Food Scene
Old mansion with Dumari restaurant & brewery, boutique (Country White) and horse stables near the green and peaceful Vantaa riverside. 30 minutes walk from our house (2,7 km).
restaurant: https://www.facebook.com/ravintoladumari/info?tab=overview
boutique: http://www.countrywhite.fi/Tuomarinkyla
Tuomarinkylän ravintola
Old mansion with Dumari restaurant & brewery, boutique (Country White) and horse stables near the green and peaceful Vantaa riverside. 30 minutes walk from our house (2,7 km).
restaurant: https://www.facebook.com/ravintoladumari/info?tab=overview
boutique: http://www.countrywhite.fi/Tuomarinkyla
Parks & Nature
One of the allotment gardens in Helsinki with cute mini summer cottages. You can stroll along lanes and peek to small gardens.
Pakilan siirtolapuutarha
2 Pakilan rantatieOne of the allotment gardens in Helsinki with cute mini summer cottages. You can stroll along lanes and peek to small gardens.
Farm with cows, pigs and sheep and a café. Trekking paths in the "Central park" of Helsinki...more like central forest. There is also nature reserve with beautiful old trees. 40 min walk from our house.
Info: http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/haltiala-farm
http://www.hel.fi/static/ymk/esitteet/haltiala.pdf
Haltiala
Farm with cows, pigs and sheep and a café. Trekking paths in the "Central park" of Helsinki...more like central forest. There is also nature reserve with beautiful old trees. 40 min walk from our house.
Info: http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/haltiala-farm
http://www.hel.fi/static/ymk/esitteet/haltiala.pdf
Getting Around
Our nearest bus stop. Bus 61T and 61N run 50 meters from our house. Both take you to the Rautatientori in about 40 min (bus station next to railway station), and you don't need to hassle with transfers.Coming back from the town...same in opposite order ;) Bus 79 (bus stop in front of the K-Market in Pertunpellontie) takes you to Malmi train station in 5 minutes. There you can take a commuter train (I and K trains) to Helsinki main railway station.
Tickets and fares in Helsinki public transport: https://www.hsl.fi/en/tickets-and-fares
Vallesmannintie
Our nearest bus stop. Bus 61T and 61N run 50 meters from our house. Both take you to the Rautatientori in about 40 min (bus station next to railway station), and you don't need to hassle with transfers.Coming back from the town...same in opposite order ;) Bus 79 (bus stop in front of the K-Market in Pertunpellontie) takes you to Malmi train station in 5 minutes. There you can take a commuter train (I and K trains) to Helsinki main railway station.
Tickets and fares in Helsinki public transport: https://www.hsl.fi/en/tickets-and-fares
Essentials
K-Market Töyrynummi
4 PertunpellontieGrocery store 300 meter from our house. Open on most days until 11 pm.
Sightseeing
Dating back to ca. 1450, Church of st. Lauri is the oldest building in Vantaa and all of Greater Helsinki. There is also cafe and hairdresser in the old village houses by the churc. 40 min walk from our house (3,4 km)
read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Lawrence,_Vantaa
Kirkkotie 45
45 KirkkotieDating back to ca. 1450, Church of st. Lauri is the oldest building in Vantaa and all of Greater Helsinki. There is also cafe and hairdresser in the old village houses by the churc. 40 min walk from our house (3,4 km)
read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Lawrence,_Vantaa