Guidebook for Esbo

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Guidebook for Esbo

Food Scene

Awesome pizza slices, not too expensive!
Pizzarium
11 Piispansilta
Awesome pizza slices, not too expensive!
Cute little Korean restaurant! Door from outside, a little bit hard to find but worth it! Great for lunch.
Korean Kitchen
9 Piispansilta
Cute little Korean restaurant! Door from outside, a little bit hard to find but worth it! Great for lunch.
A beautiful beach café and restaurant! Built in a shape of a light house.
18 locals recommend
Nokkalan Majakka
2 Nokkalanniemi
18 locals recommend
A beautiful beach café and restaurant! Built in a shape of a light house.

Parks & Nature

Sand beach! From here you can take ferries to Espoo islands during summer season. Nice cafés and walking paths... You can take the Espoo Waterfront walk (40 kilometers seaside walk alltogether) to two directions: towards Kivenlahti or Tapiola. Waterfront walk is great if you want to ride a bicycle and enjoy the Finnish sea nature. https://www.visitespoo.fi/en/service/espoo-waterfront-walkway/
6 locals recommend
Matinlahti beach
1 Matinlahdenranta
6 locals recommend
Sand beach! From here you can take ferries to Espoo islands during summer season. Nice cafés and walking paths... You can take the Espoo Waterfront walk (40 kilometers seaside walk alltogether) to two directions: towards Kivenlahti or Tapiola. Waterfront walk is great if you want to ride a bicycle and enjoy the Finnish sea nature. https://www.visitespoo.fi/en/service/espoo-waterfront-walkway/
There is amall path around old grey water pools, where now live a great myriad of different bird species. Must see for birdwatchers, especially in the spring time
Suomenojan lintualtaat
There is amall path around old grey water pools, where now live a great myriad of different bird species. Must see for birdwatchers, especially in the spring time
Just couple bus stops away you will find an unique rock area formed by the last ice age in Northern Europe. It's a small natureserve as well, sights are quite pleasing to the eye!
Friisinkallion luonnonsuojelualue
Just couple bus stops away you will find an unique rock area formed by the last ice age in Northern Europe. It's a small natureserve as well, sights are quite pleasing to the eye!
In the center of Espoo you will find... a forest. We call it park but it is actually a huge forest area. We love to jog, walk around there. In the autumn you can actually pick berries and mushrooms there. In winter there are great cross country skiing tracks (if there is enough snow). Just walk the marked paths if you are afraid getting lost. But I actually recommend getting lost at least mentally in the forest, take a deep breath and smell everything. It's therapy without any cost!
9 locals recommend
Espoon keskuspuisto
9 locals recommend
In the center of Espoo you will find... a forest. We call it park but it is actually a huge forest area. We love to jog, walk around there. In the autumn you can actually pick berries and mushrooms there. In winter there are great cross country skiing tracks (if there is enough snow). Just walk the marked paths if you are afraid getting lost. But I actually recommend getting lost at least mentally in the forest, take a deep breath and smell everything. It's therapy without any cost!
Two bus rides away a big nature reserve which I think might be the best thing to see in Espoo. There are also is also nature center called Haltia with restaurant etc. https://www.haltia.com/en/haltia-the-finnish-nature-centre/ In Nuuksio you can even see some reindeers and a tiipii (but not wild), see Nuuksio reindeer park information here: http://nuuksioreindeerpark.fi/en/opening-hours/
10 locals recommend
Nuuksio
10 locals recommend
Two bus rides away a big nature reserve which I think might be the best thing to see in Espoo. There are also is also nature center called Haltia with restaurant etc. https://www.haltia.com/en/haltia-the-finnish-nature-centre/ In Nuuksio you can even see some reindeers and a tiipii (but not wild), see Nuuksio reindeer park information here: http://nuuksioreindeerpark.fi/en/opening-hours/

Shopping

Finnish glass and porcelain design!
Iittala Shop
11 Piispansilta
Finnish glass and porcelain design!
Famous Finnish cloth etc. design www.marimekko.com
Marimekko Oyj
11 Piispansilta
Famous Finnish cloth etc. design www.marimekko.com
Another porcelain design shop! https://www.pentik.com/
PENTIK
11 Piispansilta
Another porcelain design shop! https://www.pentik.com/
Beautiful Finnish wooden jewelry design https://www.aarikka.fi/
66 locals recommend
Iso Omena
66 locals recommend
Beautiful Finnish wooden jewelry design https://www.aarikka.fi/
Home textiles, cotton! Finnish design mark since 1820, one of my favorites! https://www.finlayson.fi/
66 locals recommend
Iso Omena
66 locals recommend
Home textiles, cotton! Finnish design mark since 1820, one of my favorites! https://www.finlayson.fi/
Another awesome Finnish design mark for home textiles! Recommended!
66 locals recommend
Iso Omena
66 locals recommend
Another awesome Finnish design mark for home textiles! Recommended!
This is a great second shop where you can find almost anything! Around fifteen minutes walk from the apartment. Vintage treasures waiting for you! Also if you want to buy souvenirs for cheap prices, go and try this!
Pääkaupunkiseudun Kierrätyskeskus Oy / Suomenojan kauppa
1 Rusthollarinkatu
This is a great second shop where you can find almost anything! Around fifteen minutes walk from the apartment. Vintage treasures waiting for you! Also if you want to buy souvenirs for cheap prices, go and try this!

