19 Sights in Espoo, Finland (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Espoo, Finland. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 19 sights are available in Espoo, Finland.

Sightseeing Tours in Espoo

1. The Finnish nature centre Haltia

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The Finnish Nature Centre Haltia was opened in May 2013 next to the Solvalla Sports Institute near Nuuksio National Park in the Nuuksio district of Espoo. The centre was built by real estate company Nuuksiokeskus Oy, whose shareholders are Metsähallitus, the City of Espoo and Solvalla Nedre Ab. In addition to Metsähallitus and Solvalla Nedre Ab, the Nature Centre's operations are funded by six nearby municipalities: Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen, Kirkkonummi, Vantaa and Vihti. The centre, which presents Finnish nature, reaches both local and long-distance tourists. The Haltia building was designed by architect Rainer Mahlamäki. The Nature Centre received a donation of one million euros from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.

Wikipedia: Suomen luontokeskus Haltia (FI), Website

2. Lake Bodom murder site

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The Lake Bodom murders is one of the most infamous unsolved homicide cases in Finnish criminal history. On 5 June 1960, at Bodom Lake in Espoo, Uusimaa, Maila Björklund and Anja Mäki and Seppo Boisman (18) were killed by stabbing and blunt-force trauma to their heads while sleeping inside a tent. The fourth youth, Nils Gustafsson, then aged 18, was found outside the tent with broken facial bones and stab wounds. Despite extensive investigations, the perpetrator was never identified and various theories on the killer's identity have been presented over the years. Gustafsson was unexpectedly arrested on suspicion of committing the murders in 2004, but he was found not guilty the following year.

Wikipedia: Lake Bodom murders (EN)

3. Espoonlahden kirkko

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Espoonlahden kirkko

Espoonlahti Church is a Lutheran church situated in Espoonlahti, Espoo, Finland. It was designed by architects Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen, architects of the Rock Church, who were also members of the Espoonlahti congregation. The groundstone for the church was set in August 1979 and the building was completed in 1980. The organs were built and assembled in 1983. As the number of members in the congregation grew rapidly, additional rooms were soon needed. This new phase of building was completed in 1987, also by the architects Suomalainen.

Wikipedia: Espoonlahti Church (EN)

4. 14th Searchlight Battery memorial plaque

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14th Searchlight Battery memorial plaque No machine-readable author provided. Ojp assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The 14th Searchlight Battery was a Finnish anti-aircraft searchlight battery formed from women of the Lotta Svärd organization at the end of the Continuation War. The battery was formed to free some men for other tasks and was used in the air-defence of Helsinki. The battery was the only armed unit in Finnish Army made up from women that was organized as a military unit fit for combat duty. The searchlight battery was operational from late summer 1944 to the end of the Continuation War but did not see action.

Wikipedia: 14th Searchlight Battery (Finland) (EN)

5. Huopalahden kirkko

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Huopalahti Church is located in Etelä-Haaga, Helsinki, and it belongs to Haaga parish. The church began its activities in 1917 in a building that had previously served as a school and before that as a meeting place for Finnish speakers. Its use as a church was supposed to be temporary, as Eliel Saarinen had planned a new church in the area, but it was never built. With the abandonment of Hakavuori Church, Huopalahti Church is currently the only church in Haaga Parish.

Wikipedia: Huopalahden kirkko (FI)

6. EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art

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The EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, is a major art museum in Espoo in southern Finland. After the founding of Espoo Art Museum Foundation in September 2002, EMMA opened its doors for visitors in 2006. With its 5000 square metre exhibition space, it is the largest museum in the whole of Finland. The permanent exhibition presents a selection from The Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection and the other half the changing domestic and international exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Espoo Museum of Modern Art (EN)

7. Espoo Cathedral

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Espoo Cathedral is a medieval parish church and cathedral in Espoo, Finland. It is the seat of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Espoo, established in 2004. The cathedral is located in the district of Espoon keskus, near the Espoonjoki river. The oldest parts of the church were completed in the 1480s and it is thus the oldest preserved building in the city.

Wikipedia: Espoo Cathedral (EN), Website

8. Saturnus

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The Pajamäki Solar System Scale Model is a scale model of the Solar System built in Helsinki and partly in Espoo, Finland in 1992. Its scale is 1:1 000, i.e. one to one billion, so that 1 millimeter in the model corresponds to 1 000 kilometers in the actual Solar System. The coordinates given for the model are those for the Sun in Patterinmäki.

