Playground Tuhkimo

Coordinates: 60°11′53″N 25°03′10″E / 60.19806°N 25.05278°E / 60.19806; 25.05278

Playground Tuhkimo Leikkipuisto Tuhkimo, Lekparken Askungen
Address	Tuhkimontie 10–12, 00820 Helsinki[1]
Open	in weekdays from 9am to 4pm
Owner	City of Helsinki
Services form	Public social services
Staff	3 [2]
Area	9,312 m2
Swimming-pool	800 m2 [3]
Skating-rink	2,049 m2 [4]
Use	Playground Student snacks Family activity Inhabitant activity
Eating	6.2 – 8.1 weekdays at 12 am free of charge to all under 17 of age[5]
Architect	Irma Mikkola (general plan)

Playground Tuhkimo (Leikkipuisto Tuhkimo in Finnish, Lekparken Askungen in Swedish)^[6] is a public, free of charge park at Roihuvuori district in Helsinki, Finland.

General

The playground is located in a valley between two Metamorphic rocks. From the rocks of the area can clearly be seen the tracks of the ice age. In the 19th century the area belonged to a tenant farmer called Kiilatorppa from Herttoniemi estate. A map from 1936 showed that this area was just a field.^[7]

The Park's name, Tuhkimo comes from the fairy tale Cinderella (Tuhkimo in Finnish). The park has been particularly popular with families. The playground is surrounded by Roihuvuori forests, but in the south it ends in Tuhkimontie (street).

Gallery

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  Swings in the park

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  Sign of the park

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  House of playground

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  Let go cable

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  Slides

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  Swing

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  Swimming-pool

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  Other swings

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