What was Finland's capital city like 100 years ago? What is it like now? And what about the future? These are the kind of questions to which City of Helsinki Urban Facts provides answers. The centre is unique in that it brings together in one institution archives, statistics, research and forecasts.

City of Helsinki Urban Facts was created in 1990 through the merging of the City Statistical Office and the City Archives. Helsinki Urban Facts consists of four divisions and it has around 70 employees.