Culture and leisure List of diagrams and tables 8.1 Number of visitors at prominent tourist attractions in Helsinki in 2009–2012.......................54 8.2 Helsinki City library statistics 1995–2012 .......................................................................................55 8.3 Sports and recreation 2000–2012 ....................................................................................................56 8 Culture and leisure STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF HELSINKI 2013 53 Number of visitors at prominent tourist attractions in Helsinki in 8.1 2009–2012 2009 2010 2011 2012 Tourist attraction Linnanmäki Amusement Park1 1,260,000 1,055,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 Suomenlinna sea fortress 713,000 736,000 778,000 760,000 Korkeasaari zoo 546,200 436,135 489,621 488,369 Temppeliaukio Church 526,010 508,393 396,106 513,687 Uspensky Cathedral 418,100 500,000 400,000 400,000 Helsinki Music Festival 294,363 271,896 192,407 211,688 Grand Casino Helsinki 304,340 292,023 288,422 280,075 Helsinki Cathedral 365,978 398,300 398,106 443,267 Helsinki Cathedral Crypt 43,192 54,000 36,000 45,666 Ehrensvärd Museum 9,745 8,541 10,922 10,226 University of Helsinki Botanical Garden 45,000 28,400 31,900 41,584 Seurasaari Open-Air Museum 34,278 30,606 46,828 49,291 1 Also includes the visitors at the events Carnival of Light, Jouluhattara Christmas event, and Jäähelmi winter event. Source: The statistics of each separate tourist attraction. 8 Culture and leisure 54 STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF HELSINKI 2013 Helsinki City library statistics 1995–2012 8.2 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 Libraries 35 37 37 37 36 36 Mobile libraries (buses) 2 2 2 2 2 2 Libraries in hospitals etc. 16 17 11 10 10 10 Other library premises – 2 1 1 1 1 Books (incl. music) on 31 Dec. 2,015,577 1,806,255 1,712,109 1,612,439 1,618,345 1,591,007 in Finnish 11 561 413 1,389,859 1,318,287 1,236,731 1,245,530 1,226,700 in Swedish 234,928 191,128 167,312 145,729 142,224 137,678 in other languages 179,464 188,158 190,669 199,020 201,795 200,145 music scores 39,772 37,110 35,841 30,959 28,796 26,484 Sound recordings 137,719 161,141 196,479 225,654 221,149 224,383 Image recordings 19,805 29,404 37,464 42,487 48,324 49,641 Others 20,402 33,582 16,276 15,741 12,518 14,916 Newspaper and periodical subscriptions 5,692 5,949 5,204 5,005 4,884 4,931 Borrowers 228,391 243,819 229,931 211,309 225,961 231,456 per 1,000 inhabitants 435 443 410 359 380 383 Home service clients 351 302 421 464 382 393 Number of visits at the library 6,401,776 7,160,113 6,604,849 6,449,357 6,782,400 6,783,103 Virtual visits – 1,396,804 5,012,505 6,803,235 6,826,751 6,827,696 Hours open 94,869 96,911 87,863 94,304 102,118 99,855 Total loans 8,794,637 9,150,598 10,073,766 9,178,545 9,513,518 9,272,462 8 per 1,000 inhabitants 16.8 16.6 18.0 15.6 16.0 15.4 per 1,000 borrowers 38.5 37.7 43.8 43.4 42.1 40.1 The Main Library 957,259 1,237,993 864,490 805,018 804,717 798,775 The other libraries 7,360,484 7,484,977 8,865,415 9,174,389 8,380,919 8,156,648 Libaries in hospitals etc. 167,044 129,405 65,470 57,540 59,364 55,842 Home service 50,178 52,817 236,491 235,764 222,732 220,828 Mobile libraries 255,780 237,233 241,900 239,871 245,786 240,369 Distance loans 3,892 8,173 37,833 35,055 35,078 34,875 Percentages of loans Books (incl. music) 77.6 73.9 71.9 70.4 70.9 71.7 Music sheets and scores 2.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 Culture and leisure Sound recordings 10.8 14.7 16.0 15.0 14.1 13.0 Image recordings 6.2 6.7 7.9 10.4 11.0 11.0 Others 3.4 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.4 Non-fiction books 36.5 39.3 39.0 37.3 37.3 37.0 Fiction books 63.5 60.7 61.0 62.7 62.7 63.0 Books for adults – 71.5 71.9 69.6 68.8 68.4 Books for children – 28.5 28.1 30.4 31.2 31.7 Books in Finnish 89.1 87.7 86.9 86.3 86.2 86.2 Books in Swedish 4.8 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.0 Books in other languages 6.1 7.8 9.0 9.9 9.9 9.8 Public computers – – – 385 389 402 Public computer sessions – – – 1,085,106 1,059,955 979,352 Log-ins at wireless Stadinetti network – – – 30,085 .. .. Web information services sessions – 1,500 19,616 15,149 10,345 8,721 Events and activities – 1,639 1,746 2,470 3,498 4,655 Guiding sessions – 671 913 866 1,275 1,400 1 Also includes unregistered material in the central store. 2 From 2003 on, the statistics on the loans of the home service distinguish its own loans from the total number of loans. 3 Statistics on distance loans were changed from 02/2003 on. Source: Helsinki City Library. STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF HELSINKI 2013 55 Sports and recreation 2000–2012 8.3 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 City-coordinated sports activities Customers 49,386 73,562 103,004 93,798 95,016 Sports associations and clubs having received allocations 397 428 398 421 378 Outdoor sports facilities1 Number in all 466 462 462 462 468 of which Football pitches, tennis courts etc. 286 298 298 298 265 Outdoor swimming stadiums 2 2 2 2 2 Visitors 313,773 365,315 396,592 396,624 340,738 Beaches for swimming 25 25 28 28 28 Indoor sports facilities1 Number in all 72 68 69 68 93 of which public swimming pools2 5 7 7 7 7 Visitors at public swimming pools 715,055 3798,944 3704,456 3705,467 3744,103 Recreational areas and parks Area, ha 4,641 43,852 43,850 43,818 43,818 Recreational areas, ha 4,396 3,807 3,807 3,775 3,775 Parks, ha 245 45 43 43 43 Mooring places for boats 9,342 11,945 12,063 12,022 11,955 8 Overnight stays at campsites 102,850 85,699 100,787 99,657 101,914 1 The classification of sports and recreation facilities changed in 2012. 2 Owned by the city. Culture and leisure 3 Incl. visits at the public swimming pools in Itäkeskus, Jakomäki, Pirkkola and Yrjönkatu. The Jakomäki public swimming pool was closed in 2010. 4 The decrease is due to the fact that some waterfront recreational areas such as Uutela, Ramsinniemi, Meri-Rastila and part of Kallahdenniemi are no longer managed by Helsinki City Sports Department, nor is the Kauhala area in Kirkkonummi. Source: Helsinki City Sports Department. 56 STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF HELSINKI 2013.