Viikki

An ecological housing area of Viikki in Helsinki

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<googlemap version="0.9" lat="60.191377" lon="24.99939" type="satellite" zoom="10" width="300" height="250"> 60.22638, 25.01949 Viikki, Helsinki </googlemap>

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