Vantaa

Vantaa is in the Uusimaa region in southern Finland, right north of Helsinki. Part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, it is the fourth most populous city in Finland with about 240,000 inhabitants as of 2021. Wikivoyage

Population 248,199 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Finland

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• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Finland

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Sankariristi Memorial · 30 m
• Helsingin pitäjän kotiseutumuseo Museum · 100 m
• Muistelupaikka Memorial · 300 m
• Kirkonkylän mylly Attraction · 360 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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1. Winter Carnival

   February – March

   A samba show held on a Saturday in late January at the nightclub Tulisuudelma (see section Nightclubs below). Features performances by the samba schools Império do Papagaio from Helsinki and Sambic from Tuusula.

   Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Vantaa); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Somewhere to run

• Kirkkoranta 890 m across 310 m
• Suutarilan rantapuisto 830 m across 570 m
• Kirkonkylän rantapuisto 1.6 km across 1.3 km
• Siltamäen aluepuisto 670 m across 650 m

Getting around

• Flamingo 1.2 km
• Aviapolis 2.9 km
• Puistola station 2.9 km
• Puistola 2.9 km
• Malmin taksitolppa 3.0 km
• Tapanila 3.3 km

More train stations: Tikkurila 3.4 km, Airport 3.8 km, Malmi 3.8 km, Hiekkaharju 4.2 km, Pukinmäki 4.6 km, Leinelä 5.3 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.