Eastern Helsinki and Östersundom
Helsinki reflects its districts.
Dive deeper into information about how people live, spend time and engage in activities in different areas of Helsinki. This makes it easier for you to prepare a proposal that makes Helsinki more functional. You can also review the city’s preliminary plans that do not yet have funding. You can submit proposals concerning them through OmaStadi.
Demographic information about the area
How many people live here?
114,699
Whole city:
656,920
What stage of life are the residents in?
Working age
48.22 %
Pensioners and others
26.82 %
0-14 year olds
16.22 %
Students, military and civil service
8.74 %
What languages are spoken?
| Finnish | 72.26 % |
|---|---|
| Other/unknown | 11.04 % |
| Russian | 5.87 % |
| Swedish | 4.18 % |
| Somali | 3.75 % |
| Arabic | 2.9 % |
Five discoveries from the area
- "Kontula Lapland" can be found in Kivikko.
- There was a volcano in Vuosaari 1.9 billion years ago.
- Myllypuro has one of the highest sledging hill in Helsinki.
- The northernmost metro station in the world is in Mellunmäki.
- In 1965, Puhos was the largest shopping centre in Finland.
Culture and leisure tips
Finland's largest indoor skatepark in Kontula
Regional exercise services in Mellunkylä and Vuosaari
Kontula Library, 135,000 visits per year
Culture and leisure services in the entire Helsinki area
- 800 Sports facilities
- 150 Outdoor exercise areas
- 70 Different spaces for young people
- 37 Libraries
- 5 Cultural centres
- 1 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Culture and leisure visits in the entire Helsinki area
23,000,000
visits per year
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City plans on this area
The city prepares policies, programmes and plans to ensure that the city’s services are implemented equally in different parts of Helsinki. In this way, the city responds to the changing needs of its residents.
The page presents a compilation of preliminary plans that fit the district’s OmaStadi budget. They do not yet have funding from the city budget. You can submit a proposal based on the plan, i.e. attach the information from the plan to your own proposal.
Renovation of the Aurinkolahti beach maintenance building and changing rooms
Maintenance buildings investment plan
Bicycle parking near Café Kampela at the Aurinkolahti beach
Maintenance buildings investment plan
Outdoor gym at Itäkeskus on Itäpolku
Outdoor gyms investment plan
Renovation of the Marjaniemi beach maintenance building and changing rooms
Maintenance buildings investment plan
Sakarinmäki’s sand field will get artificial turf
Artificial and natural turf investment plan
Physical activity is promoted as part of every school and early childhood education day (The City of Helsinki Welfare Plan 2022–2025)
Physical activity is promoted as part of every school and early childhood education day in a goal-oriented manner and by utilising national methods of knowledge-based management.https://hyte.hel.fi...
Increasing the sense of solidarity among children and young people (The City of Helsinki Welfare Plan 2022–2025)
Strengthening the emotional and interpersonal skills of children and young people in schools and educational instituteshttps://hyte.hel.fi/en/welfare-plan/
Healthy lifestyles are strengthened through young people’s wellness café activities (The City of Helsinki Welfare Plan 2022–2025)
Wellness café activities promote healthy lifestyles among young people, including “sleep schools”, nutrition, contraception, mental well-being and physical activity.https://hyte.hel.fi/en/welfare-p...
Parenting support for families with children (The City of Helsinki Welfare Plan 2022–2025)
Play parks and family houses organise infant family activities for families with first-time parentshttps://hyte.hel.fi/en/welfare-plan/
Strengthening the IT skills of the elderly (The City of Helsinki Welfare Plan 2022–2025)
Free elementary and basic courses and lectures in IT will be offered as part of the digital support.https://hyte.hel.fi/en/welfare-plan/
Promoting equally accessible hobbies for the elderly, designed on their terms (The City of Helsinki Welfare Plan 2022–2025)
Physical education and dance courses for the elderly to promote their activity will be developed in cooperation with organisations and companieshttps://hyte.hel.fi/en/welfare-plan/
Improving Vuosaari’s transverse recreational connection
The transverse recreational connection will be improved by additional signs and resting places, opening the views at intersections, and re-surfacing part of the routes. In addition, a connection will be marked from the nature trail between Isonmastontie and Kallvikintie to Merikorttitie over Vanttikallio where the terrain allows.
Outlining and improving the Vuosaari outdoor park’s route network
Omenapuisto will be renovated in accordance with the renovation plan from 2009 to be updated. Omenamäenkatu park forest’s outdoor routes will be renovated, and the park forest will get additional benches and rubbish bins. The structural layers of the sections no more in use will be removed, and the areas will be reforested.
Developing Helsinki’s meadows: Vuosaari meadows
Meadow path signs and guidance. Signs/route markings along the meadow path. More detailed information signs at each point of interest in the meadow. Guide map to inform visitors.
Developing Helsinki’s meadows: Vartioharju meadows
A development need concerning all the meadows: control of invasive alien species in case of any known growth. More detailed meadow-specific development measures and methods are described in the project proposal card.
Supplementary planting of trees in the Myllypuro centre
A forestation development plan will be prepared for the area. Supplementary planting of pine trees will be carried out in areas owned by the city to support the declining tree stand. The planting of new pines must be planned to support their growth into tall forest pines.
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