Old Hospital Area in Nikkilä

Nikkilä mental hospital offered treatment for thousands of patients from Helsinki between 1914 and 1999. The hospital was important not only for its patients but also for its staff, which numbered at most around 1000 people. At its peak, Nikkilä treated 1200 patients and had 600 patients placed in households in open care at the same time.

Several famous Finns were once patients at the hospital: a ...