Sörnäinen is a neighbourhood in the city of Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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Sörnäinen is located a little more than one kilometre north from the coastal centre of Helsinki, near the district of Hakaniemi

Hakaniemi

Hakaniemi is an unofficial district of Helsinki, the Finnish capital. It is considered a part of the Helsinki city center. Historically, it was often associated with the working class and worker's associations. However, the cost of living has risen considerably in recent years and is now on par...

. The east side of Sörnäinen borders the sea.

Sörnäinen is primarily an industrial

Industry

Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...

 district, with many shipping companies and warehouses. It also has two metro stations within it; Sörnäinen metro station

Sörnäinen metro station

Sörnäinen or Sörnäs is a station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the central Helsinki districts of Sörnäinen and Kallio...

 and Kalasatama metro station

Kalasatama metro station

Kalasatama or Fiskhamnen is a station on the Helsinki Metro, in the capital city of Finland. The station was opened on 1 January 2007, and it serves the eastern part of the central Helsinki district of Sörnäinen...

. The headquarters of Senate Properties

Senate Properties

Senate Properties is a Finnish unincorporated state-owned enterprise, which manages a major part of the real estate assets owned by the Republic of Finland.-History:...

 (Senaatti-kiinteistöt) is located in Sörnäinen.

The neighbourhood is known for the Helsinki Prison

Helsinki Prison

The Helsinki Prison, also known as Sörnäinen Prison is a prison located in the Hermanni neighborhood, Vallila district of Helsinki, Finland, opened in 1881. All persons placed in the prison have received a sentence of at least 1 year. At the moment it is the only prison operating in Helsinki after...

located there.

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