Yrjönkatu taken next to Hotel St. George (because Yrjö means George and in Swedish/English it is Georgsgatan, George’s Street).
That red-white building at the end of the street (well it is actually on korkeavuorenkatu) is known as “Ohranan talo”, named after Russian Tsarist secret police, the Ohrana, that held a special office there and even had prisoners in the cellars in early 1900s.
Donald Trump stayed at Hotel St. George in July 2018 when he had the summit with Putin. Long time’s passed and neither are welcome here anymore.
The first building on the right there used to house WSOY publishing house’s headquarters. The Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö (OY) was established in 1878 and is one of the oldest and biggest continuously running publishers in Finland, though it was sold to Swedish media conglomerate Bonnier a few decades ago. The WSOY no longer holds offices there but perhaps still owns the property?
I recently visited there as artist-painter Anna Retulainen had an art exhibition there.
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Yrjönkatu taken next to Hotel St. George (because Yrjö means George and in Swedish/English it is Georgsgatan, George’s Street).
That red-white building at the end of the street (well it is actually on korkeavuorenkatu) is known as “Ohranan talo”, named after Russian Tsarist secret police, the Ohrana, that held a special office there and even had prisoners in the cellars in early 1900s.
Donald Trump stayed at Hotel St. George in July 2018 when he had the summit with Putin. Long time’s passed and neither are welcome here anymore.
The first building on the right there used to house WSOY publishing house’s headquarters. The Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö (OY) was established in 1878 and is one of the oldest and biggest continuously running publishers in Finland, though it was sold to Swedish media conglomerate Bonnier a few decades ago. The WSOY no longer holds offices there but perhaps still owns the property?
I recently visited there as artist-painter Anna Retulainen had an art exhibition there.