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Limited services available at Service Centres – please use remote services whenever you can 2021-03-24 15:35
Espoo closes some of its Service Points – please use remote services whenever you can 2021-03-24 15:27
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Helsinki-Uusimaa granted the European Entrepreneurial Region award for the second time

2021-04-09

The Helsinki-Uusimaa Region has been selected as a European Entrepreneurial Region 2021–2022. This time the theme of the recognitions awarded to six EU regions by the European Committee of the Regions was ‘Entrepreneurship for a Sustainable Recovery’. Helsinki-Uusimaa is currently the only European region to have received the award twice. It received its previous recognition among the first awar...

The coronavirus coordination group recommends the continuation of the provisional implementation of section 58(g) of the Communicable Diseases Act

2021-04-08

It is the recommendation of the Metropolitan Area coronavirus coordination group in its meeting on 8 April 2021 that the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland extend the application of temporary section 58(g) of the Communicable Diseases Act for two weeks until 28 April 2021, however, with the exception that any private or public premises designated for closure may still be u...


​Espoo Mayor’s Innovation Competition launched

2021-04-06

This year will mark the tenth anniversary of the City of Espoo’s Mayor’s Innovation Competition. To celebrate the occasion, the competition will be opened to companies in addition to city employees. You can submit your competition application between 6 April and 24 May 2021.

Public Works Department is testing the use of the Otakantaa.fi website

2021-03-30

We have established an online etiquette for the discussions concerning the Public Works Department and discovered that the Otakantaa.fi website could also be used as a retrospective interaction assessment tool as it allows us to review, monitor and verify the different stages and discussions in the interaction.


Reform of the city organisation

2021-03-26

On 22 March 2021, the City Council approved amendments to the administrative regulations that specify the basic structure and duties of the organisation of elected officials and office-holders and the competence of authorities. The new administrative regulations implement the guidelines for the development of the organisation and management system issued by the City Board in December.

Both Service Centres closed for Easter

2021-03-26

The Iso Omena Service Centre is closed on Good Friday, 2 April 2021, and for Easter from 4 to 5 April 2021. The Kalajärvi Service Centre will be closed for all the Easter holidays from 2 to 5 April 2021. This also applies to all remote services that many Service Centre units offer instead of face-to-face services during the coronavirus situation.


​Valid recommendations and restrictions to be extended in Metropolitan Area – upper comprehensive and secondary schools continue in distance learning mode over Easter holidays

2021-03-25

In its meeting on 24 March 2021, the coronavirus coordination group decided to extend the locally valid restrictions and recommendations concerning private events, recreational activities, the use of public premises and remote work until 30 April 2021.

Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, Tampere and Oulu join in European minute of silence

2021-03-24

Together with cities all over Europe, the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, Tampere and Oulu participate in a minute of silence for the victims of the corona pandemic which started one year ago. The joint commemoration takes place on Wednesday, 24 March, at 13:00.


The use of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been temporarily suspended – situation in Espoo on Monday 22 March

2021-03-23

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) announced on Friday 19 March that the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be temporarily suspended. The suspension entered into force immediately. The City of Espoo has cancelled all AstraZeneca vaccination appointments booked for the period of Monday 22 to Friday 26 March, i.e. some 1,000 appointments.

Street maintenance on a map view receives an honourable mention

2021-03-23

The Espoo Map Service’s Street maintenance on a map view provides Espoo residents with up-to-date information on maintenance activities currently taking place on our street network. The application detailing the operations of the city’s winter maintenance equipment has received an honourable mention as an open data initiative of 2020.


Municipal employment experiment was launched – we guide job seekers through the service path towards employment

2021-03-22

Employment Espoo, the municipal employment experiment, was launched at the beginning of March. Around 18,000 Employment Office’s clients will be transferred to the experiment over the spring. Also 86 employees of the Employment Office will transfer over to the City of Espoo. The transferred clients will receive TE services, municipal services and competence development services all under the sam...

Coronavirus campaign begins – avoid contact to prevent infections

2021-03-22

Today marks the beginning of a coronavirus campaign aimed at 20–29-year-old young adults, which is being organised jointly by Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, the Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), and the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS). The campaign will continue until 19 April.


THL has decided to temporarily suspend the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine – Espoo cancels vaccination appointments booked for week 12

2021-03-22

The City of Espoo cancels all AstraZeneca vaccination appointments booked for week 12. The AstraZeneca vaccine is given to people who belong to risk groups 1 and 2. Vaccinations with other vaccines will continue as planned.

Espoo Employment Corner to become part of Employment Espoo

2021-03-22

The local government pilot on employment – Employment Espoo – begins in Espoo in March. For the period of 1 March 2021–30 June 2023, 18,000 jobseekers in Espoo will be transferred from the TE Office to become clients of the City of Espoo. In this connection, the Espoo Employment Corner will become part of the Employment Espoo service package.


The digital clinic facilitates the use of health centre services in the autumn

2021-03-18

Western Uusimaa is going to introduce the digital clinic: it is a chat service which will allow you to have a conversation with a doctor or nurse conveniently when you need emergency appointment services. The service will be introduced first in Espoo, Lohja and Karviainen in autumn 2021.

The nursing home portal helps you find the most suitable nursing home for you or your family member

2021-03-18

A nursing home portal has been in use in Espoo for a year. This spring, it will be extended to cover the entire Western Uusimaa. It will also be supplemented with more varied information about the nursing homes, including feedback from residents and family members, and monitoring reports. This will facilitate the search, comparison and selection of a nursing home.


Answer the survey and win an accommodation gift card to the new Hotel Matts in Matinkylä

2021-03-17

With this survey, Visit Espoo wants to find out the opinions and experiences of Espoo residents regarding tourism and its effects in Espoo. Information is used in tourism development at the area. The survey is made in co-operation with Laurea University of Applied Sciences.

Quarantine orders must be followed: you are not allowed to meet anyone but those living in the same household

2021-03-16

The City of Espoo has heard alarming news that some people have violated their quarantine orders. Violating a quarantine order is punishable by law. This is a sign of a particular disregard for the risks of the worsening coronavirus epidemic, but there are probably also some misunderstandings. The City of Espoo has written instructions for persons placed in quarantine in 17 languages.


Coronavirus vaccines are now available to over 70-year-olds, risk group 1 and 50-69-year-olds in risk group 2

2021-03-15

Coronavirus vaccines are now available to over 70-year-olds (i.e. people born in or before 1951), risk group 1 (determined by THL) and 50-69-year-old in risk group 2 (determined by THL).

Espoo’s coronavirus situation has deteriorated: most infections among young adults

2021-03-12

Espoo’s coronavirus situation has deteriorated in recent weeks, as has the overall situation in the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS). The 14-day incidence rate, i.e. the number of new coronavirus infections per 100,000 residents, was 250 on 8 March 2021. A week earlier the figure was 200. The number is, however, lower than in Helsinki (413) and Vantaa (465).


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