8 Sights in Vantaa, Finland (with Map and Images)

Vaarala Chapel is a former church building of hakunila parish located in the Vaarala district of Vantaa. It was designed by architects Leena and Kalle Niukkanen. The church was completed in 1960. In 1995, it received a demolition order from the church council, but less than a decade later the demolition verdict was cancelled and it was decided to preserve the church, which represents modern architecture. The congregation abandoned the church due to the need for its renovation in 2013. After the church was transferred to a private owner, its name was changed to Vaarala Chapel at the seller's request.

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Myyrmäki Church, is a Lutheran church in the Myyrmäki neighborhood in the city of Vantaa. It is located near Louhela commuter train station. The church was designed by architect Juha Leiviskä and it was opened in 1984. It is also known as the Church of Light. In Leiviskä's own words: "To me, a building as such, 'as a piece of architecture', is nothing. Its real significance is revealed in counterpoint with its surroundings, with life and with light."

Wikipedia: Myyrmäki Church (EN)

Nissbacka Manor Sculpture Park is a sculpture park in Hakunila, Vantaa, about 200 meters northeast of Sotung School. It presents sculptures and environmental artworks and other productions by sculptor Laila Pullinen (1933-2015) in the courtyard of the Nissbacka manor, in a grain magazine and in the artist's studio. Nissbacka Sculpture Park, located in a privately used area, is open to the public twice a week during the summer months.

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Teatteri Vantaa, until April 2006 called Teatteri Kehä III, is a professional theatre founded in 1985 by actress Anne Nielsen and opera singer Matti Pasanen in Vantaa. The other founding members were Leena Virtanen, Tiina Makkonen, Timo Paavola, Leila Itkonen and Kimmo Sillantie. The first premiere of the theatre was the play Savannah Bay by Marguerite Duras on November 28, 1986, at the Peltola School in Tikkurila.

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Korso Church is an asymmetrical long church in Korso, Vantaa, built in 1962 on the basis of a proposal by Olli Kuunen, who won a design competition two years earlier. The east-west church hall tapers towards the altar at the west end, the area of which is accentuated by a folding row of pews. The lower wing building, which houses, among other things, the parish hall, joins the building.

Wikipedia: Korson kirkko (FI)

Vantaa Agricultural Museum is a local museum operating in Vantaanlaakso, Vantaa, where objects and information about the old rural municipality of Helsinki have been collected. The museum is owned by the association "Helsinge Lantmannagille r.f. Vanda", founded in 1882. The museum is bilingual.

Wikipedia: Vantaan maatalousmuseo (FI)

Heureka is a Finnish science center in the Tikkurila district of Vantaa, Finland, north of Helsinki, designed by Heikkinen – Komonen Architects. It is located at the intersection of the Finnish Main Line and the river Keravanjoki.

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Vantaa Home Church is a Pentecostal church in Pakkala, Vantaa. In 2011, the congregation had about 70 members. The current pastor of the parish, Jani Alanko, started in January 2020. Before him, the pastor was Jari Vahtera.

Wikipedia: Vantaan Kotikirkko (FI), Website