Key industry | Enter Espoo

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Travel & business events

Espoo, the second-largest city in Finland, is a vibrant city full of contrasts. Here, modern architecture, large corporations, and renowned Aalto University meet the unspoiled wilderness of Nuuksio National Park, archipelago, and the rich cultural offering.

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Sustainability

Espoo enables sustainable business in the innovation ecosystem where corporations, startups, and innovation players lead the pioneering sustainability work.

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Smart city

Future smart cities are built in Espoo by startups, corporations, students, and researchers with energy, mobility, 5G & IoT, and built environment innovations.

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New space

Espoo’s new space players are solving the world’s biggest challenges: climate change, food sufficiency, and enabling 5G connectivity — everywhere.

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Industry 4.0

Welcome to the city of Nokia and VTT — located in the country of ICT and automated industry. Espoo offers all the building blocks of Industry 4.0.

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ICT

Espoo leads ICT innovation in Finland — a country that is ranked 1st in digital performance and competitiveness in Europe.

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Health and ageing society

Espoo is home for Finland's best health and wellbeing startups, global health companies, and some of the leading Finnish health and pharmaceutical corporations.

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Education and learning

Educational technologies coming from Espoo respond to the global needs of teaching, studying, and learning — explore what's next in edtech innovation!

Education & learning

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Creative industries

In Espoo's creative industries ecosystem, you can enter a new era of innovation in design, fashion and textiles, media and games, as well as architecture.

Creative industries

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Biotech and food

Welcome to the ecosystem that is reinventing how to produce raw materials, bio-based products and sustainable foods through biotechnology.

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Circular economy

Espoo's innovation ecosystem puts IoT, big data, and the full power of biotechnology into use in circular economy creating a truly sustainable economy.

Circular economy

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New materials

The new materials players in Espoo create business opportunities by reinventing wood and plant-based materials — offering you access to an era beyond plastics.

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