Greater Helsinki (,
Swedish:
Helsingforsregionen,
Storhelsingfors) is the
metropolitan area including the smaller
Capital Region (
Pääkaupunkiseutu,
Huvudstadsregionen)
urban kernel and
commuter towns surrounding
Helsinki, the
capital city of
Finland. Greater Helsinki is sometimes incorrectly called (the)
Helsinki Region due to an incorrect direct translation of the Finnish and Swedish terms
Helsingin seutu and
Helsingforsregionen.