Essentials
K-market
6 ArabiankatuGet some food. Open usually until 11pm. Excellent selection of veggie snacks.
Yet another grocery store, located at a small shopping mall. The place is bigger and a bit cheaper than the K-market that is next to my place.
S-market Arabia
111 HämeentieYet another grocery store, located at a small shopping mall. The place is bigger and a bit cheaper than the K-market that is next to my place.
Food Scene
A lovely old villa with a cosy cafeteria inside (and on a sunnu weather you can enjoy your cup outside as well). They offer lunch, coffee, tea, buns and breads.
See opening hours on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaffilabokvillan/
Kaffila Bokvillan
125 HämeentieA lovely old villa with a cosy cafeteria inside (and on a sunnu weather you can enjoy your cup outside as well). They offer lunch, coffee, tea, buns and breads.
See opening hours on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaffilabokvillan/
Sightseeing
A romantic riverside area with an old hydroelectric plant and tiny waterfalls.
21 locals recommend
Vanhankaupunginkoski
9 Katariina Saksilaisen katuA romantic riverside area with an old hydroelectric plant and tiny waterfalls.
Parks & Nature
A little island waiting for explorers! An excellent place to have a picnic. You can access it by walking along duckboards, no need for a boat. :)
65 locals recommend
Fårholmen
A little island waiting for explorers! An excellent place to have a picnic. You can access it by walking along duckboards, no need for a boat. :)
Annala estate area has lovely gardens filled with flowers and trees. There might be horses grazing somewhere nearby.
Annalan huvila
1 Waseniuksen puistotieAnnala estate area has lovely gardens filled with flowers and trees. There might be horses grazing somewhere nearby.
Here's a beach for swimming! The easiest way to get there is to walk along the river. The distance is 3km and it takes around 35 minutes to get there.
Pikkukosken uimaranta
23 PikkukoskentieHere's a beach for swimming! The easiest way to get there is to walk along the river. The distance is 3km and it takes around 35 minutes to get there.
Kumpula Botanic Garden
1a KalervonkatuBotanical gardens of Kumpula
Entertainment & Activities
Here are some "open air swimming pools". :) Cost is 4€ per swimmer and the opening hours are 6:30AM–8PM. You can rent a (trendy, eh?) swimming suit for 4€.
47 locals recommend
Kumpula Outdoor Swimming Pool
1 AllastieHere are some "open air swimming pools". :) Cost is 4€ per swimmer and the opening hours are 6:30AM–8PM. You can rent a (trendy, eh?) swimming suit for 4€.
Getting Around
Arabiankatu 2
2 ArabiankatuTram stop (6 to the city center)
Hämeentie 134
134 HämeentieBus stop, lines 68, 71 and 74 to city center / railway station.
Arts & Culture
Free WLAN here! There's a coffee shop also in the same building. And you can buy some Iittala and other design stuff here too.
Arabianranta Library
135 A HämeentieFree WLAN here! There's a coffee shop also in the same building. And you can buy some Iittala and other design stuff here too.