Matinkylä – urban transport hub

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. 

Matinkylä offers excellent opportunities for sports and exercise. The Matinkylä sports park has an ice stadium, two football fields, an athletics field, a BMX track, a skate park, a parkour area and outdoor gym equipment. 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. 

• Outotec HQ
• Oracle Finland
• EKE Rakennus Oy
• Citycon Oyj & Citycon Finland

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. The new general upper secondary school was completed in 2024. 

Next to the Matinkylä metro centre, the development of a hotel, commercial services, and high-quality residential housing has been completed.

The new high-end 192-room hotel, residential buildings, and two apartment hotels were built west of the Iso Omena shopping centre. The restaurant on the hotel’s ground floor has a courtyard terrace open in the summer. The hotel also includes a rooftop terrace, which is open during the summer season.

One end of the hotel building has an entrance to the metro station.

In addition, Matinkylä has a lush park area with facilities for various sports (ice hockey, skating, football, BMX) and other activities.

Opposite the Metro Centre, a site has been reserved for a new senior residential centre, which will offer 140 senior apartments and a wide range of senior and home care services.

Plans are in place to build some 100,000 m² of residential housing on both sides of Suomenlahdentie within one kilometre west of the metro station.

Matinkylä Sports Park is a great place for different activities. For skating and hockey there are five indoor ice rinks and an outdoor rink as well. Football, basketball and track and field can be trained there as well. Competition certified BMX track is in the area.

Old student apartments will be demolished and new apartment buildings will be built in their place (City of Espoo 2023–2026).

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.

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.