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One of Finland's most popular national parks. Located in Espoo, southern Finland, with just a short drive to Helsinki City Center, Nuuksio offers truly Finnish scenery of deep forests, pure lakes, and peaceful natural landscapes, along with visitor services that make exploring the area easy and convenient.
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Espoon rantaraitti
A 40-km-long gravel path following the coastal line of Baltic Sea. The path is perfect for walking, cycling and jogging with plenty of cafés, restaurants, saunas and viewpoints along the way.
Known for being the iconic island with a lake with another island on the lake and for its history of being home to one Finnish fishing family back in the 1790s - 1986. There is an Archipelago Museum Pentala on the island with several buidling accessible free of charge with an exception for guided tours in Gurli's House (operated by KAMU Espoo City Museum). Visitors can access the island with public boats running from smaller Espoo's harbours during summer season (June-August). On the island operates summer Café Pentala.
The closest island from the mainland is perfect for a day trip visit. Visitors find nature trail around the island, playground for children, smaller swimming beaches, Discgolf cour and a summer Restaurant Gula Villan. It is possible to reach the island by scheduled public boats available from mid May till mid September (note: outside the main season available only on weekends).
This park is a permanent garden exhibition next to and operated by the Överby gardening vocational school. Stroll around and look at the works by the students. If you are an amateur gardener yourself, you'll perhaps get some ideas for your own garden.
Bodominjärvi
The most popular beach in Espoo has a grim history, it is the site of probably the most well-known unsolved mystery in Finland, the Lake Bodom murders. This is where the band Children of Bodom got their name from.
Glims gårdsmuseum
Local open air museum.