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Vantaa

Also known as Vanda, Helsingin maalaiskunta, Helsinge kommun, Helsinge, Helsingin pitäjä, Helsinki Rural Municipality, City of Vantaa

Vantaa (; , ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the north of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population of Vantaa is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland. Vantaa is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately  million inhabitants.

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Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland, situated within the Uusimaa region and the Helsinki sub-region. It shares borders with Espoo, Helsinki, Sipoo, and Kerava. The city was established in 1428 and has an area of 240.35 square kilometers. Its official languages are Finnish and Swedish, and it is located in the Europe/Helsinki time zone.

The population of Vantaa is recorded as 248,199 in one dataset and 252,724 in another. The city is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area and capital region. It is twinned with Askim Municipality, Frankfurt (Oder), Huddinge Municipality, and Jinan. Vantaa owns the Energia Areena and is associated with the Uusimaa electoral district.

Synthesized by Vinony from 50 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: Vantaa
Region: Uusimaa
Country: Suomi / Finland
Population: 252,724
Timezone: Europe/Helsinki

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PM10: 6.1 µg/m³

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Key facts

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Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from top-left: Kielotorni in Tikkurila, Helsinki Airport, Sotunki, Flamingo and Jumbo shopping centers, the Church of St. Lawrence, Ostari shopping center in Martinlaakso, and the Vaarala Church.
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Settlement.image_map: Vantaa sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Vantaa in Finland
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Settlement.mapframe marker: city
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 15px|link=Uusimaa Uusimaa
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Helsinki sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Metropolitan area
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Helsinki metropolitan area

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Travel guide

Understand

300px|thumb|The science centre Heureka in Tikkurila

Like Espoo, Vantaa is basically an extension of Helsinki, despite having a huge population by Finnish measures. It does not have a proper city centre: Vantaa's administrative centre is in the district of Tikkurila (Swedish: Dickursby), and other districts that can be considered local "centres" are Myyrmäki (Swedish: Myrbacka) in the west, Kivistö in the north-west and Korso in the north-east.

Quite few of the inhabitants have any connections to the rural landscapes and villages left from the old Helsinge (renamed Vantaa in 1972). Best known as the city where Helsinki's airport is located, you will also find various parks and farms you can visit there, as well as the beautiful medieval Church of St. Lawrence and a couple of interesting museums, notably the science centre Heureka. Depending on your interests, also the complex of the Jumbo mall and Flamingo hotel and entertainment centre can keep you busy for a couple of hours at least.

Helsinki Airport, located in the middle of northern Vantaa, takes up a large part of the city's area and effectively splits the rest of Vantaa in two parts, the Myyrmäki-Martinlaakso area in the west and the Tikkurila area in the east. The Ring Rail (Finnish: Kehärata) railway line connects all three areas together with the neighbouring city of Helsinki.

Get around

The public transport of Vantaa is operated by the Helsinki region public transport authority (HSL), see Helsinki#Get around for information about fares and tickets and HSL's website for routes, schedules and updated official information.

See

thumb|Myyrmäki church thumb|Ankkapuisto in Korso

Do

thumb|Flamingo Spa thumb|Kaljakellunta on the Vantaa River

Eat

thumbnail|Big Hero steak at Oklahoma Restaurant

Drink

thumbnail|Night view of Martinlaakso bus terminal

Most suburbs have a pub or two. If you want something fancier, head to central Helsinki, that's what the locals do.

Sleep

thumbnail|Entertainment centre Flamingo, behind it the Jumbo mall

The major hotel concentration in this part of the capital region is near the airport. No wonder, as most people coming to or leaving from Finland by air pass through Helsinki-Vantaa.

Stay safe

There may be unrest in the suburbs along the railways and on the trains in the evenings.

Stay healthy

In addition, there are health centers (terveyskeskus) in pretty much all major suburbs.

Go next

Espoo Helsinki Järvenpää — 25 km further north, where you can visit Ainola, the home of the famous composer Jean Sibelius. Kerava Sipoo Klaukkala

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

54 sections

Contents

History
Ancient history
Swedish rule
Grand Duchy of Finland under Russian rule
20th century to today
History and etymology of nomenclature
Geography
Location
Subdivision
Features
Flora
Climate
Demographics
Population
Languages
Immigration
Religion
Lutheran congregations
Other congregations
Economy
Economy of the city of Vantaa
Jobs and industry
Arts and culture
Vantaa culture award
Symbols
Music
Museums
Concert house Martinus
Myyrmäkitalo
Food culture
Politics
Mayors
Infrastructure
Services
Sports
Transportation
Waste
Education
Primary education
Secondary and vocational education
Tertiary education
Educational institutions
Education for immigrants
Notable people
International relations
Twin towns and sister cities
Gallery
See also
Features and services in Vantaa
Neighboring urban areas
Transport in Vantaa
Notes
References
External links

The administrative centre of Vantaa is located in the Tikkurila district. Vantaa lies in Southern Finland and shares borders with Helsinki, the Finnish capital, to the south, Espoo to the southwest, Nurmijärvi to the northwest, Kerava and Tuusula to the north, and Sipoo to the east. The city covers a total area of , of which is water.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vantaa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.