Cable Factory

• One of the biggest cultural centres in Finland

• Open all year round

• Located in Ruoholahti, Helsinki

• Over 300 creators: three museums; galleries;, dance, circus and performance practitioners; art schools; artists’ work spaces; training spaces for bands and sports clubs; a restaurant and a café.

• Photography museum, Theatre museum and Hotel and restaurant museum

• Lots of events like festivals, fairs, exhibitions and concerts

• Over a million visitors a year

• The Cable Factory is a place for making art, practising art and for artistic experiences. It is full of new and unexpected things– and invites you to join in.

The factory building was completed in 1943. At first, cables, rubber and data communications equipment were produced here.

The factory was turned over to cultural use at the end of the 1980s.

Kiinteistö Oy Kaapelitalo was set up in 1991. Its job is to renovate, maintain and rent disused industrial areas for artistic and cultural purposes.

The Cable Factory has both long-term cultural practitioners and empty event spaces for rental.

The same company also manages the cultural centres in Suvilahti and at Nilsiänkatu 10.

Our aim is to make everyday life better through culture.

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How to get here

Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1
00180 Helsinki

Metro: Ruoholahti (600 m)
Tram: line 8 (stop Kaapelitehdas)
Buses: lines 15, 21, 21N, 22, 112N, 192T (nearest stop Salmisaari)

You can find routes and timetables from the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority's Journey Planner.

Taxi: Order a taxi at Tallberginkatu. The nearest taxi station is at Ruoholahti metro station.

Contact us

Cable Factory office (staircase C, 2nd floor)
Opening hours: Mon-Fri at 9-15
info (at) kaapelitehdas.fi

Cable Factory's Kahvibaari (gateway)
Mon-Tue at 10-17
Wed-Fri at 10-19
Sat at 11-18
Sun closed

kahvibaari (at) kaapelitehdas.fi
tel. +358 (0)9 4763 8300