What could a national urban park in Helsinki look like?

The evening will present the goals of a national urban park and preliminary examples of measures developed from previous discussions. The aim is to increase shared understanding of the park's establishment, identify different perspectives, and gather ideas and development suggestions to support the continued preparation of the application. Input is collected on the content, goals, and practical measures of the management and use plan.

Register by 22.9.2026 at the latest. You can also provide feedback on the draft management and use plan via an online survey by 4.10.2026 - the draft is available on the national urban park's website.

Background: The City of Helsinki is preparing an application to establish a national urban park in the core areas of Central Park and Haltia. The park would unite the city's cultural environments, the recreation and forest areas of Central Park, and Haltia's cultural landscapes into a unified whole. The application is intended to be presented to the city's decision-makers in early 2027, and the final decision on the park's establishment will be made by the Ministry of the Environment. The general goal of national urban parks is to preserve urban nature and built cultural environments as extensive, intact wholes and to develop the area's green and recreation networks.