Monday, March 28, 2011

"A city for all" -Accessible Helsinki (2)

Helsinki Old Town- Vanhakaupunki

The place in which Helsinki was founded by the Swedish king Gustav Vasa on June 12, 1550; at the present time is a Helsinki district located to the north of Toukola with an area of 0,32 km and a population of 225 inhabitants (Wikipedia, 2004).

The Old Town main landmark is Museum of Technology



Apart of Museum of Technology, other Old Town landmark is the old red bricks filtering tank building

Despite of the fact that Museum of Technology is "sheltered" in two old buildings which has also architectonic value and consequently it is not recommended to implement in facilities which can "harm" their architectural characteristics, the above-mentioned museum has at least in one of its buildings numerous facilities for people with visual impairments or mobility requirements, such as: visible museum signalization(unfortunately only in Finnish), ramps for wheelchairs, wide admittance door for people using wheelchairs, steps warning tapes with yellow and black, exhibits which are located to a level accessible including for the people in wheelchairs, elevator for disabled persons and so on, as you can see in the following photos.











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