Service group: Environment & nature
Saving energy
Sensible use of energy is a good way to save money and to help the environment.
We Vantaa folk are champions and now it's time to celebrate – welcome to Innovation Festival Week!
Vantaa is the European Rising Innovative City 2021! To celebrate our international recognition, we will celebrate Innovation Festival Week from 24 to 30 October 2022 with a series of events, an inspiring webinar series and the launch of the best ideas from the Urban Innovations of All Sizes
Making the Green City Together webinar
Welcome to Vantaa Innovation Festival week! Making the Green City Together webinar presents Vantaa environment-based innovations, green transition and the related partnering, as well as Vantaa’s goal of being climate-neutral in 2030. There will be three webinars on the subject during the Innovation
Innovation Festival
Vantaa celebrates its The New European Rising Innovative City award during the Innovation Festival week, October 20-30, 2022. During the week, we will arrange innovation-themed webinars, events, as well as publish the best proposals of the Urban Innovations of All Sizes competition.
Håkansböle manorial park
The manorial park was established on the Håkansböle estate in the 1780’s. Today the park is open to the public year-round and serves as a site for a variety of events.
Cultural environment
Vantaa City Museum hires two researchers of built heritage and one archaeologist. You can ask them questions about protection and management of the cultural environment.
Vantaa Adult Education Centre
Vantaa Adult Education Centre organises civic education, basic adult education, and foreign language and integration training for immigrants.
Declaration by Finland’s six largest cities on the promotion of the national sustainable development road map
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its goals enable a horizontal examination of the future challenges and functions of cities.
Development of Kuusijärvi
Kuusijärvi will be developed into an all-year site for nature and recreational activities, on the terms of the local nature and landscapes.
Kuusijärvi nature and history
The intriguing history of Kuusijärvi is full of kings, tragic maidens and a horse rider who lost his sword. The name of Kuusijärvi (“Spruce lake”) comes from a small lake surrounded by spruce trees.