a member of the parliament from 1979 to 2000 when she resigned after her election to the presidency...

, inaugurated the building in a ceremony on November 8, 2005. Approximately 550 people work in the building.