Three Blacksmiths Square

Three Blacksmiths Square is at the corner of Mannerheimintie and Aleksanterinkatu and takes its name from the statue donated to the city by the Pro Helsingfors Foundation in 1932. It was paid for by Julius Tallberg, who had a shop on the Square until the 1980s.

On the northern side of the square is the Old Students' House (1870), the students' union building of the University of Helsinki and now a restaurant and scene of numerous events.

On the southern side is Stockmann's department store, a 1930s emporium in German style that is almost as big as the Parliament Building. "Under the Stocka clock" is a favourite rendezvous.

The city's main thoroughfare, Mannerheimintie, has separate lanes for pedestrians, cyclists, linden trees, cars and trams.