Leppävaara

Worth seeing in and around Leppävaara

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.

1. 01
   Aalto University

   Aalto University is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki.

   3.5 km · Finnish university · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Gallen-Kallela Museum

   The Gallen-Kallela Museum, located in Tarvaspää, Espoo, Finland, and built between 1911 and 1913 was a home and studio for Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The atelier building has been a museum since 1961.

   1.7 km · art museum in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Studio Aalto

   The Studio Aalto is a house in the Tiilimäki neighbourhood of Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, which Alvar Aalto designed during 1955–56 to be the studio of his architect bureau. Due to a large number of commissions, the office needed more space in which to work.

   3.6 km · building in Finland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Villa Aalto

   The Aalto House is a historic home and former architectural studio located in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Designed by architects Aino Aalto and Alvar Aalto as their joint residence and workspace, it was completed in August 1936.

   4 km · home museum, located in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sello

   Sello is a shopping mall in the Leppävaara, Espoo, Finland. The mall contains more than 170 shops and services including a concert hall and a library.

   400 m · shopping mall in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Helsinki Finland Temple

   The Helsinki Finland Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Espoo, Finland. Announced on April 2, 2000, it was the last temple dedicated by church president Gordon B. Hinckley and, at the time, served the church’s largest temple district, spanning at least a dozen time zones.

   2.1 km · LDS temple in Finland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Otaniemi water tower

   The Otaniemi water tower is a structure designed by the well-known Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in 1971. The water tower is located in Otaniemi area, Espoo, Finland.

   3.9 km · water tower in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Villa Elfvik

   The Villa Elfvik nature house is an environmental education centre in Espoo, Finland, directed at all residents of Espoo. The nature house offers information about nature and the environment in all forms.

   1.7 km · house in Finland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Aalto University Library

   Aalto University Library, from 2015 called Aalto University Learning Centre is a service unit of Aalto University. The library is a scientific service organization free for everyone to use.

   3.6 km · scientific library and service unit of Aalto University, located in Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Otaniemi Chapel

    Otaniemi Chapel is a Lutheran chapel located in the Otaniemi campus of Aalto University in Espoo, Finland.

    3.2 km · chapel in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Leppävaara

Airports

Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 14 km · Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 89 km · Turku (TKU), 144 km

Stations

Aalto University metro station, 3.6 km · Leppävaara railway station, 300 m · Pohjois-Haaga railway station, 4 km · Mäkkylä railway station, 1.5 km · Pitäjänmäki railway station, 2.5 km

• Turku → Leppävaara

  143 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €16–22
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• Tampere / Pirkkala → Leppävaara

  149 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · €18–26
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• Lappeenranta → Leppävaara

  207 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · €23–32
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