🇫🇮 Finland
18 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Government Palace (Finland), 1 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Suomenlinna — #73 of 8,133 worldwide — 4 km south-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Toompea Castle, founded c. 1201.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Estonia (10), Finland (8).
4 km south-east · Fortress · #73 worldwide
Suomenlinna, or Sveaborg, is a sea fortress composed of eight islands, of which six have been fortified.
1 km east · Palace & château
The Presidential Palace is one of the three official residences of the president of the Republic of Finland.
1 km east · Palace & château
The Government Palace is the executive office building of the Government of Finland. It overlooks the Senate Square in central Helsinki, Finland.
82 km south · Palace & château · #334 worldwide
Kadriorg Palace is an 18th-century Petrine Baroque palace in Kadriorg, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
96 km north · Castle
Häme Castle or Tavastia Castle is a medieval castle in Kanta-Häme, Finland. It is located in Hämeenlinna, the city between Helsinki and Tampere.
83 km south · Castle
Toompea castle is a medieval castle on Toompea hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
82 km south · Fortress
Fat Margaret is a tower in Tallinn, Estonia. Nowadays, the tower is home to Estonian Maritime Museum.
74 km west · Ruin
The Raseborg Castle, is a medieval castle in Raseborg, Finland. The castle was active from 1370s to 1553.
83 km south · Castle
Kiek in de Kök is an artillery tower in Tallinn, Estonia, built in 1475. It gained the name Kiek in de Kök from the ability of tower occupants to see…
83 km south · Castle
Pikk Hermann is a tower of the Toompea Castle, on Toompea hill in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The first part of the tower was built in 1360–1370.
83 km south · Fortress
The Walls of Tallinn are the medieval defensive walls constructed around the city of Tallinn in Estonia.
79 km east · Fortress
The Svartholm fortress was built between 1749 and 1764 outside Loviisa in Southern Finland by Augustin Ehrensvärd.
89 km south · Palace & château
Glehn Castle is a castle on the hillside of Nõmme, part of Tallinn, Estonia. The manor was designed and established by Nikolai von Glehn on the…
80 km south · Palace & château
Maarjamäe Palace is a building in Maarjamäe, Tallinn. The palace is located at the site of the earlier Maarjamäe summer manor, which is its main…
82 km south · Palace & château
The Residence of the President of Estonia, known officially as the Kadriorg Administrative Building, and since 1992 sometimes colloquially as the…
+ 3 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1757.
The Castlemap atlas maps 18 landmarks (4 castles · 6 fortresses · 6 palaces & châteaux · 2 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Helsinki, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Government Palace (Finland), a palace 1 km east of the city centre.
Suomenlinna, ranked #73 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 4 km south-east from Helsinki.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Toompea Castle, founded c. 1201 — 83 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Tallinn (82 km) · Saint Petersburg (299 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
