Vermo
Vermo is the largest harness racing track in Finland. The track was opened in 1977. It is located in the Leppävaara district of Espoo, but is officially regarded as the racecourse of the neighbouring Helsinki.Photo: Pitke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mäkkylä railway station and Gallen-Kallela Museum.
Mäkkylä railway station
Railway station
Photo: Skorpion87, Public domain.
Mäkkylä is a station on the VR commuter rail network, between the cities of Helsinki and Espoo in Finland. It is situated between Pitäjänmäki railway station and Leppävaara railway station and is about nine kilometres northwest of Helsinki Central railway station. Mäkkylä railway station is situated 610 metres north of Vermo.
Gallen-Kallela Museum
Museum
Photo: Tuppence1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Gallen-Kallela Museum is situated 1 km south of Vermo.
Pitäjänmäki railway station
Railway station
Photo: Skorpion87, Public domain.
Pitäjänmäki station is a station on the Helsinki commuter rail network located in western Helsinki, Finland. It is located about 10 kilometres to the northwest of the Helsinki Central Station in the district of Pitäjänmäki, and is situated between the stations of Valimo and Mäkkylä. Pitäjänmäki railway station is situated 1¼ km northeast of Vermo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pajamäki and Mäkkylä.
Pajamäki
Quarter
Pajamäki is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. It is located in Pitäjänmäki district. As of 2008, Pajamäki has 1,802 inhabitants living in an area of 0.27 km2.
Perkkaa
Quarter
Photo: Hezzu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Perkkaa is a neighbourhood in the district of Leppävaara in Espoo, Finland. On New Year, 2017, the population of the neighbourhood was 3,836. The name of the neighbourhood comes from the Bergans farm that used to be located in the area.
Vermo
- Type: Sports venue
- Description: horse racing venue in Espoo, Finland
- Categories: horse racing venue, horse racing, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Espoo, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.21586° or 60° 12′ 57″ northLongitude
24.84149° or 24° 50′ 29″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
9GG66R8R+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 685100428OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=sports_centreOpenStreetMap feature
sport=horse_racingGeoNames ID
12670297Wikidata ID
Q3135943
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Vermo” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Vermo”
- Finnish: “Vermon ravirata”
- Finnish: “Vermon Ravirata”
- French: “hippodrome de Vermo”
- French: “Hippodrome de vermo”
- French: “Hippodrome de Vermo”
- French: “Hippodrome De Vermo”
- Spanish: “Hipodromo de Vermo”
- Spanish: “Hipódromo de Vermo”
- Swedish: “Vermo travbana”
- Swedish: “Vermo Travbana”
- Swedish: “Vermo”
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