Collect a cycle-ride in all of Helsinki's sub-districts!

“Rules” in brief

1. The idea is to ride in as many of Helsinki's 148 sub-districts (osa-alueet) as possible (in principle during a short period of time, for example one year, but there's no specific time limit).
2. When you start a collection, start from zero, regardless of any previous bike rides.
3. Each #cycle148HKI-cyclist keeps a record of their own gathered sub-districts.
4. Cycling along the border of two sub-districts or making a little scratch of a sub-district is not enough, it must have been clearly cycled in. A smallish visit is enough, it's not needed to go right through or into the middle of the sub-district. It should also be noted for the Santahamina sub-district it's sufficient to go up to the garrison gate.
5. Each #cycle148HKI-gatherer is of course responsible for themselves, to follow the rules of the road while respecting the environment and not to drop litter.
6. It's desirable, but not mandatory, to share photos of at least some of the trips to social media, such as Flickr, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #cycle148HKI.

Maps

Edit of a map CC BY-SA 3.0 Oona Räisänen

• A mobile-friendly map to find your position and tell you which one you're in. Tip: add ?done=XXX,YYY,ZZZ to the end with the three-digit codes of the sub-districts you've been to, for example like this.
• A zoomable map showing each sub-district. And the same map with a lighter background and with just the sub-districts.
• A Photoshop map with layers for the map and borders: useful for filling in visited areas in layers. Here's just the map base and borders as PNG files.
• The image above in PNG and SVG formats.
• A PDF map with a list of areas.

The 148 sub-districts

Both Finnish and Swedish names.

Other considerations

Helsinki is officially divided in many different ways: 54 neighbourhoods (kaupunginosa in Finnish), eight major districts (suurpiiri), 34 districts (peruspiiri), 148 sub-districts (osa-alue) and 369 sectors (pienalue). These 148 sub-districts (such as Punavuori, Lehtisaari, Hakuninmaa, Viikinmäki and Uutela) are just right for such a cycling challenge.

Of Helsinki's 148 sub-districts, 142 are reachable without water-crossings. The remaining six require some kind of boat ride before their achievement, so a collection of 142 is a great result. Of the six water crossings, at least some can be achieved using public transport ferries (such as Suomenlinna). It would be great to hear if someone collects 147/148. To collect all 148 is an epic task because of the southernmost areas of the challenge.

Links

• Asmo Halinen's “official rules”, on which this page is based
• An article in Finnish about Asmo Halinen and #cycle148HKI
• #cycle148HKI on Twitter
• #cycle148HKI on Flickr
• #cycle148HKI on Instagram

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