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The first railway station in Helsinki was built in 1860, as Finland's first railway
between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna was opened. The station's plans were drawn
by the Swedish architect Carl Albert Edelfelt. However, as the popularity of
railways grew, the station turned out to be too small, and a contest was
organised in 1904 with the intention of producing plans for a new station. The
contest received 21 entries, and was won by Eliel Saarinen, with a pure national
romanticist design, which sparked off a vigorous debate about the architecture of
major public buildings, with demands for a modern, rational style. Saarinen
himself abandoned romanticism altogether and re-designed the station
completely. The new design was finished in 1909 and the station was opened in
1919.
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