Suomen Kansallisteatteri, the Finnish National Theatre, is locsted on Railway Square just east of Helsinki Central Station. The theatre was established as an organization in 1872, but this building was constructed in 1902 specifically to house it. The building was designed in the “National Romantic” style by Finnish architect Onni Tarjanne, and in front is a statute of the 18th-century romantic writer Aleksis Kivi.