Vesilahti (water-cove/bay) is located in Western Finland and is 353.94 square kilometres (136.66 square miles) large. Vesilahti is surrounded by water. One seventh or 14 percent is water.
Travel to Vesilahti from any location in Finland by heading direction Tampere or the Pirkanmaa area. Vesilahti is about 30 kilometers from Tampere.
Travel to Vesilahti from the Helsinki International Airport in Vantaa in Southern Finland.
After checking out of the aircraft with luggage in hand, simply ask where the bus terminal to Tampere is at the information desk.
The airport's bus terminal(opens new browser window) T2(terminal 2) has one port and T1 another. The bus ports to Tampere are within walking distance of the Helsinki-Vantaa airport terminals. You can get a trolley cart if there's lot's of luggage to carry.
Need a bus From or To the Helsinki Vantaa airport? This is also the bus you take to travel to Vesilahti, but this bus will not take you all the way to Vesilahti.
Plan your journey ahead by visiting the Express Bus site and printing out the Express Bus schedules 'Airport Timetable' This timetable shows bus stops to/from the Helsinki Vantaa International Airport which are along the E12. - This bus schedule is helpful if you are traveling around the Pirkanmaa area by Express Bus!, and need to get to Tampere, Nokia, Valkeakoski, Toijala, Iitala, Viiala or Lempäälä.
And you can also catch this airport bus from other more southern locations like: Hämeenlinna, Tervakoski, Riihimäki, Keimolanportti.
When you travel to Vesilahti by Express bus exit the bus at the Lempäälä Ideapark stop -The closest stop to Vesilahti.
The Valkeakoski bus stop is a larger bus-station 40 km further from Vesilahti than Ideapark. Check with the bus driver about your exit stops, since, once you exit to either the Lempäälä or Valkeakoski, you can meet your party there or take a taxi to Vesilahti.
Phone numbers for local taxi cabs from Vesilahti and surrounding area.
Taxi Company & number
Description of service
A. Arvela +358 40 560 0062
50 20, and 9 seater taxi/busses also for disbled persons.
K. Niemi +358 50 587 4678
1-8 persons
Timo's taksi +358 400 807 736
1-5 persons taxibus
L. Hartikainen +358 400 719 319
Vesilahden Liikenne +358 400 637 730
www.vesilahdenliikenne.fi
Travel to Vesilahti by rental Car from the Helsinki Vantaa airport
You can find a layout of the Helsinki Vantaa Airport terminals T1 and T2. Copy and paste this URL www.helsinki-vantaa.fi/servicemap (beware ! This URL consumes a bit of bandwidth) Once the window opens, scroll down to the bottom right. Locate the "search" box. Type in "car", and the car rental location becomes visible. This is a great tool for finding the Car Rental location at the airport.
Many rental vehicles have GPS navigation. Just type in "Vesilahti, followed by the street name" into your navigator and off you go. In case you are not comfortable using the navigator here are directions to Vesilahti from the Helsinki Vantaa airport (window opens)
Zoom in and print out a close-up map just where you begin driving north, since there is a ring connection "Keha" in Finnish, and while driving around those "Rings", either Kehä 1, 2 , or 3 be sure you know what exit you are taking.
Tip: Avoiding traffic jams around the Kehä rings. Schedule to fly into the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, during a late weekday morning or very late evening.
Coming by sea from the Helsinki Sea Port terminals
The Sea Port Terminals of Helsinki
Arriving into Finland at one of the main sea passenger terminals? There are three main terminals for ferryboat/ship/cruise ship arrivals into Finland.
The Helsinki Sea Port(s) overview. - Get a bearing where you are.
The South Harbor in Helsinki being the most popular coming from Tallinn, Estonia. There is also the West Harbor and Vuosaari Harbor.
Tip: for arrivals into Vuoraari Harbor with vehicle: Since the harbor is located toward the east side of Helsinki, Remember that when you exit the harbor, drive through the tunnel and stay on Kehä 3 until you see signs for Tampere. Then exit to the right once you see signs for Tampere E12.
Where is my Ferry in Helsinki?
Use this Helsinki Ferry Terminal Locator Map (new window opens) to view the ferry terminals in Helsinki. You can also use table 1.2 to copy and paste the street addresses of the Ferry Ship terminals in Helsinki into Google Maps or any other map program. Here is also the arrival and departure terminals of ships
Travel to Vesilahti by motor vehicle from the ferry harbors?
Traveling by car or bus from the Helsinki Sea Port(s) to Vesilahti? Use these driving directions. This example gives you the driving directions from the Southern Harbor, Olympiaranta 1, or Olympia terminal; Tallink, Silja ferryships.
Super Basic Directions to Vesilahti by vehicle: After landing in Helsinki at any of the ferryboat terminals, head direction north toward Tampere and look for the road/highway E12. Look for signs for Keha 3, and that will take you to E12.