Essentials

66 locals recommend
Iso Omena
66 locals recommend
Nearest!
K-Market Iso Omena
1 Suomenlahdentie
Nearest!
Lidl is probably the cheapest place to find food!
Lidl Iso Omena
9 Piispansilta
Lidl is probably the cheapest place to find food!

Entertainment & Activities

9 locals recommend
Finnkino Omena
11 Piispansilta
9 locals recommend
This is a massage school and they offer affordable massages for anyone <3 The place is little bit hard to find even though it is in the same building. Best you call there for reservation and directions! Five minutes from the apartment, so not far! phone: 044 7424 000 https://hierontakoulu.fi/
Hierontakoulu Atlas
9 Piispansilta
This is a massage school and they offer affordable massages for anyone <3 The place is little bit hard to find even though it is in the same building. Best you call there for reservation and directions! Five minutes from the apartment, so not far! phone: 044 7424 000 https://hierontakoulu.fi/
I think this is one of the best and most affordable places to taste some of Finnish sauna culture! There are electric saunas and also traditional Finnish smoke sauna. Depending on which sauna the tickets are around 6-12 euros per person. Cool off by swimming in the lake, even in the winter they make a hole in the ice. Cafeteria and restaurant are open daily. https://www.cafekuusijarvi.fi/english/
14 locals recommend
Cafe Kuusijärvi
3 Kuusijärventie
14 locals recommend
I think this is one of the best and most affordable places to taste some of Finnish sauna culture! There are electric saunas and also traditional Finnish smoke sauna. Depending on which sauna the tickets are around 6-12 euros per person. Cool off by swimming in the lake, even in the winter they make a hole in the ice. Cafeteria and restaurant are open daily. https://www.cafekuusijarvi.fi/english/

Arts & Culture

It's a library, gallery, concert hall and a home for many culture events like Espoo Ciné film festival and April Jazz Festival. Two metro steps away!
14 locals recommend
Espoon kulttuurikeskus
2 Kulttuuriaukio
14 locals recommend
It's a library, gallery, concert hall and a home for many culture events like Espoo Ciné film festival and April Jazz Festival. Two metro steps away!
My favorite church in the near by area, three metro stops from Matinkylä, a small and cosy Orthodox church.
The Church of St. Herman of Alaska
2 Kaupinkalliontie
My favorite church in the near by area, three metro stops from Matinkylä, a small and cosy Orthodox church.
Two metro steps away in Tapiola there is a great museum for modern art with different happenings time to time. Artlovers, check that out! http://www.emmamuseum.fi/en
47 locals recommend
EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art
5 Ahertajantie
47 locals recommend
Two metro steps away in Tapiola there is a great museum for modern art with different happenings time to time. Artlovers, check that out! http://www.emmamuseum.fi/en

Getting Around

The best, easiest and fastest way to Helsinki center is my metro. I recommend buying a day ticket (1-7 days) so you can use it all the time in all public transportation around Helsinki region. However, you need to buy a REGIONAL ticket because you will be crossing city border (Espoo/Helsinki/Vantaa, three cities consist of Helsinki region).
Matinkylä
The best, easiest and fastest way to Helsinki center is my metro. I recommend buying a day ticket (1-7 days) so you can use it all the time in all public transportation around Helsinki region. However, you need to buy a REGIONAL ticket because you will be crossing city border (Espoo/Helsinki/Vantaa, three cities consist of Helsinki region).
If you wish a take a bus a little further away, for example to the iconic small city, old village, of Porvoo, there is a long haul bus station in the same building with Kamppi metro station. Buses to Porvoo, Turku, Kotka, Tampere etc. Cheapest bus agency will probably be Onnibus. Check out more: https://www.onnibus.com/home
41 locals recommend
Kamppi station
41 locals recommend
If you wish a take a bus a little further away, for example to the iconic small city, old village, of Porvoo, there is a long haul bus station in the same building with Kamppi metro station. Buses to Porvoo, Turku, Kotka, Tampere etc. Cheapest bus agency will probably be Onnibus. Check out more: https://www.onnibus.com/home