Helsinki

Finland

Helsinki, until about 1930 known in English by its Swedish name of Helsingfors, is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About 694,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.3 million in the capital region and 1.6 million in the metropolitan area.

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Country: Finland
Population: 1,115,000
Latitude: 60.18° N
Longitude: 24.93° E

Which way is Helsinki from…

From Paris, Helsinki lies at 40° to the north-east, 1,909 km as the crow flies.

Paris	40° north-east	1,909 km
London	48° north-east	1,821 km
New York	35° north-east	6,618 km
Madrid	32° north-east	2,949 km
Rome	18° north	2,202 km
Montreal	37° north-east	6,164 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	345° north	9,426 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

After Reykjavík, Helsinki is the world’s northernmost national capital. From London, aim north-east, at 48°, for 1,821 km. From New York, a flat map would have you aim east, at 73°; the compass says 35°, north-east, because the shortest route passes south of Greenland and then over southern Iceland. Tallinn, its neighbour, is only 83 km to the south.