Matinkylä is a diverse city centre in South Espoo. It is one of the fastest-growing districts in the Metropolitan Region.
The Metro line has made Matinkylä a significant public transportation hub. Matinkylä was the terminal station of the first stage of the West Metro. Integrated into the shopping centre and the metro station, the new indoor bus terminal serves as a convenient transfer point to other parts of Espoo. Matinkylä offers a wide range of services and has excellent connections to Helsinki city centre and to other centres in Espoo.
There are currently over 20,000 inhabitants living in the area. The population of Matinkylä is expected to reach 30,000 by 2050.
Distance from Helsinki Central Railway Station to Matinkylä is 20 minutes by metro.
Matinkylä offers a wide range of services.Photo: Heidi-Hanna Karhu
Shopping centre Iso Omena is located in Matinkylä. Iso Omena ranks among the three largest shopping centres in Finland with some 200 stores and service providers and a gross leasable area of 100,000 m². In addition to interesting stores, the shopping centre will offer a wide range of entertainment services. There are 3,000 parking places in the centre.
City of Espoo has citizens’ service centre in the Iso Omena shopping centre. This unique service centre will make the everyday life of the residents very convenient, offering people the opportunity for diverse public services under one roof.
Matinkylä comprises a diverse landscape ranging from rocky seashores to the central park area with beautiful scenery and a wide range of outdoors activities. The seashore attracts everyone from joggers to sunbathers and swimmers. The large island of Iso Vasikkasaari is a recreational area open to the public, accessible by a ferry connection from Nokkalanniemi. There are two guest marinas, which serve as starting points for boat trips to nearby islands and further on into the Gulf of Finland.
Sport activities in Matinkylä include a diverse sports park with ice hockey, football, bmx, floorball, skateboarding and athletics. There are also many private gyms, sports clubs and activities like wind surfing and horse-riding.
New swimming hall was opened 2022 close to Iso Omena shopping centre.
The West Metro line has made Matinkylä a significant public transportation hub.Photo: Olli Urpela
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The land development close to the metro centre will continue, and many new jobs will be created in the area. Based on the Matinkylä‒Olari development vision, the city centre will be developed with a high density of housing, services and jobs. The central area will be surrounded by residential areas of lower density including recreational activities and parks. In the future, this city centre located between the sea and Espoo Central Park will feature even more private and public services and a wider range of leisure activities.
Development will continue immediately to the west of the Metro Centre. Planned for completion by 2024 is the new high school.
Hotel Matts has a central location on the metro route and next to Iso Omena shopping center.Photo: Gullichsen Vormala Arkkitehdit Ky
Tynnyripuisto area west of the Metro Centre
Next to the Metro Centre, development is completed with the construction of a hotel, commercial services and high-quality residential housing.
A new high-end, 192-room hotel along with residential properties and two apartment hotels were built to the west of the Matinkylä Metro Centre and Iso Omena shopping centre extension in Espoo. The hotel’s ground floor has a restaurant, which features a courtyard dining area for the summer season.
One end of the hotel building is an the entrance to the metro station.
The project was completed 2021. It was carried out by the Lujatalo Oy construction company. The total value of the project was about €60 million.
In addition, there will also be a park including sports facilities and other activities.
Opposite the Metro Centre, there is also a site reserved for a new senior residential centre, with 140 senior citizen apartments and a broad selection of senior and home care services.
Within one kilometre west of the Metro Centre, on both sides of Suomenlahdentie road, there will be some 100,000 m² of residential housing, including experimental housing projects and complementary building projects as well as a Life and Learning Centre for Senior Citizens.
Matinkylä swimming hall, which utilises renewable energy sources, was opened in spring 2022.
Matinkylä Sports Park
Matinkylä Sports Park is a great place for different activities. For skating and hockey there are now total of five indoor ice rinks and an outdoor rink as well. Football, basketball and track and field can be trained there as well. A BMX track was finished in 2018.
Kuitinmäentie projects
Old student apartments will be demolished and new apartment buildings will be built in their place (City of Espoo 2023–2026).
Pending planning projects
Gräsantörmä, a project to amend the detailed plan of the area at the junction of Ring II and Kuitinmäentie. The existing office building will be replaced by apartment buildings.
Komeetanrinne, a project to amend the detailed plan of the area next to the existing Prisma hypermarket. The project comprises an apartment building complex with 7–15 storeys and approximately 16,000 m2 of gross floor area.
Other development projects
Gräsantulli area – new apartment buildings (18,350 floor m², Hartela, YIT, Espoon Asunnot 2021-2025).
As a Public Private Partnership project new educational building in Kuitinmäki (2022–2024).
Development of Mattliden school campus is under planning.
