Toukola is a district 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...

, around 4 km north of the town centre, at the port of Vanhankaupunginlahti

Vanhankaupunginlahti

Vanhankaupunginselkä is a bay area which together with parts of adjoining Viikki district constitute a natural conservation zone near downtown Helsinki in the southern part of Finland...

. Toukola is part of the administrative region of Vanhakaupunki

Vanhakaupunki

Vanhakaupunki is a neighbourhood of the city of Helsinki, Finland, to the north of Toukola. The district's name is because Helsinki was originally founded at the Vanhakaupunki area. Vanhakaupunki even appears in the new Helsinki foundation document from 1639, and the forms Gamla staden or...

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The eldest part of the town consists mostly of wooden villas and small houses. Next to the sea, in later years, the new area of Arabianranta

Arabianranta

Arabianranta or Arabiastranden is a fast growing residential part of Helsinki, Finland. It is bound by Vanhankaupunginlahti bay from east, and connects to neighboring boroughs of Vanhakaupunki in north, Hermanni in south and Toukola and Kumpula in west...

 was built, with modern tower blocks. The population of Toukola is estimated to increase from 2,500 to over 10,000.

Porcelain and design

The Arabia porcelain

Arabia (company)

Arabia is a Finnish ceramics company, founded in 1873, and currently owned by Fiskars. Arabia has specialized in kitchenware and tableware.The original Arabia porcelain factory is located in Toukola ; it continues to be one of Fiskars Corporation's production centres.Ulla Procopé was a well-known...

factory was located in Toukola. Production has now moved, but the area is still known for design and art industry.