Radio Hill (Lahti)


Radio Hill is a hill located in the city centre of Lahti, Finland. It is part of the Salpausselkä ridge system, with its peak at an elevation of .
The hill's earlier name was Selänmäki. After a cemetery was established there in the 1890s, the hill became known as Hautausmaanmäki. The cemetery, known today as , is closed to new interments.
The hill gets its present name from the Lahti longwave transmitter station established there in 1927–1928, and operated by the country's public broadcaster, Yle, until its decommissioning in 1993. The Finnish Radio and TV Museum, known as Mastola, is now located on the site, operated as part of the City of Lahti municipal museums.
As a highly visible reminder of the radio station, the twin radio masts remain, standing high and apart, forming a well-known landmark of Lahti.
The hilltop milieu surrounding the earlier radio station has been designated by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important built cultural environment.
The city's oldest track and field venue, opened in 1922, is also located on the hill by the foot of the radio masts.