Tapiola

Tapiola (Hagalund) ; district number 12 of Espoo
Coordinates	60 ° 10 '32 " N , 24 ° 48' 9" E Coordinates: 60 ° 10 '32 " N , 24 ° 48' 9" E
surface	3.5 km²
Residents	20,119 (Dec. 31, 2014)
Population density	5748 inhabitants / km²
structure
Sub-areas	Itäkartano, Länsikorkee, Otsolahti, Tapiolan Keskus
	Source: List of districts, Finnish ; Population figures at the end of 2014, Finnish ; Structure of the districts, Finnish

Tapiola [ ˈtɑpiɔlɑ ] ( Swedish Hagalund ) is a district of the Finnish city of Espoo and is located in the urban district (Finnish suuralue ) Suur-Tapiola .

Tapiola was largely built in the 1960s and was designed as a garden city . The residential areas of the district consist of widely spaced houses scattered in the forest. This is also indicated by the name of the district: It is derived from Tapio , the god of the forest from Finnish mythology .

Tapiola is home to the Espoo Cultural Center and the Espoo Metro Areena , the ice rink of the Espoo Blues ice hockey team .

The center of Tapiola
Residential houses outside the center, architect: Viljo Revell

Work title

“ Tapiola ” is also the title of a symphonic poem for orchestra by Jean Sibelius , op. 112 from 1926.

Web links

Commons : Tapiola - collection of images, videos and audio files

Tapiola on the Espoos homepage (English, Finnish, Swedish)
Tapiola 50 - Architecture, Art and Stories (English, Finnish, Swedish)