Olari
Olari (Finnish) or Olars (Swedish) is a district of the city of Espoo, Finland.
Olari (Finnish) or Olars (Swedish) is a district of the city of Espoo, Finland. Olari is located about 15 kilometres west of central Helsinki, north of the Länsiväylä highway and Matinkylä. The district has a population of about 15,000. The district is famous for its contribution to the Finnish rap culture. One of the most notable landmarks of the district is Olari Church and Parish Centre, designed by architects Simo and Käpy Paavilainen, and completed in 1981.
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Worth seeing in and around Olari
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.
- 01EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art
The EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, is a major art museum in Espoo in southern Finland. After the founding of Espoo Art Museum Foundation in September 2002, EMMA opened its doors for visitors in 2006.
2.8 km · art museum in Espoo in southern Finland · Wikipedia - 02Espoo Metro Areena
Espoo Metro Areena is an arena in the Tapiola District of Espoo, Finland. The arena is part of the Tapiolan Urheilupuisto.
2.3 km · multi-purpose stadium in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia - 03WeeGee house
The WeeGee house, officially The WeeGee Exhibition Centre, is the former printing house of the Weilin+Göös publishing house situated on Ahertajantie in Tapiola, Espoo, Finland. The first two phases of the building were designed by architect Aarno Ruusuvuori and completed in 1964 and 1967.
2.8 km · art museum building in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia - 04Haukilahti water tower
The Haukilahti water tower is located in Haukilahti in southern Espoo, Finland. The water tower was built in 1968 and is owned by the Espoo waterworks.
1 km · water tower in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia - 05Tapiola Church
Tapiola Church is a Lutheran church in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The modernist concrete building in brutalist style was designed by the architect Aarno Ruusuvuori and opened in 1965.
3.5 km · church in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia - 06Iso Omena
Iso Omena is a shopping centre in Matinkylä, Espoo, Finland, opened on September 24, 2001. The construction of Iso Omena aimed to, as far as possible, take heed of the wishes of the population of Espoo.
900 m · shopping centre in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia - 07Finnish Museum of Horology
The Finnish Museum of Horology and Jewellery Kruunu is a museum located at Ahertajantie 3 in Espoo, Finland. The museum specialises in watchmaking and jewellery.
2.8 km · museum in Finland · Wikipedia - 08Heikintori
Heikintori was a shopping centre in Tapiola, Espoo, Finland. Heikintori was the second oldest shopping centre in the entire country of Finland.
3.1 km · shopping centre in Tapiola, Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia - 09Ainoa
Ainoa is a shopping centre located in Tapiola, Espoo, Finland. Its first phase was opened on 24 October 2013 in a 1979 building that housed the Tapiola Sokos department house until 2011.
3.2 km · shopping centre in Finland · Wikipedia - 10Tapiolan keskustorni
The Tapiola Central Tower is a high-rise building at the centre of the Tapiola garden city in northeastern Espoo, Finland. The tower is 49 metres high and has 13 floors.
3.2 km · High-rise building in Espoo, Finland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Olari
- Airports
- Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 21 km · Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 84 km · Turku (TKU), 142 km
- Stations
- Urheilupuisto metro station, 1.9 km · Tapiola metro station, 3.1 km · Niittykumpu metro station, 900 m · Matinkylä metro station, 1 km
- Turku → Olari139 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · €16–22
- Tampere / Pirkkala → Olari151 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · €19–27
- Lappeenranta → Olari213 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · €24–33
- 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 Olari
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 Olari. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe same is true if you're arriving from Tallinn on Tallink's or Eckerö Line's ferries, from St.
- Get inPetersburg by ferry or on a massive cruise ship that can't dock in central Helsinki.
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Next door to Olari
Olari is 7 km from Espoo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.