Some Helsinki architecture

Vironkatu 6 number sign

Finnish street numbers are typically not very high; there is no tradition of block-based numbering, not even in districts (like this part of Helsinki) that have fairly rectiliniear street patterns. Street addresses in cities will typically identify a building number, a stairway number, and an office number — all written after the name of the street.

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