Itäkeskus
Itäkeskus is a quarter in the neighbourhood of Vartiokylä in Helsinki, Finland.
Itäkeskus is a quarter in the neighbourhood of Vartiokylä in Helsinki, Finland. The district's main attraction is the largest covered-in shopping mall in the Nordic countries, Itis, which make Itäkeskus as the most significant commercial center of East Helsinki. The district has a station on the Helsinki Metro, whose eastern entrance at the Tallinnanaukio square leads to the shopping centre. Itäkeskus has the eastern terminus of bus lines 500 and 550; the western terminus of line 500 is Munkkivuori and line 550 is Espoo's Westend bus station. Construction of the Jokeri light rail, which replaces bus line 550, began in 2019 and service began in 2023. The most important road connection to the Helsinki central from Itäkeskus runs along Itäväylä.
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Worth seeing in and around Itäkeskus
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Itis
Itis is a shopping center located in Itäkeskus in East Helsinki. It is located next to the Itäväylä motorway and the Itäkeskus metro station.
0 m · shopping mall in East Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 02Viikki Church
Viikki Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Viikki district of Helsinki, Finland. Completed in 2005, it is the newest of the city's church buildings.
3.6 km · church in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 03Maamerkki
Maamerkki is a high-rise building on Kauppakartanonkatu street near the Lyypekinaukio square in Itäkeskus in the Vartiokylä district of Helsinki, Finland. The building is 82 metres high and has 19 floors and has a viewing terrace at the top.
300 m · high-rise building in Itäkeskus, Helsinki · Wikipedia - 04Kirsikkapuisto
Kirsikkapuisto opened in 2007 in the Roihuvuori district of Helsinki, and is part of the Roihuvuori green area. The southern area has a fenced off dog park.
2.4 km · park in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 05Columbus Shopping Centre
Columbus is a shopping centre in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland, right next to the Vuosaari metro station. It is owned by Citycon.
3.5 km · shopping centre in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 06Cirrus
Cirrus is a high-rise cooperative apartment building in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Cirrus is the eighth tallest building in Finland with a height of 86 meters.
3.6 km · apartment building in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 07Playground Tuhkimo
Playground Tuhkimo is a public, free of charge park at Roihuvuori district in Helsinki, Finland.
2.2 km · park in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 08Hertsi
Hertsi is a shopping center located in Herttoniemi, Helsinki, Finland, the construction of which was completed in the spring of 2020. It is located along Itäväylä, quite close to Herttoniemi metro station.
3.2 km · shopping mall in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 09Atlas
Vuosaari is a neighbourhood in the city of Helsinki, Finland. It is located by the sea in East Helsinki and with its area of 15.38 km2 is geographically the largest district in the city.
3.7 km · high-rise building in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia - 10Easton Helsinki
Easton Helsinki is a shopping centre in Itäkeskus, Helsinki, Finland. It is connected to the Itis shopping centre through the Hansasilta bridge.
200 m · shopping mall in eastern Helsinki · Wikipedia
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Getting to Itäkeskus
- Airports
- Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 14 km · Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 90 km · Tampere-Pirkkala (TMP), 156 km
- Stations
- Siilitie metro station, 2.2 km · Itäkeskus metro station, 300 m · Mellunmäki metro station, 3.4 km · Rastila metro station, 2.3 km · Myllypuro metro station, 1.6 km
- Tampere / Pirkkala → Itäkeskus156 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · €19–27
- Turku → Itäkeskus157 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €18–25
- Lappeenranta → Itäkeskus194 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · €22–31
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Itäkeskus
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Itäkeskus. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe ferries from Germany nowadays dock at Vuosaari harbor, which is located in eastern Helsinki.
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Next door to Itäkeskus
Itäkeskus is 9 km from Helsinki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Vuosaaricity district and the 54th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland3.4 km
- Herttoniemi43rd neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland2.2 km
- Laajasalo49th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland3.7 km
- Tammisalo44th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland2.5 km
- Kurkimäkineighborhood of Helsinki in Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland2.6 km
- Mellunkylä47th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland2.7 km