Service group: Sports and outdoor activities
You can now borrow exercise equipment with your library card
You can borrow exercise equipment with your own library card at altogether four libraries in Vantaa. Selection is wide: ranging from footballs, to kettlebells, to trash-pickers.
Under 18-year-old boys’ ice hockey championship in Vantaa
Under 18-year-old boys’ ice hockey championship games are also played in Vantaa at the turn of April-May. Pikkuleijonat (Finnish men’s national under-18 team) have been allotted into the preliminary round that will be played in Espoo, but in Vantaa you can follow the games played by the teams of
Metsähotelli Kuusijärvi accommodates almost 400 outdoor enthusiasts
A new Forest Hotel, called Metsähotelli, will rise in Kuusijärvi Nature and Recreation Area Vantaa, right next to Sipoonkorpi National Park. The hotel will be opened on the Finnish Nature Day, which is celebrated on August 31, 2024.
Enrollment in sports-oriented summer camps to begin on April 8
The City of Vantaa arranges sports day camps for elementary school children in June and in August. Enrollment in the summer camps begins on April 8, 2024.
Metropolitan area guided nature tours offer 130 free-of-charge excursions from spring to fall
Guided nature tours of metropolitan area nature sites have again been collected in the municipalities’ joint nature-excursion calendar. The calendars informing about the year 2024 excursions are available for pickup in libraries and customer-service points as of the beginning of April.
Kalkkikallio nature reserve
The Kalkkikallio nature conservation area was protected in 2007 based on its rocky forest habitat. The area is 18.7 hectares.
Outdoor activities and recreational areas
Vantaa offers great opportunities for outdoor activities and exercise: beaches, parks, fishing, camping, and other ways to relax and enjoy nature.
Guided exercise
The city of Vantaa offers many opportunities for guided exercise. These include exercise and gym groups as well as water aerobics. There's also a wide selection of online workouts available that you participate in from home.
Gubbmossen nature reserve
The Gubbmossen nature conservation area was protected in 2003 based on its pine bogs with large subshrub vegetation. The area is 18.5 hectares.
Sport buddies are seeking children and young people from schools to participate in recreational activities
The aim of sport buddy activities is to encourage children and young people who do not have any hobbies to participate in sports or other recreational activities of their choice.