Tag: Residents' magazine
Equal chats over coffee and encounters in markets and squares
According to retiring Mayor Ritva Viljanen, the best things about Vantaa are the nice people, the mindset for getting things done, the rugged atmosphere and the unpretentiousness.
Vantaa is sustainable
Sustainability is a word that comes up everywhere these days. People talk about ecological, economic and social sustainability. In Vantaa, you may have come across the phrase “Sustainable Vantaa”. But what does it mean?
Children and young people decided on a budget of 160 000 € in Vantaa – the money will be used to build cable slides and organise outdoor movies
Children and young people decided on a budget of 160000€ in Vantaa - the money will be used to build cable slides and outdoor movies. The winners of the participatory budgeting of children and young people in Vantaa were published on the Influential Day on April 26 at Vantaa City Hall.
School dog Varjo brings joy and does important work
Wildfay’s Public House, a.k.a. Varjo, has been working as a school dog for a year, visiting Mikkola School about every other week. The dog facilitates communication with adults, motivates the pupils and, at best, calms the class.
Editorial: Vantaa’s Objectives for the Government Programme
Mayor Ritva Viljanen writes about Vantaa's goals for the new government programme and many important issues for the future of the city in an editorial in the residents' magazine 1/2023.
The very first Welcome to Vantaa Event
How people settle down and integrate to Finland and their own living area has been a discussed topic lately. From various perspectives, it is important that people who move to Vantaa settle down successfully and enjoy living in their new hometown.
Land use planning 2023: Vantaa is big in detached and terraced housing
While there is plenty of construction going on in Vantaa’s city centres by the railway, the city is also big in detached and terraced housing.
Mobile youth work supports a safe environment
The most important party when dealing with matters relating to young people is their home. Multidisciplinary work can provide support where it is needed.
Vantaa is creating a physical activity programme – join in and make a difference!
Vantaa is creating a physical activity programme with the aim of getting residents to move more and sit less. Residents are invited to share their ideas on how to get people to move.
Parliamentary elections and urban planning in the new residents' magazine
The first residents' magazine of the year, 1/2023, will be published on 11 March. Including lots of news about the Parliamentary elections, the city planning review, events, news and much more.