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1. Active cyclists gave feedback and suggestions to improve cycling in Espoo

   12.2.2025

   News

   In late 2024, we asked Espoo residents to tell us how smooth cycling is in Espoo and how it could be further improved. The responses have now been analysed and will be used to come up with measures...

   • Zoning
   • Participation

2. Over 120 hectares of new nature reserves will be established in Espoo

   11.2.2025

   News

   In Espoo, nature reserves cover up to 13 per cent of the city’s land area. The share of protected areas will increase further when Mätäjärvi, Pitkoskorpi and Teirinsuo-Vitmossen as well as...

   • Nature-wise Espoo
   • Nature
   • City Board
   • Sustainability
   • environmental protection

3. Espoo and partners cooperate to solve climate challenges

   27.1.2025

   News

   Espoo is involving the entire Espoo community in its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality. The city and its partners are exploring new ways to achieve the carbon neutrality goal in the energy,...

   • Sustainability

4. Espoo analyses development of building stock emissions – construction materials are key

   27.1.2025

   News

   A new scenario analysis, commissioned by Espoo, deepens the city’s understanding of the development of construction emissions, projecting up to the year 2060. Current data indicates that energy...

   • Climate

5. 3,270 new dwellings were built in Espoo last year

   27.1.2025

   News

   Espoo met its housing construction goals last year, even though the number of completed dwellings was more than 2,000 lower than in the previous year. This decline is due to the economic downturn in...

   • Urban development

6. Thousands of Espoo residents reached by urban planning – communications and interaction of 2024 wrapped up

   27.1.2025

   News

   Espoo is changing rapidly, and its residents are interested in urban planning. In 2024, the City Planning Department reached out to Espoo residents, especially to participate in the My Espoo on the...

   • Urban development
   • Zoning
   • Participation

7. Come and meet people from Espoo's early childhood education, basic education and upper secondary education units at Educa on 24 and 25 January at Messukeskus

   22.1.2025

   News

   Come and hear what it’s like to work for the City of Espoo and explore career opportunities available in early childhood education, basic education, and general upper secondary education. At our...

   • Work for Espoo

8. Home Street Portal is a useful tool

   14.1.2025

   News

   The Public Works Department’s Home Street Portal has undergone several upgrades. It is an excellent tool in matters concerning your neighbourhood. It also includes links to many useful websites....

9. Kaisa Paasto inspired school children towards humour and reading during the grant year

   8.1.2025

   News

   Alongside her writing, Kaisa Paasto has been able to visit school and talk about her work to children in Espoo.

10. Enrolment in pre-primary education, first grade and lower secondary school begins on 8 January 2025

    30.12.2024

    News

    Enrolment for the 2025–2026 school year begins in January. Guardians must enrol their children born in 2019 in pre-primary education and children born in 2018 in the first grade of basic education....

    • Basic Education
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Preschool