2020-05-29
The City of Espoo will reopen the Service Points in Matinkylä and Leppävaara on 1 June 2020. The Espoonlahti Service Point will stay closed for now.
2020-05-28
The services at the Iso Omena Service Centre will start reopening gradually at the beginning of June. Avoid spending unnecessary time at the Service Centre, particularly near health services. Small gatherings are allowed – the organisers must ensure that restrictions are followed.
2020-05-25
The City of Espoo collects information about the coronavirus and its effects on the city’s operations on this website. The website will be updated as the situation changes.
2020-05-19
The Iso Omena and Kalajärvi Service Centres will be closed on Ascension Day (Thursday, 21 May 2020) and Pentecost (Sunday, 31 May 2020). This also applies to all remote services that many Service Centre units offer instead of face-to-face services during the coronavirus situation.
2020-05-08
The services at the Iso Omena Service Centre will be reopened gradually starting from 11 May 2020 at the same time as borrowing and returning of materials begins at Iso Omena Library which is located at the Service Centre. However, spending time at the Service Centre is still forbidden until the end of May.
The City of Espoo aims to open the Service Points in Matinkylä and Leppävaara on 1 June 2020. On the same day, Iso Omena and Sello Libraries that share facilities with the Service Points will open their doors to more than just simple borrowing and returning of materials. The Espoonlahti Service Point will stay closed for a while longer.
2020-04-28
The Iso Omena and Kalajärvi Service Centres will be closed on May Day, 1 May 2020. This also applies to all remote services that many Service Centre units offer instead of face-to-face services during the coronavirus situation.
2020-04-09
The City of Espoo’s mental health and substance abuse clinic will continue to see clients at the Iso Omena Service Centre in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. The opening hours have not changed and you can visit the clinic without booking an appointment. Please do not visit the clinic if you have symptoms of a common cold or belong to a risk group. However, help is also available by phone.
2020-04-08
The Iso Omena and Kalajärvi Service Centres will be closed for the Easter holidays from 10 to 13 April 2020. This also applies to all remote services that many Service Centre units offer instead of face-to-face services during the coronavirus situation.
2020-03-26
Please contact the Employment Corner if you have questions regarding registration as a job-seeker or if you need help filling in the registration form. The Employment Corner in Espoo serves its clients on the phone and by email.
Now that many public organisations have stopped serving customers in person or at least limited their face-to-face services, some citizens face a new challenge: how to run everyday errands from home if one has never done so before? We put together some information on the kinds of errands you can take care of using different devices.
2020-03-25
Our new Facebook series will take a look at the way this exceptional situation affects the everyday work of Service Centre employees and the services themselves. Our first guest is Service Centre Coordinator Suvi Jäntti from the Iso Omena Service Centre.
2020-03-18
The service points in Matinkylä, Leppävaara and Espoonlahti have been closed. The other three Service Points and online channels of the City of Espoo will continue to serve customers as usual.
2020-03-17
All libraries in Espoo has been closed as of 17 March 2020. At the Iso Omena Service Centre, the library shares spaces with other services. Customers can only enter the library to go through it to other services.
2020-03-16
The Iso Omena and Kalajärvi Service Centres encourage their clients to use e-services as much as possible. We keep on updating this news article as the situation regarding the Service Centre services change.
2020-03-13
Leppävaara, Matinkylä and Espoonlahti Service Points are closed for now. All the other City of Espoo Service Points will continue to serve customers as usual despite the coronavirus. However, we recommend that all customers postpone their non-urgent errands or contact the Service Points by phone or chat. The telephone number for generic advice and the chat window are available at www.espoo.fi/as...
2020-01-23
In 2019, the Iso Omena Service Centre attracted a record number of customers – once again. Statistics show that a total of 1,546,133 customers visited the Service Centre. This means an increase of about six per cent compared to the previous year. The number of customers visiting the Service Centre has constantly increased since it was opened in August 2016.
2020-01-15
The Kalajärvi Service Centre officially opened on 2 January 2020. Although regular visitors may not immediately notice the changes, a lot of preparations have taken place in the background. Soon, the service culture and even the visual signs will all show that the place is indeed a Service Centre. The first residents’ meeting that is open to everyone will be held on 22 January 2020.
2020-01-13
The experts at the Employment Corner help Espoo residents with their CVs, give advice on job-seeking and discuss different training options with their clients. The new service has been so popular that the Employment Corner will extend its opening hours and have a permanent location at the Iso Omena shopping centre.
2020-01-07
Kela’s Matinkylä service point, located at the Iso Omena Service Centre, will experiment with closing for lunch starting from 7 January 2020. This means that Kela’s customer service point will be closed daily from 11 to 12.