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The City of Espoo offers diverse and high-quality culture and leisure services. At the City’s libraries, museums, cultural centres and orchestra, you can find yourself amid surprising experiences. We promote the inclusion and equality of residents through engaging cultural services.

Promoting Culture & Partnerships

For visit requests, please contact:

Partnerships and Promoting Culture is a team of experts in cultural services that promotes accessible culture for all ages and supports cultural activities in Espoo. The team has expertise in areas such as the legislation behind the municipality's cultural activities, cross-sectoral service development, cultural grants and partnerships.

Culture Education

Espoo has several unique models for culture and sports education. The KULPS culture and sports paths for schoolchildren and Culture Call for early childhood education promote free access to cultural and sports services for Espoo's children. The Hobby Path, which implements the Finnish Model for Leisure Activities, and cooperation with basic art education institutions also increase the variety of hobbies available to children and young people outside school hours. Children and young people have a say in the content of services.

Visiting Libraries

Libraries are meeting places and cultural centres, open to everyone. They offer newspapers, magazines, books, music, films and other materials that you can enjoy at the library or borrow and take home with you. Libraries have spaces where you can study, take part in recreational activities or just spend some time. Libraries also provide information and guidance services and arrange events and exhibitions.

To arrange a library visit, you can be in contact directly via email. Contact details can be found down below.

Lippulaiva Library

Espoonlahdenkatu 8, 02320 Espoo

Lippulaiva library is an example of commitment to sustainable development and the inclusion of residents. Recycled furniture, durable materials, original interior design and services such as an open community kitchen make the library an inviting and homely communal living room. The library is easily accessible in the new Lippulaiva city center, which combines apartments, commercial services and a public transport hub.

Iso Omena Library

Suomenlahdentie 1, 02230 Espoo

Iso Omena library is designed to make it easier for municipal residents to use various services. Library services combined with other public and private services and facilitates enable the use of different services at the same time. In connection with the youth section of the library, there is Ohjaamotalo for young people. This service center is located in the central Iso Omena shopping center at a public transport hub.