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Kauniainen
Town in Uusimaa, Finland

Kauniainen

Kauniainen is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country.

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Kauniainen is situated in the southern part of the Uusimaa region, and it is enclaved by the City of Espoo. The population of Kauniainen is approximately 10,000. It is the 95th most populous municipality in Finland. Kauniainen is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.62 million inhabitants.

Get in

Getting to Kauniainen

Espoo is the western neighbour of Helsinki and Vantaa. The south of Espoo is served by Highway 51, transforming into the local highway, Länsiväylä, while Highway 1 from Turku serves its central parts. The railway from Turku passes through Espoo and commuter trains along it serves central Espoo, including Kauniainen. The metro reaches Matinkylä in the south-east.

  1. 01
    Leppävaara
  2. 02
    Nuottaniemi

    Harbour of the yacht club Espoon pursiseura.

See

Worth seeing

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Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Espoo

    Many small islands outside Espoo can be visited by boat in the summer.

  2. 02
    Classical

    Tapiola Sinfonietta is an orchestra specializing in Viennese classical music, but also plays modern music.

  3. 03
    Mini-Tapiola

    "Mini-Tapiola" is a children's play park featuring a miniature version of the centre of Tapiola.

  4. 04
    Nuuksio National Park

    This is a "go to" place in Espoo, being probably the most accessible "true Finnish forest" near Helsinki.

  5. 05
    Serena Water Amusement Park
  6. 06
    Vermo Horse Racing Track

    Finland's premier horse racing track features races every Wednesday and some Saturdays.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Student diners in Otaniemi

    The lunch restaurants of the Aalto University engineering schools offer cheap meals even for non-students.

  2. 02
    Maukas

    Vuorimiehentie 5 (in Otaniemi), info@mau-kas.fi.

  3. 03
    Fazer Food & Co.

    Maarintie 8, tuas@foodandco.fi.

  4. 04
    Pizzaman

    Pizzaman is next to the K-Kauppa grocery store.

  5. 05
    Ravintola Haukimuori

    A lunch restaurant in Iivisniemi district with home cooked delicious food.

How locals move

Getting around Kauniainen the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Helsinki/Kamppi and Southwest, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.