Helsinki’s Underground Shadow City

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bind by buildings on one side and a harbor on the other , the Finnish capital of Helsinki is pursuing a unique focus for its urban expanding upon : straight down . Thanks to a cooperatively shallow bedrock , building underground is comparatively painless and inexpensive , and already citizens revel access to a subterraneous swim coordination compound , shopping area , hockey skating rink , and more .

In some cases , it makes even more sense to stick a facility underground than it does to have it up above : a datum center built beneath a cathedral uses cold sea water to cool its machines , drastically cutting free energy phthisis , and a subterranean ember storehouse facility tucks unsightly silo conveniently out of sight . Helsinki is actively ferment more hush-hush developments , most of which are connected by a advanced web of tunnels . There ’s plenty of space underground , the mayor explains . “ Why not utilise it . ”