Vantaa

Museums and Science Centres, petting zoos and medieval churches, the largest leisure centre in Finland adjoining one of the largest shopping malls in Finland, garden centres, parks and access to untamed woodlands and nature trails: don’t miss out on the real Vantaa – it’s much more than an airport.

Visitors to Vantaa will find themselves faced with a vast array of choices, as the city boasts a wealth of cultural and natural attractions. Artsi – Vantaa City Art Museum is a new kind of art museum, specialising in graffitti, street art, and performance art. In Vantaa City Museum, housed in the Old Railway Station Building in Tikkurila, visitors can explore the history of the region beginning thousands of years ago and progressing to the present. Not surprisingly, Vantaa is home to the Finnish Aviation Museum, where there are over two dozen aircraft on display, both civilian and military, as well as other aviation oriented exhibits. The museum also has a collection of almost 9,000 other items, its library lists more than 16,000 books and magazines on aviation, the museum also possesses a large collection of aviation-related photography, as well as three different flight simulators.