Vantaa Map, Finland

Vantaa History

For example, many of the historians will tell you that around the year 1800, Vantaa was a very small town with a population of 5000 people.  While this is definitely true, it is also important to consider this in a wider context.  Vantaa was not really a city in the same sense that it is today.  The people that were in the area around that time were mostly fishermen and the town itself was mostly a town that had... read more

Vantaa Nightlife

If there is one serious criticism that could be made of Vantaa as a tourism destination that serious criticism would probably have quite a bit to do with the fact that the nightlife in the city is not what it is in many of the other cities around the world.  However, one of the great things that offset that fact is the notion that Vantaa is right next to Helsinki and this allows you to quickly slip down to the Finnish... read more

Vantaa Travel Guide

One of the most interesting aspects of the city of Vantaa is how diverse it is.  For example, if you take a look at the municipal council of Vantaa what you will see is that there are eight different parties represented on the council with ideologies from all parts of the political spectrum.  Likewise if you take a look at all of the sister cities that Vantaa has in the world, you will see cities from Nordic... read more

Vantaa Sightseeing

Because Vantaa is often associated with people that live in the city and work in Helsinki, many people have the mistaken impression that Vantaa is a suburb of Helsinki.  While it may be a suburb by European standards, it is nothing like the suburbs of North America where there is absolutely nothing for a tourist to do.  Suburbs in Europe are teeming areas with a high younger population that enjoys partying and for... read more