Bus Station / Lasipalatsi Film and Media Centre

The Bus Station is to the west of Mannerheimintie, behind the long low building called Lasipalatsi and between Simonkatu and Salomonkatu. In the 18th-19th centuries the area was owned by the Army, and the Lasipalatsi (Glass Palace) stands on what used to be the barracks destroyed in the Civil War of 1918. All that remained was the building that now serves the Bus Station.

The Lasipalatsi in functional style was so named because of its big plate glass windows. It also has colourful neon signs in the true urban manner. It now houses a cinema, a media centre, a library, exhibition rooms, cafés and a restaurant.