City of Espoo - news

City of Espoo's Annual Report 2012 now online.

In the latest issue of Espoo magazine, Mikko “Peltsi” Peltola describes how he comes to Nuuksio to ride his mountain bike or walk his dog. This well-known TV host is a big fan of local hiking. Nature has the power to get people to stop and relax.

Espoo is taking part in MIPIM (Le Marché International des Professionnels de I’IMmobilier) international real estate market in Cannes, France. World´s biggest international real estate property market gathers 4,300 real estate investors, 1,850 exhibiting companies and 20,000 unique participants from 80 countries.

Friends, family and other people are key to the emotional well-being of the young people interviewed for this issue's article.

HKL and Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. (CAF) signed a contract on 6 February for the procurement of 20 new metro trains.

Bus routes change in the center of Tapiola on 28 January 2013. The changes are due to construction work on a Metro feeder bus terminal. The work will continue until late 2015.

The opening hours of services provided by the City of Espoo may differ on Christmas and New Year. Details are available on the website of each service.

The metro and a couple of thousand permanent residents will soon become part of the Keilaniemi street scene.

Already one in ten Espoo residents is born abroad.

The building of the West Metro has reached the halfway mark. Now, 71% of the excavation work - nearly 20 km of tunnel - has been completed. The metro line is scheduled to be opened for traffic at the end of 2015.

The cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen have signed a cooperation agreement concerning information and guidance given to customers with foreign backgrounds. The cities inform their customers about the services, the Finnish service system and issues related to immigration following the reciprocity principle.

Espoo hosts together with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa and Lahti an international conference of metropolitan regions.

In the coming years we will see big changes in Tapiola, Otaniemi and Keilaniemi areas.

Finland will switch back to winter time during the night between next Saturday and Sunday. Clocks are turned back one hour on 28 October at 4am. Helsinki region public transport services will mainly operate on summer time until the end of night service.

Global provider of telecom IT solutions Tecnotree launched today Quja, a coworking space for new Finnish technology startups. The premises are located in Suomenoja, Espoo, next to Tecnotree’s headquarters.

Finnvera, Finpro and Tekes, the main financiers of and experts in innovation activities in Finland will move into a joint facility in Otaniemi, Espoo. An energy-efficient and innovative office building will be constructed from timber next to the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK).

Did you know that almost all of the Social Insurance Institution subsidies can be applied online and this enables faster processing of applications? The seven citizen's offices in Espoo are able to advise in matters about these subsidies and especially in completion of forms online.

HSL’s service routes provide more accessible transport service for those who find the regular public transport difficult to use. On these routes, there is no hurry and when needed the driver helps passengers on and off the bus. The Espoon keskus service route P80 operates on a demand responsive basis, i.e. you can book a bus ride and the bus will pick you up from your stop.

HSL will provide additional bus services on Espoo Day, Saturday 25 August 2012.

Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) will switch to winter timetables 13 of August 2012. The winter timetable booklets will be available the first week in August. HSL’s winter timetable booklets are delivered to households in Espoo during the week beginning Monday 30 of July 2012.