Old Market Hall
Finnish: Vanha kauppahalli Swedish: Gamla saluhallen
The Old Market Hall in 2012.
General information
Location	Kaartinkaupunki, Helsinki, Finland
Address	Eteläranta
Coordinates	60°09′58″N 024°57′10″E / 60.16611°N 24.95278°E / 60.16611; 24.95278
Construction started	1889; 136 years ago (1889)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Gustaf Nyström
Website
www.vanhakauppahalli.fi

The Old Market Hall (Finnish: Vanha kauppahalli; Swedish: Gamla saluhallen) is the oldest market hall in Helsinki, Finland. It is located along the Eteläranta street near the Helsinki Market Square in the Kaartinkaupunki district. By 2013, the hall had also become a popular tourist attraction.^[1]

The building was designed by Gustaf Nyström and the market hall began operations in 1889.^[2][3] The building technology of the market hall was last renovated between 2012 and 2014, when the hall was closed for a year and a half.^[4]

The market center has a total of about 20 different vendors and cafés, whose product selection consists mostly of food.^[5] Among them is one of the smallest Alko stores in Finland.^[6]

• Market Square, Helsinki
• Hakaniemi market hall
• Hietalahti market hall

• Kirsti Toppari (1979). Vanha kauppahalli (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. ISBN 978-9519134352.
• Rick Steves; Cameron Hewitt (2015). Rick Steves Snapshot St. Petersburg, Helsinki & Tallinn. Avalon Travel Publishing. ISBN 978-1631210631.

Media related to Old Market Hall, Helsinki at Wikimedia Commons

• Old Market Hall – Official Site
• Helsinki Market Square and Hall at Discovering Finland

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