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Hotel Arthur's oldest rooms are located principally in the main building of the Young Men's Christian Association of Helsinki, at Vuorikatu 17. The building was owned and constructed by the Helsinki branch of the worldwide youth movement, the YMCA, which was established in 1888. Nowadays, the YMCA movement involves more than 35 million people in over 130 countries. The founders of Helsinki’s YMCA were, among others, state councillor Sakari Topelius and theology student (later professor and YMCA chairperson) Arthur Hjelt.

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Over the decades, the hotel has provided a comfortable home for travellers in the heart of Helsinki. For a long period of time, a regular guest of the hotel was, among others, the writer Aino Kallas, whose name now graces room no 538. Many other regular guests had their favourite room. Well known foreign guests include Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mathias Rust.