Playground Tuhkimo Leikkipuisto Tuhkimo, Lekparken Askungen
Address	Tuhkimontie 10–12, 00820 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...
Open	in weekdays from 9am to 4pm
Owner	City of Helsinki
Services form	Public social services
Staff	3
Area	m2
Swimming-pool	m2
Skating-rink	m2
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
Architect	Irma Mikkola (general plan)

Playground Tuhkimo (Leikkipuisto Tuhkimo in Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

, Lekparken Askungen in Swedish

Swedish language

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) is a public, free of charge park

Park

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 at Roihuvuori

Roihuvuori

Roihuvuori is a quarter, part of Herttoniemi neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland. The population of Roihuvuori is approximately 8,000 and its area is 1.47 km². There is a church, two schools, shops and restaurants in Roihuvuori...

 district in Helsinki

Helsinki

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, Finland

Finland

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General
The playground

Playground

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 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

Ice age

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. In the 19th century the area belonged to a tenant farmer

Tenant farmer

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 called Kiilatorppa from Herttoniemi estate

Herttoniemi

Herttoniemi is a neighbourhood and a suburb of Helsinki, the Finnish capital. It is located about 7 km east of the city centre and can be easily reached by metro in 10 minutes. It has an older northern suburb and a newer coastal suburb with ferry connections to the city centre...

. A map from 1936 showed that this area was just a field. .

The Park's name, Tuhkimo comes from the fairy tale Cinderella

Cinderella

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(Tuhkimo in Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

). The park has been particularly popular with families. The playground is surrounded by Roihuvuori forest

Forest

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s, but in the south it ends in Tuhkimontie (street).