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| Vantaa | ||
| Laani | Southern Finland | |
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| Residents | 214.605 (2015) | |
| height | 27 | |
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| Tourist info | 358 9 8392 2133 vantaa.fi | |
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Vantaa (SwedishVanda) is the fourth largest city of Finland, but is often considered a suburb of Helsinki in Southern Finland perceived. Helsinki International Airport is located in Vantaa.
background
Vantaa is made up of seven districts: Myyrmäki, Kivistö, Aviapolis, Tikkurila, Koivukylä, Korso and Hakunila. These city districts are also subdivided into a total of 61 city districts.
getting there
By plane
All domestic and foreign flights land on the modern Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Vantaa. International and domestic terminals are separate, but connected by a footpath.
By train
By bus
The cheapest connection from the airport to Helsinki is the bus line 615, which takes about 40 minutes to the main station and costs 4.00 euros, departure in the opposite direction at bus platform 10 (at Rautatientori, on which the Kivi monument is) about all 20 minutes. Finnair offers buses to the hotels for € 5.90 (as of 02/2009).
In the street
Six arterial roads from Helsinki run through the urban area of Vantaa, the highways to Hämeenlinna (Hämeenlinnanväylä), Tuusula (Tuusulanväylä), Lahti (Lahdenväylä) and Porvoo (Porvoonväylä), the road to Vihti (Vihdintäylä), and the eastern arterial road (Itäväylä). All of the aforementioned roads are connected by Ring Road III (Kehä III), which surrounds Helsinki in a semicircle.
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Eureka, Kuninkaalantie 7, 01301 Vantaa. Tel.: 358 9 85799, Email: [email protected]. The science center is housed in a futuristic building in the Tikkurila district. There are special exhibitions and an IMAX cinema, which is also used as a planetarium, where visitors can carry out their own experiments.Open: very different, mostly between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., information on the homepage.
- Pyhan Laurin kirkko Helsingin pitäjän kirkko, Kirkkotie 45. A medieval stone church from the 15th century.
- 2 Myyrmies kirkko, Uomatie 1 (in Myyrmäki). Myyrmäki Church, built in 1984, cubist both inside and out.
activities
- 1 Flamingo water park and spa, Tasetie 8, Vantaa. Tel.: 358 (0)20 778 5200. Open: Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sun 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
shop
- 1 Jumbo Shopping Center, Vantaanportinkatu 3, 01510 Vantaa. It is Finland's second largest shopping center with over 120 stores on 85,000 square meters and 7 million visitors in 2006.Open: all shops from Monday to Friday 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday 12 a.m. - 9 p.m.
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Airport Hotel Bonus Inn, Elannontie 9. A reliable business hotel with a shuttle bus to the airport.
- 2 Comfort Hotel Pilotti, Veromaentie 1, 01510 Vantaa. Tel.: 358 (0)9 329 4800. Business hotel with shuttle bus from 5:00 to 8:00 to the airport, from 5:00 to 2:00 from the airport, breakfast from 4:00 to 10:00, cheap for early departures.Price: single from 80.00, double from 95.00 euros.
- 3 Holiday Inn HELSINKI-VANTAA AIRPORT, Ralssitie 2, Helsinki 01510. Tel.: 358-9-870900 (Reception), Fax: 358-9-87090101. Free shuttle bus, free parking spaces, free WiFi.
- 4 Sokos Hotel Vantaa, Hertaksentie 2, Vantaa, 01300. Tel.: 358201234605, Email: [email protected]. Restaurant, sauna, fitness room, bar, free internet. Only a few hundred meters from the Tikkurila train station and the Heureka science center.
- 5 Break Sokos Hotel Flamingo, Tasetie 8, 01510 Vantaa (In the Flamingo complex next to the Jumbo shopping center and the Flamingo Spa.). Tel.: 358201234618, Email: [email protected].
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health
Practical advice
- Vantaa City Tourist Office, Townhouse Asematie 7, SF-01300 Vantaa. Tel.: 358 9839 3134, Fax: 358 9839 3545.
trips
- To the capital Helsinki can be walked.
