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About 25 per cent of Espoo residents speak a language other than Finnish or Swedish as their mother tongue. In total, more than 150 different mother tongues are spoken in Espoo. Each individual’s...
- supervisory control of building
- News
Espoo-based associations, clubs and other communities are encouraged to come up with ideas and plans for new health nature trails in their own neighbourhoods. The principle is that the community...
- Nature-wise Espoo
As extreme weather phenomena become more intense and common, the need to adapt to the changing climate increases. Espoo is involved in a research project coordinated by the Finnish Meteorological...
- environmental protection
- Climate
Big and difficult questions combined with topics that inspire people to seek solutions together. Such are the City of Espoo’s new focus areas in the promotion of well-being and health for the next...
- Well-being
- Participation
KAMU, the Espoo City Museum, is surveying the state of buildings in Espoo constructed during the 1980s and 1990s. The results of the first phase of the building inventory, known as the Postmodern...
- KAMU
- News
What is Espoo like as a new home town? This topic was discussed in the spring when a group of Espoo residents with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds gathered to compose a welcoming...
- Espoo for all
- News
In recent years, Espoo has worked actively to improve its management of early childhood education. In western Leppävaara, the results show as better well-being at work, reduced stress, and a stronger...
- Early Childhood Education
- Preschool
- News
Espoo recognised as a global leader in sustainable urban development on UN World Cities Day
3.11.2025The City of Espoo has become the first European city ever to win the Shanghai Award. The award is presented to cities that have made significant progress in implementing the UN Sustainable...
- International affairs
- News
For the fifth time, Children’s Weekend in Espoo will bring delight at the darkest time of the year at the end of November: 21–23 November 2025. The event has been given a new creative look by visual...