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# Korkeasaari · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Korkeasaari

Helsinki's zoo, with approximately 150 different animal species.

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![Korkeasaari](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZET2RCVRTQ4FB6GJ39RBW2) Photo: Bin im Garten · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHelsinki_2009_PD_0257.JPG) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

- [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=60.175056&mlon=24.984222#map=16/60.175056/24.984222)
- **Admission not confirmed**check before you go

## Why go

The zoos signature animals are the bears, the free-roaming peafowls and the cats (from tigers and lions to European wildcats). Another highlight is Amazonia, a partly underground house featuring tropical plants and smaller animals such as fish and frogs. Opened in 1889, Korkeasaari is reportedly one of the world's oldest operating zoos. Korkeasaari is connected to the mainland by bridges via Kulosaari and Mustikkamaa islands, and since spring 2016 pedestrians and bikers can take a shortcut from Kalasatama; the Isoisänsilta (lit.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Helsinki/Eastern_suburbs)

## How to visit

Admission not confirmed. Check the hours and access before you travel.

## Best time

Korkeasaari is connected to the mainland by bridges via Kulosaari and Mustikkamaa islands, and since spring 2016 pedestrians and bikers can take a shortcut from Kalasatama; the Isoisänsilta (lit.

[Source](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Helsinki/Eastern_suburbs)

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