Esplanadna park is located between two streets - North and South Esplanade. Engel It included a plan for the city this park already in 1812, and he also gave Espa, as the locals call this green island, the elegance that made him not only a holiday destination, but also a city landmark.

At the beginning of the park is a restaurant Kappel, built in 1867 and reconstructed several times. During the summer, the open stage held daily performances.

In the center of the Esplanade Park, the sculpture of the national poet of Finland, author of the text of the national anthem of the country JL Runeberg, the poet made his son Walter Runeberg. The monument was inaugurated in 1885, ten years after the death of the poet.

At the eastern end of the park is located Esplanadna fountain, decorated with a bronze figure of a girl. When in 1908 at the opening of the fountain with a girl fell bedspreads, respectable inhabitants of Helsinki were shocked. Now naked Havis Amanda (translated from Swedish means "sea nymph"), the work of sculptor Ville Valgren, is a jewel of the park and did not bother.