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Also known as Esbo, Espoon kaupunki

Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately million inhabitants. Espoo is on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland and borders Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi. The city includes the enclave of Kauniainen. Espoo covers an area of . Espoo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish spea

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Espoo is Finland's most populous municipality, located just west of the capital Helsinki on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. As a major part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, it serves as an important urban center in southern Finland with both Finnish and Swedish as its official languages.

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Place details

Locality: Espoo
Region: Uusimaa
Country: Suomi / Finland

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Travel guide

Understand

300px|thumbnail|Shopping at Iso Omena

Espoo has several local regional centres, thus divided into seven major areas: Vanha-Espoo, Espoonlahti, Espoo, Kauklahti, Leppävaara, Matinkylä and Tapiola. The Espoo center (Espoon keskus) is the administrative centre, but doesn't rise above its peers with respect to population. The population is concentrated in an inverted F-shaped area defined by the railway to Espoo centre (north) and the highway Länsiväylä (south) up to Espoonlahti. The rest is sparsely populated, and north of Espoo centre, the area is mostly forested. While Kauniainen is an independent municipality, in practice it is contiguous with Espoo and has no notable sights or services to travellers besides a small shopping center.

The science and technology-related campuses of the Aalto University are based in Otaniemi, Espoo, along with a thriving science community that includes numerous startups and organizations such as VTT – the Technical Research Centre of Finland. Nokia is headquartered in Karakallio, Espoo. Other high-tech companies such as KONE, Tekla and Fortum have their headquarters in Keilaniemi, Espoo, along with Microsoft's Finnish headquarters.

Get around

Espoo is part of the capital region's HSL public transport cooperation. See Helsinki#Get around for tickets, fares and some other general information. You may want to use HSL's journey planner or Google Maps.

See

thumbnail|Aalto University auditorium in Otaniemi thumbnail|"Hip flask" houses in Tapiola thumb|right|Mikes in Otaniemi. In the centre is Finland's most accurate clock, with an inaccuracy of only a few nanoseconds per year.

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thumb|right|"Mini-Tapiola" in autumn 2006 thumbnail|Outdoor half-pipe water slide at Serena

. This is a "go to" place in Espoo, being probably the most accessible "true Finnish forest" near Helsinki. There is parking and footpaths. Although one has a metalled path up to a beautiful lakeshore, none are completely accessible by wheelchairs or prams, since all include unmaintained sections with rocky slopes and/or tree roots blocking the way. Cinema Swimming pool