17 Facts About Lahti

Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijarvi about 100 kilometres north-east of the capital city Helsinki, 38 kilometres south-west of the Heinola town and 74 kilometres east of Hameenlinna, the capital of the region of Tavastia Proper .

Lahti is dubbed the "Chicago of Finland" due to the early industries of both cities, when they were known as "slaughterhouse cities".

Lahti is a long-time pioneering city in environmental sustainability, dating back to as early as 1990 and before.

Lahti was founded during a period of severe economic recession.

The Battle of Lahti was fought in the 1918 Finnish Civil War as the German Detachment Brandenstein took the town from the Reds.

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In December 2018 Lahti became the first new university city in Finland after Rovaniemi in 1979 when the Parliament accepted a change in the university law.

Terrain of Lahti is dominated by the first Salpausselka ridge that cuts through the city from west to east.

Under the Koppen climate classification, Lahti is right on the boundary between being a humid continental climate and a subarctic climate .

Economic region of Lahti, which includes the surrounding municipalities, was strongly affected by the collapse of Finnish-Soviet trade and by the recession in the early 1990s.

Lahti has one of Finland's most widely known symphony orchestras, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, based at the Sibelius Hall, which performs both classical and popular music, notably concentrating on music by Jean Sibelius.

The City of Lahti has acted as the host city for the international Spirit of Wood Architecture Award, established in Finland in 1999.

Lahti has a rich sporting tradition, especially in various wintersports.

FC Lahti has played in the Veikkausliiga since 1999, excluding a season-long visit to the first division in 2011, having placed twice third and appearing in Europe three times.

Lahti is served by VR commuter rail, the Z train to Helsinki and the G train to Riihimaki run hourly.

All four upper secondary schools in Lahti have a specialty: the Lyceum has expertise on subjects such as mathematics and biology, and sports, Tiirismaa focuses on music in association with the Lahti Conservatory, Kannas organises theatre classes and Lahden yhteiskoulu offers an economy-centered class.

Lahti's greatest educational assets are the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT as well as highly valued Institute of Design and Fine Arts, which is a part of LAB University of Applied Sciences.

Lahti won the European Green Capital Award of the year 2021.