Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Kuupittaa Park

"Kupittaanpuisto is also the oldest park in Finland, as it dates back to the 1820s when it was a park meant for spa guests. According to folklore, Henry, Bishop of Finland, baptized the first pagan Finns into Christianity in the Kupittaa spring during the First Crusade in 1155. In the beginning of the 1680s the spring started to be used as a healing spring. First leprosy and then cholera patients were treated in the vicinity of the spring. Kupittaa got its first spa restaurant in the 18th century.
During the first half of the 19th century, the park consisted of what is now the northeastern section of the park: the spa area with the small park surrounding it, the gardening school area, and the area known as Kupittaa Square. The Kupittaa gardening school started in 1841 and the students were responsible for the care of the surrounding park. The school was located in the current Adventure Park area and some of the old buildings are still in use. Kupittaa Square was located in the corner of Uudenmaankatu and Itäinen Pitkäkatu. One could get to the actual park through the square. The square was remodelled in the 1880s when the poplar trees that still grow in their places were planted."
Kupittaa park is located right in the centre by TUAS, its a big open space with play parks, football fields, pond, wild animals and fields. There is also an outdoor swimming pool and cafe on Kupittaa park - open during the summer season. 
You can be well equipped to get your daily walk in here, you can talk a lovely walk around this park and grasp the nature that comes with it.
This place is in my top 5. 




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