Helsinki Vantaa
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport serving Helsinki, the capital of Finland, as well as its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region in Finland.
The airport is located in the neighbouring city of Vantaa, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Tikkurila, the administrative centre of Vantaa and 9.2 NM north of Helsinki's city centre. The airport is operated by state-owned Finavia. The facility covers a total of 1,800 hectares of land and contains three runways.
How locals move
Getting around Helsinki Vantaa the local way
- Get inA few European roads lead to Helsinki: E12 leads from Norway's coast through Vaasa (following the Blue Highway at that leg); E18 comes in from Stockholm in the west and from Saint Petersburg in the east; E67 (Via Baltica) ends in Tallinn, with several car ferries to Helsinki; E75 comes in from northern Norway and continues south-west by a non-existent ferry connection.
- Go nextThe Archipelago Sea and Åland to the west are known for their beauty and are accessible also by car and bicycle thanks to the ferries.
- Go nextThere is also a ferry directly from Hanko to Sweden.
- Go nextThere are about 10 daily ferry departures from Helsinki to Tallinn (in the summer even more).
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