Kallio is a
district and a neighbourhood in
Helsinki, the capital of
Finland, located on the eastern side of the Helsinki peninsula about one kilometre north from the city centre. It is one of the most densely populated areas in Finland. Kallio (literally "
the rock") is separated from the city centre by the Siltasaarensalmi strait, over which is a bridge called Pitkäsilta ("long bridge"). Traditionally, the bridge marks the symbolic divide between the
bourgeois centre and the more
working class areas around Kallio.