Old Hydropower Station Museum, Helsinki

This museum is located near the Technical Museum in a district where Helsinki’s first industries sprang up alongside the rapids on the River Vantaa.

Water power has been used here since the 1550s, when it was used to turn a millstone.
Environmentally friendly electricity is still produced here today, since Helsingin Energia has recently restored the plant’s hydropower turbine and generator, which were first taken into use in 1911.

Address: Hämeentie 163, 00560 HELSINKI
Tel: + 358 9 3108 7064
E-mail: kaupunginmuseo@hel.fi
Opening Hours: 2.6.-29.8.2010, Wed-Sun 11.00-17.00
Free entrance