The district dates back to the early 20th century and received its name after Eira Hospital in the neighboring district of Ullanlinna, which in turn took its name from Eira Hospital in Stockholm, which was named after Eir, the old Scandinavian goddess of healing.
Eira is located south from the city centre. The neighbourhood has some of the most expensive and sought-after old apartments in Helsinki, built in jugend style. Many foreign embassies and high-class restaurants are situated in Eira and the neighbouring district of Kaivopuisto.
Eira also appears in the movie Calamari Union directed by Aki Kaurismäki. In the movie the area of Eira symbolizes wealth and well-being, which the characters are trying to achieve by moving from Kallio to Eira.
eira, other, uses, disambiguation, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009,. For other uses see Eira disambiguation This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Eira news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Eira is a neighborhood in Helsinki the capital of Finland Eira EiraHelsinki SubdivisionPosition of Eira within HelsinkiCountry FinlandRegionUusimaaSub regionGreater HelsinkiMunicipalityHelsinkiDistrictSouthernSubdivision regionsnoneArea0 17 km2 0 07 sq mi Population 2004 1 046 Density6 153 km2 15 940 sq mi Postal codes00150Subdivision number06Neighbouring subdivisionsLansisatamaPunavuoriUllanlinnaHistory editThe district dates back to the early 20th century and received its name after Eira Hospital in the neighboring district of Ullanlinna which in turn took its name from Eira Hospital in Stockholm which was named after Eir the old Scandinavian goddess of healing nbsp A villa and the church of Mikael Agricola in EiraEira is located south from the city centre The neighbourhood has some of the most expensive and sought after old apartments in Helsinki built in jugend style Many foreign embassies and high class restaurants are situated in Eira and the neighbouring district of Kaivopuisto Eira also appears in the movie Calamari Union directed by Aki Kaurismaki In the movie the area of Eira symbolizes wealth and well being which the characters are trying to achieve by moving from Kallio to Eira Notable residents editJussi Halla aho born 1971 Finnish politician nbsp Eira park nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eira 60 09 23 N 24 56 18 E 60 15639 N 24 93833 E 60 15639 24 93833 nbsp This Southern Finland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eira amp oldid 1077390881, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
