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Rhododendron park in Helsinki in the Haaga District. Fabulous flower forest in Finland is popular tourist attraction
Rhododendron park in Helsinki in the Haaga District. Fabulous flower forest in Finland is popular tourist attraction
Today we visited Rhododendron Park. Last year we were too late for blossom. This year timing was right. Rhododendron blooming is at its best in early June. 

The park’s official name is Alppiruusupuisto, Rhododendron Park, It is also known as Rodopuisto or Rhodopuisto. It is an eight-hectare area, which was originally bog. 

It functions simultaneously as a park open to the public and as the University of Helsinki’s plant breeding experimental site − a solution unique in the world. The oldest rhododendrons have been planted in 1975, when the experimental site for the University of Helsinki’s plant breeding programme was developed in the area.

Address: Etelä-Haaga, Laajasuontie 37, Helsinki
https://vihreatsylit.fi/en/alppiruusupuisto/ 
https://www.facebook.com/puistot
Today we visited Rhododendron Park. Last year we were too late for blossom. This year timing was right.

The park’s official name is Alppiruusupuisto, Rhododendron Park, It is also known as Rodopuisto or Rhodopuisto. It is an eight-hectare area, which was originally bog. There´s also original plants pine, birch, bilberry and wild rosemary which is a relative to rhododendron.

Address: Etelä-Haaga, Laajasuontie 37, Helsinki
https://vihreatsylit.fi/en/alppiruusupuisto/
https://www.facebook.com/puistot
Park that becomes magical in June with rhododendrons in full bloom. This park can be easily reached by train from Helsinki city centre.

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