Orion
Eerikinkatu 15,
Helsinki
00100
Eerikinkatu 15,
Helsinki
00100
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Finnish Film Archive (Official)
Additional Info
Architects: Selim A. Lindqvist
Functions: Movies (Classic), Movies (Foreign), Movies (Independent)
Styles: Art Deco
Previous Names: Bio Athena, Ritz, Ateena, Athena, Athena-Studio
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
358096.154.0201
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The Orion is considered to be Helsinki’s most beautiful cinema. The seats are especially comfortable. It is operated by the Finnish Film Archive and screens independent and classic films in their original language.
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Ken Roe
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The Kino Orion, photographed in 2004:
http://flickr.com/photos/yellowsummer/190008628/
Here’s a general photo of the building containing the cinema and lots of flats. Nowadays you enter the cinema through the foyer, but the exit hall is shared with residents.
http://www.korttelit.fi/rakennus.php/id/738
Arkkitehti/architect: Selim A. Lindqvist
Rakennusvuosi/contruction year: 1908
Kaupunginosa/city neighbourhood: Kamppi
Kortteli/block name: Telkkä
Helsinki city blocks are named after animals and plants. Telkkä is the Common Goldeneye sea duck, Bucephala clangula.
More photos:
2005 exterior: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tietoukka/3794330997/
2006 interior: View link
2007 exterior: http://www.flickr.com/photos/me_maya/2155984832/
2008 programme: View link
2008 exterior: View link
2008 exterior: View link
“The Finnish Audiovisual Archive (KAVA) supports cinematic heritage by restoring old films and showing them in its 216-seat cinema Orion. In recent years, annual audiences totalling 44 000 have seen over 800 screenings yearly. KAVA also conducts research and issues publications.”
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Kino is Finnish for cinema, and this cinema is known simply as Orion, not Kino Orion.
A cinema first opened here in 1929 and it has had many named in the past:
BIO ATHENA 04.03.1928 – 1929,
RITZ 31.03.1929 – 1930,
ATEENA 01.01.1931 – 1934,
ATHENA 04.03.1934 – 1961,
ATHENA-STUDIO 22.09.1961 â€" 1964,
ATHENA 03.01.1964 – May 1964,
ORION 22.5.1964 – present.
The national audiovisual archive (KAVA) (formerly the Finnish film archive, SEA) have been operating the cinema since 09.10.1984.
Source: View link
Exterior and interior photos from May 2013.
Well-preserved, modest size. Nice lobby, fairly simple decor in the auditorium. Comfy seats and reasonable ticket prices. I only wish the lobby was five times bigger with a cafe…
Located in a pleasant neighbourhood in central Helsinki with shops, bars, cafes, and restaurants nearby.