Southern Finland
Uusimaa
Helsinki sub-region

Espoo

Espoo with a population of a quarter of a million is the second largest city in Finland. It's part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of , , and the small city of Kauniainen which is completely encircled by Espoo.
Tap on a place
to explore it
espoo.fi
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Espoo Cathedral and Espoo railway station.

Church
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a medieval parish church and cathedral in Espoo, . It is the seat of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Espoo, established in 2004.

Railway station
Photo: Arttuh2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station in the district of in the city of Espoo, . It is between the stations of and , about 20 kilometres from the Helsinki Central railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Wurstimakkara, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tuomarila or Domsby is a station on the VR commuter rail network located in Espoo, . The station is served by the commuter trains E from Helsinki to and U and L between Helsinki and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Espoon keskus and Kauniainen.

Suburb
Photo: JKorpimies, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the central district of Espoo, the second biggest city of and the administrative centre with the city hall of Espoo. The areas of Kiltakallio, , Saarniraivio, Suna, Suvela and belong to .

Town
Photo: Migro, Public domain.
is a town in , located in the southern interior of the country. is situated in the southern part of the region, and it is enclaved by the City of Espoo.

Suburb
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Köklax is a district of Espoo, in the Greater Helsinki area of . is growing fast and in 2006 hosted The Finnish Housing Fair.

Espoo

Latitude
60.205° or 60° 12′ 18″ north
Longitude
24.656° or 24° 39′ 22″ east
Population
321,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
FI ES2 and FI ESP
Open location code
9GG66M34+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25963545
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
660158
Wiki­data ID
Q47034
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Espoo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Espoo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Espoo”
  • Albanian: “Espoo”
  • Arabic: “إسبو”
  • Arabic: “اسبو”
  • Aragonese: “Espoo”
  • Armenian: “Էսպոո”
  • Asturian: “conceyu d’Espoo”
  • Asturian: “Espoo (conceyu de Finlandia)”
  • Asturian: “Espoo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Espoo”
  • Balinese: “Espoo”
  • Bashkir: “Эспоо”
  • Basque: “Esbo”
  • Basque: “Espoo”
  • Belarusian: “Эспа”
  • Belarusian: “Эспаа”
  • Bengali: “এস্পো”
  • Bosnian: “Espoo”
  • Breton: “Espoo”
  • Bulgarian: “Есбо”
  • Bulgarian: “Еспоо”
  • Catalan: “Espoo”
  • Cebuano: “Espoo”
  • Chechen: “Эспоо”
  • Chinese: “埃斯波”
  • Chinese: “艾斯博”
  • Cornish: “Espoo”
  • Croatian: “Esbo”
  • Croatian: “Espoo”
  • Czech: “Espoo”
  • Danish: “Esbo”
  • Danish: “Espoo”
  • Dutch: “Esbo”
  • Dutch: “Espoo”
  • Eastern Mari: “Эспоо”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اسپو”
  • Esperanto: “Espoo”
  • Estonian: “Esbo”
  • Estonian: “Espoo linn”
  • Estonian: “Espoo”
  • Fijian: “Espoo”
  • Finnish: “Espoo”
  • Finnish: “Espoon kaupunki”
  • French: “Esbo”
  • French: “Espoo”
  • Galician: “Espoo”
  • Georgian: “ესპოო”
  • German: “Esbo”
  • German: “Espoo”
  • Greek: “Έσποο”
  • Gujarati: “એસ્પૂ”
  • Hebrew: “אספו”
  • Hindi: “एस्पू”
  • Hungarian: “Esbo”
  • Hungarian: “Espoo”
  • Icelandic: “Espoo”
  • Ido: “Espoo”
  • Inari Sami: “Espoo”
  • Indonesian: “Espoo”
  • Interlingue: “Espoo”
  • Irish: “Espoo”
  • Italian: “Esbo”
  • Italian: “Espoo”
  • Japanese: “エスポー”
  • Kalaallisut: “Espoo”
  • Kannada: “ಎಸ್ಪೂ”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Эспо”
  • Korean: “에스포”
  • Kotava: “Espoo”
  • Kurdish: “Espoo”
  • Latin: “Esbo”
  • Latin: “Espo”
  • Latin: “Espoo”
  • Latvian: “Espo”
  • Latvian: “Espoo”
  • Lithuanian: “Espas”
  • Lithuanian: “Espo”
  • Lithuanian: “Espoo”
  • Lombard: “Espoo”
  • Luxembourgish: “Espoo”
  • Macedonian: “Еспо”
  • Malagasy: “Espoo”
  • Malay: “Espoo”
  • Maltese: “Espoo”
  • Manx: “Espoo”
  • Maori: “Espoo”
  • Marathi: “एस्पो”
  • Mingrelian: “ესპოო”
  • Moksha: “Эспоа”
  • Moksha: “Эспоо”
  • Nauru: “Espoo”
  • Northern Frisian: “Espoo”
  • Northern Sami: “Esbo”
  • Northern Sami: “Espoo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esbo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Espoo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Esbo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Espoo”
  • Norwegian: “Esbo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Espoo”
  • Ossetian: “Эспо”
  • Ossetian: “Эспоо”
  • Persian: “اسپو”
  • Polish: “Esbo”
  • Polish: “Espoo”
  • Portuguese: “Espoo”
  • Quechua: “Espoo”
  • Romanian: “Esbo”
  • Romanian: “Espoo”
  • Russian: “Эспо”
  • Russian: “Эспоо”
  • Samogitian: “Espoo”
  • Santali: “ᱤᱥᱯᱩ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱥᱯᱩ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱥᱯᱳ”
  • Scots: “Esbo”
  • Scots: “Espoo”
  • Serbian: “Espoo”
  • Serbian: “Еспо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Espoo”
  • Silesian: “Espoo”
  • Sinhala: “එස්පූ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Espoo”
  • Slovak: “Espoo”
  • Slovenian: “Esbo”
  • Slovenian: “Espoo”
  • Spanish: “Esbo”
  • Spanish: “Espoo”
  • Swedish: “Esbo kommun”
  • Swedish: “Esbo stad”
  • Swedish: “Esbo”
  • Tamil: “எஸ்ப்பூ”
  • Tamil: “யெஸ்ப்பூ”
  • Tatar: “Эспоо”
  • Telugu: “ఎస్పో”
  • Thai: “เอ็สโป”
  • Turkish: “Espoo”
  • Ukrainian: “Еспо”
  • Ukrainian: “Еспоо”
  • Urdu: “ایسپو”
  • Venetian: “Espoo”
  • Veps: “Espoo”
  • Vietnamese: “Espoo”
  • Volapük: “Espoo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Espoo”
  • Western Mari: “Эспоо”
  • Wu Chinese: “埃斯波”
  • Yue Chinese: “艾斯博”
  • Zulu: “Espoo”
  • “Espō”
  • “Espoo”
  • “ma tomo Esupo”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Espoo”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Espoontori and Vaakunatori.

Uusimaa: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Helsinki, Vantaa, Porvoo, and Lohja.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Espoo”. Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 3.0.