Historical maps and ortophotos of Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Vanhoja karttoja ja ortoilmakuvia Helsingistä, Espoosta, Vantaalta ja Kauniaisista.

• Materials of Helsinki City Archives

  The Sinetti archive information system operated by the City of Helsinki Archives provides collection data from archived documents of the City of Helsinki. The document...

  • JSON

• Orthophotographs of Helsinki

  This dataset provides the orthophotographs of Helsinki in GIS API from 1932 to present day. Additionally, photos from 1988, 1976, 1969, 1964, 1950, 1943 and 1932 are provided as...

  • WMS
  • WMTS
  • TIFF

• Ortophotographs of Vantaa

  Vantaa's orthophotographs from different years are available through the WMS interface. An orthophoto is an aerial map of the entire area of Vantaa. An orthophotograph is an...

  • WMS

• Orthophotographs of Espoo and Kauniainen

  This dataset provides the orthophotographs of Espoo and Kauniainen from 1950, 1969, 1976, 1996 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. API address:...

  • WMS

• Historical guide maps of the City of Helsinki

  Historical guide maps of Helsinki from 1940, 1952, 1962 and 1999. The guide maps include the following Information: place names, streets, roads and railway connections, public...

  • TIFF
  • WMS

• Pictorial map of the City of Helsinki

  The pictorial map is a bird’s-eye view map of the inner city of Helsinki. Buildings and other features are presented in 3D. The map covers the southern inner city of Helsinki....

  • TIFF
  • PNG
  • WMS

• Historical detailed plan maps of the city of Helsinki

  Old detailed plans of Helsinki. The detailed plan maps for years 1820, 1838 and 1878 can be downloaded as TIFF-files. The guidemaps for all years can be found through WMS API....

  • TIFF
  • WMS

• Guide Map of the City of Espoo from 1973

  Guide Map of Espoo 1973. Georeferenced printed map. 1:20 000. API address: WMS: https://kartat.espoo.fi/teklaogcweb/wms.ashx API description (in Finnish):...

  • WMS

• Guide Map of the City of Espoo from 1976

  Guide Map of Espoo 1976. Georeferenced printed map. 1:20 000 scale. API address: WMS: https://kartat.espoo.fi/teklaogcweb/wms.ashx API description (in Finnish):...

  • WMS

• Vantaa Tourist Map

  Vantaa's guide maps from different years are available through the WMS interface. In addition, the maps can be viewed in the Vantaa Map Service. The tourist map is a guide map...

  • WMS

• Map of the City of Helsinki from 1925

  Map of the City of Helsinki from 1925. The map shows the city districts and quarters, public buildings, built and non-built areas, parks and plantings. The railway and the...

  • TIFF
  • WMS

• Map of the districts of Helsinki from 1917-18

  A bilingual map of the City of Helsinki from 1917–18. The map shows the districts, quarters, factory quarters and address numbers, as well as railways, tram lines and ship...

  • TIFF
  • WMS

• Munkkiniemi community and Haaga kauppala 1929

  The unimplemented plan for the Munkkiniemi community and Haaga kauppala from 1929. The map shows the plots sold and rented, as well as the built and non-built plots. The map...

  • TIFF

• Map of the City of Helsinki from 1925

  Map of the City of Helsinki from 1925 prepared by the Town Planning Department of the City of Helsinki Construction Office. The map shows public buildings, built and non-built...

  • TIFF

• Map of Kulosaari and its villas 1917

  Detailed plan map of the Kulosaari villa town from 1917. The new plan shown on the map shows the proposed connections to the mainland, i.e. bridges over Vanhankaupunginselkä and...

  • TIFF

• Travel map of Helsinki from 1940

  Tourist map prepared for the 1940 Helsinki Olympics (file Helsingin matkailijakartta 1940.TIF). The map shows the venues for the Olympic Games, for example. The reverse side of...

  • TIFF

• Map of Helsinki and its areas from 1909

  Map of the City of Helsinki and its areas from 1909 prepared by the City of Helsinki construction office. The map covers the entire urban area at the time and the city-owned...

  • TIFF
  • WMS

• Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876

  C. H. Nummelin’s small address and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 In the north, the map extends to the “alpine pavilion” and the “water tank”. The map contains the names and...

  • TIFF

• Tourist map of Helsinki from 1859

  Guide map of Helsinki in Swedish and Russian from 1859. The quarter numbers were omitted from the map, and the street names were translated into Russian. The map refers to the...

  • TIFF

• Tourist map of Helsinki in 1900

  Guide map of the City of Helsinki 1900. Described in the map: nomenclature, streets, tramways and railways, public buildings, blocks and lots. In addition, the map shows some...

  • TIFF
  • WMS