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Subdistrict of Helsinki in Southern Finland, Finland

Vartiosaari

Vartiosaari is a district of Helsinki, Finland.

Vartiosaari
Vartiosaari · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Vartiosaari is a district of Helsinki, Finland.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Vartiosaari

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
    National Defence University

    The Finnish National Defence University is a military university located in Helsinki. The university trains officers for the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard.

    3.7 km · Finnish military university (1993–) · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Itis

    Itis is a shopping center located in Itäkeskus in East Helsinki. It is located next to the Itäväylä motorway and the Itäkeskus metro station.

    2.9 km · shopping mall in East Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Kulosaari Church

    Kulosaari Church is a Lutheran church located in the Kulosaari suburb of Helsinki, Finland.

    3.7 km · church in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kirsikkapuisto

    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 km · park in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Maamerkki

    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.

    2.6 km · high-rise building in Itäkeskus, Helsinki · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Kulosaari manor

    Kulosaari Manor is a manor house and mansion located near the Kulosaari neighbourhood of Helsinki. The manor was designed in the neoclassical style by architect Pehr Granstedt in 1815.

    3.6 km · mansion in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Hertsi

    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.

    2.6 km · shopping mall in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Playground Tuhkimo

    Playground Tuhkimo is a public, free of charge park at Roihuvuori district in Helsinki, Finland.

    2 km · park in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Roihuvuori pesäpallo field

    Roihuttaret is a women's Finnish baseball team from Helsinki. It was founded in 1958.

    1.6 km · pesäpallo stadium in Helsinki, Finland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Easton Helsinki

    Easton Helsinki is a shopping centre in Itäkeskus, Helsinki, Finland. It is connected to the Itis shopping centre through the Hansasilta bridge.

    2.8 km · shopping mall in eastern Helsinki · 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.

Go there

Getting to Vartiosaari

Airports
Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 16 km · Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 87 km · Tampere-Pirkkala (TMP), 158 km
Stations
Kulosaari metro station, 3.9 km · Itäkeskus metro station, 2.8 km · Siilitie metro station, 2.9 km · Rastila metro station, 3.4 km · Puotila metro station, 3.4 km
  • Tampere / Pirkkala → Vartiosaari
    158 km · quickest by road, 3h · €19–27
  • Turku → Vartiosaari
    157 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · €17–24
  • Lappeenranta → Vartiosaari
    196 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · €22–31
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Vartiosaari

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 Vartiosaari. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe ferries from Germany nowadays dock at Vuosaari harbor, which is located in eastern Helsinki.

From Wikivoyage: Helsinki/Eastern suburbs, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Turku and the archipelago gatewayFI

    11 ways of moving, 13 sources

    158 km
  2. 02175 km
  3. 03
    Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring roadFI

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    205 km
  4. 04
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

    237 km
  5. 05
    Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)FI

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    285 km

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Around it

Next door to Vartiosaari

Vartiosaari is 8 km from Helsinki, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kulosaari42nd neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland3.9 km
  • Itäkeskusquarter in the neighbourhood of Vartiokylä in Helsinki, Finland2.6 km
  • Herttoniemi43rd neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland2.2 km
  • Laajasalo49th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland1.3 km
  • Jollasneighborhood of Helsinki in Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland2.4 km
  • Tammisalo44th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland1 km