Behind Hermann's Neste and next to Agroksenmäki is an old cellar, the exact age of which is unknown, but the first mentions of it date from the late 1860s. The building was originally built as an ice cellar for the Sörnäinen brewery. The size of the warehouse is about 300 square metres. The vaulted cellar is half underground, and the walls are built of thick natural stone quarried from the site. The shoreline of the sea used to be very close to the [...]
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Agroksenmäki Park
Agroksenmäki is a park and rocky area between Hermann's Rantatie and Sörnäistenkatu and near Tukkutori. Agroksenmäki is a good vantage point with a good view of the Old Town Bay, for example. See also Agroksenmäki's vaulted cellar. According to Kaija Hackzell and Kirsti Toppar in Oihonnankatu Kumpulantielle - Helsinki's Old Quarters 4, it was once possible to throw a stone into the water from Agroksenmäki because the sea was so close. Hermann's Beach [...]
The Agroksenmäki Vault Cellar at Old Winter Road 14 is a former brewery building located between Tukkutori and Agroksenmäki, which is over 150 years old. Since 2005, the premises have been used for events. Most of the buildings in the old brewery area have been demolished. The brewery buildings also include a cellar, which is currently used as a whisky cellar for the Helsinki Distilling Company. The brewery on the site dates back to the 1860's. The Holvikellari was once a beer [...]
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Sörnäistenkatu 15
Located next to Agroksenmäki, Sörnäistenkatu 15 was completed in 2009. As. Oy Helsingin Herkules comprises two apartment blocks.