My Espoo – make your voice heard!
What comes to mind when you think about Espoo? What are the things you like? What should the city improve? Take our surveys that collect residents’ wishes for the future Espoo.
The results will be used as we update the city’s strategy, known as the Espoo Story, and develop our urban environment. The surveys are open until the end of October. Make your voice heard - take the My Espoo survey(external link, opens in a new window).
Espoo Story concerns all of us – including children and young people
The preparation of the Espoo Story for the next City Council term 2025–2029 has begun. We are now collecting residents’ views and wishes regarding Espoo’s future to support the work of our elected bodies.
“The My Espoo survey gives you a genuine opportunity to have your say on what we do here in Espoo and what our values are. I encourage everyone to take the survey,” says Mayor Jukka Mäkelä.
Children and young people also have a chance to participate in the city’s strategy work. The city has created a teaching package for pupils in grades 6–9 and general upper secondary school students, allowing them to take part in discussing Espoo’s future as part of their school work.
Young people also took part in the process four years ago and provided valuable feedback and input to support the preparation of the Espoo Story.
Now is the time to think about your future Espoo and participate in our survey.
Take the My Espoo survey(external link, opens in a new window). The survey only takes about 5 minutes to complete.
Tell us about your Espoo on the map
You can also respond to a map-based survey. In the My Espoo on the Map survey, you can mark places on the map to highlight those that are important to you or that you believe should be developed. You can describe the places in your own words. The survey also collects information on how residents get to different places. We will use this valuable information about residents’ local environments in city planning.
We conducted the first map survey in 2020, and it resulted in nearly 70,000 map entries and development ideas. Local nature and the safety of the environment are new themes in this year’s survey, as we know that they are important to our residents.
Having an understanding of what everyday life is like in Espoo helps us make our city more functional, pleasant and safe. The information collected will also be used in an Aalto University study that examines how the urban environment affects residents’ wellbeing and how wellbeing could be promoted.
Take the My Espoo on the Map survey(external link, opens in a new window). The map survey takes 20–30 minutes to complete.