Outdoor Recreation Areas
Roaming, camping, picking berries, listening to the sounds of nature, enjoying yourself… In addition to versatile terrains, the outdoor recreation areas also contain cooking shelters and places to build a campfire.
Contact information and services
Kunnarlantie 33-39, 02740 Espoo
Located at the southern end of Lake Bodom, the Oittaa Recreation Area offers multiple opportunities for outdoor exercise. The area contains a campsite and one of the most popular beaches in Espoo with an Angry Birds park. Visitors may exercise or ski on a lit trail that is 4.4 km long. A nature trail c. 2 km long starts out from near the Oittaa Recreation Centre. There are also fixed orienteering points in the wilderness of Oittaa.
Oittaa Recreation Centre oittaanetti.fi(external link, opens in a new window)
Oittaa on the Service Map(external link, opens in a new window)
Puolarmaari 12, 02210 Espoo
- Recreation Centre and café / Cafe Puisto(external link, opens in a new window)
- Disc golf course
- Central Parks hiking routes and ski tracks
- Mountain bike trail, 4.2 km
- Neighbourhood sports area
- Artificial ice rink
Puolarmaari on the Service Map(external link, opens in a new window)
Ankarlaxintie 200, 02420 Jorvas.
Located in Hirsala, Kirkkonummi.
This secluded area with beautiful places to swim stretches out for three kilometres along the seashore. There are cooking shelters in the area.
Own caravan site for Espoo residents. Opening season: 1 May – 31 October.
- Supervisor, tel. +358 50 5937327 (from Friday 6 pm to Sunday pm).
- Enquiries, tel. +358 40 0618364
The bus to Hirsala will take you closest to Väransby. The distance from the terminal point to the Recreation Area is c. 1.5 km
Väransby on the Service Map.(external link, opens in a new window)
Managed by Metsähallitus, Nuuksio National Park spreads across Espoo, Kirkkonummi and Vihti.
More information on nationalparks.fi/nuuksionp(external link, opens in a new window).