Wikipedia: Pajamäki Solar System Scale Model (EN), Website

9. Haukilahden vesitorni

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The Haukilahti water tower is located in Haukilahti in southern Espoo, Finland. The water tower was built in 1968 and is owned by the Espoo waterworks. The diameter of the tower is 45.3 m and it has two water containers—one inside the other—with a total volume of 4100 m³. The height of the tower is 45.3 m and from sea level 76.3 m.

Wikipedia: Haukilahti water tower (EN)

10. Glims

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Glims Farmstead Museum is a museum located in Espoo, Finland and a branch of the Espoo City Museum. Glims tells about farming culture and rural life in the past centuries. The Glims farm was still a working farm in the beginning of the 20th century and it has been a museum since 1958. The museum area is located next to Jorvi Hospital.

Wikipedia: Glims Farmstead Museum (EN), Website

11. Pohjois-Haagan veljeshauta

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The Pohjois-Haaga mass grave is a grave in Lassila, Helsinki, Finland, near the Pohjois-Haaga railway station that dates to the time of the Finnish Civil War in 1918. 28 men of the Red Guards or civilians thought to have been affiliated with them executed by the German Baltic Sea Division soldiers are buried at the site.

Wikipedia: Pohjois-Haaga mass grave (EN), Website

12. Espoo Car Museum

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Espoo Car Museum

Espoo Automobile Museum is located in Espoo, north of Lake Bodom, a few kilometers from Ring Road III. It is also called the Pakankylä Car Museum after the name of the village. The museum records Finnish road traffic history, preserves both conserved and restored vehicles and presents them to the public.

Wikipedia: Espoon Automuseo (FI), Website

13. Matasaaren kappeli

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The Matasaari Chapel was one of the former premises of Esbo Svenska Församling. Today, the island is privately owned. The chapel is located in southwestern Espoo. It was part of the three -hectic Matasaari camp center, which is part of Soukka in the official Espoo official district division.

Wikipedia: Matasaaren kappeli (FI)

14. Biogenesis

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Biogenesis Taideteos: Kuvanveistäjä Kimmo Kaivanto Valokuva: Htm / CC BY 3.0

Biogenesis is an environmental artwork designed by Finnish sculptor Kimmo Kaivanto. The work was commissioned by Cultor Oy, formerly known as Suomen Sokeri, and it was erected in 1988 in the courtyard of Cultor's head office at Kyllikinportti 2 in Helsinki's West Pasila.

Wikipedia: Biogenesis (taideteos) (FI)

15. Tapiolan kirkko

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Tapiolan kirkko J-P Kärnä / CC BY-SA 3.0

Tapiola Church is a Lutheran church in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The modernist concrete building in brutalist style was designed by the architect Aarno Ruusuvuori and opened in 1965. The church seats 600 people and is thus the largest in Espoo by capacity.

Wikipedia: Tapiola Church (EN)

16. Pitäjänmäki Church

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Pitäjänmäki ChurchPaju, Finland. / CC BY-SA 2.5

Pitäjänmäki Church is a church building in the Pitäjänmäki district in Helsinki. It was originally completed in 1959 as a side church in the Huopalahti parish. It became the main church of the Pitäjänmäki parish when the church became independent in 1966.

Wikipedia: Pitäjänmäen kirkko (FI)

17. Espoonlahden vesitorni

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Espoonlahden vesitorni

Espoonlahti water tower is located in Espoo's Saunalahti district, north of Länsiväylä, near the residential area of Nöykkiö. The water tower was designed by Earth and Water. The water tower has four 2,000 cubic metre water tanks. The tower was built in 1993.

Wikipedia: Espoonlahden vesitorni (FI)

18. Gallen-Kallela Museum

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The Gallen-Kallela Museum, located in Tarvaspää, Espoo, Finland, and built between 1911 and 1913 was a home and studio for Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The atelier building has been a museum since 1961.

Wikipedia: Gallen-Kallela Museum (EN), Website

19. Suvelan kappeli

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Suvela Chapel is a chapel in Suvela, Espoo, completed in 2016. The chapel was designed by architect Anssi Lassila from OOPEAA Architects. The chapel has a maximum capacity of 270 places with special arrangements.

Wikipedia: Suvelan kappeli (FI), Website

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