Once you are driving on E12 follow the highway for around 150 km. Take the exit marked Lempäälä, since driving through Lempäälä is the fastest, but if you want a more slower scenic route than you can also take the exit at Toijala, or Viiala. Those exits just are smaller slower traffic roads.
Blue Ferry = Ferry Ship arrival terminals in Helsinki Our destination = Around where it says: "Lempäälä" on the map.
Travel to Vesilahti using these example directions Driving Directions to Vesilahti from the Olympia Terminal. Copy Paste and print if necessary!
1. Head north on Olympiaranta toward E12/E75/Laivasillankatu 0.1 km 2. Turn right at E12/E75/Laivasillankatu Continue to follow E75 0.8 km 3. Slight left at Norra esplanaden 12 m 4. Turn left at E12/E75/Norra esplanaden Continue to follow E12/Norra esplanaden 0.6 km 5. Turn right at E12/Mannerheimintie Continue to follow E12 153 km 6. Take exit 34 toward Lempäälä E 0.6 km 7. Turn left at Route 3041/Valkeakoskentie (signs for Lempäälä) Go through 1 roundabout 4.5 km 8. Turn left at Route 3024/Tampereentie Continue to follow Route 3024 1.5 km 9. Turn right at Route 301/Vesilahdentie 6.0 km 10. Turn right at Route 2982/Rautialantie Continue to follow Route 2982 2.2 km 11. Turn right at Vesaniementie 0.2 km.
Please Note: In case you are arriving from another Helsinki terminal, and to be on the safe side...roads change, are under construction, and so do routes etc. Please use the map links from table 1.2
Travel to Vesilahti -Printable driving directions Finally...If you want direct driving instructions to print out, use the Map link on the far right column of this table. This will open another browser window into Google Maps, and give you the Terminal addresses along with driving instructions to Vesilahti.
Use the google maps directions as a guide - have a up-to-date road map along to be extra sure.
Table 1.2
Ship terminal in Helsinki
Addresses of terminals Copy and paste this into the A box in Google Maps
Always travel to Vesilahti by getting freshly updated directions by going to Google Maps, click on "Get Directions", then copy and paste the street address for each terminal into the A and B boxes. A being the address source, B type in Vesilahti or the street you like seperated by a comma.
Are you with a backpack, "By foot"? - Walking to the Helsinki Main Trainstation from the Helsinki Ferry terminal(s).
For your orientation here are some walking route maps to use (Clicking these opens up new windows)
Again keep in mind the ever changing streets names, construction, etc. by referring to the updated Port of Helsinki, public transport to terminal page, you will find transport connections between the harbor(s) and the city.
Once at the Main Trainstation - Asema aukio(the street name) From the main Helsinki trainstation you can take a train to Lempäälä. Once in Lempäälä, meet your party there or take a taxi to travel to Vesilahti from Lempäälä.
Travel to Vesilahti from the Tampere Pirkkala Airport (TMP)
The Tampere Pirkkala Airport is 180 km closer to Vesilahti than the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.
Check with Ryan-Air, or your carrier before you decide which airport to fly into. It takes only 35 minutes to drive from The Tampere Pirkkala airport to Vesilahti, whereas driving time from Helsinki-Vantaa to Vesilahti is well over a 2.5 hours drive.
Since there is no direct bus to Vesilahti, meet your party here, take a taxi, or cycle to Vesilahti. Pick up a detailed map of the area at the airort. You can use the same taxi cab numbers as seen above, or use the airport taxi's.
Travel to Vesilahti - What Cities, Regions and Attractions are Around and closest to Vesilahti?
The Pirkanmaa region includes the city of Tampere, cities and municipalities such as Nokia, Lempäälä, Vesilahti, Valkeakoski, Viiala and others.
From Tampere - 30 kilometers (19 miles) The nearest large city to Vesilahti is Tampere( 210,000 + people) with a distance of 19 miles or 30 kilometers from Vesilahti.
Drive a car from Tampere (20 to 30 minutes), get transportation via bus, which takes 45 minutes, or hop on a train from the tampere central trainstation. Rent a bycicle and follow the bycicle path to Vesilahti.
The central bus station in Tampere Linja Autoasema has busses that regularly run to Lempäälä. Use these suggested keyword combinations when searching for bus schedules: Copy and paste this [tampere busses to lempäälä] without the braces into your browser search box.
Take a taxi if need, but a taxi service may be a bit more expensive then by traveling by bus.
From Lempäälä - 10 Kilometers (6.2 miles)
You can walk to the center of Vesilahti from downtown Lempäälä. A 2 hours walk, with some lakeside scenery.
Travel to Vesilahti by Boat or tour boat
Yes, there are water routes to Vesilahti. The Vikings used these. There are a few public boat landing areas.
Silverline's Ms Tampere runs a day cruise between Tampere, Laukontori and Hämennlinna, which stops in Lempäälä. There's a restaurant, and entertainement on-board. Once landed in Lempäälä, you can cycle, walk or drive to Vesilahti. A minimum of 10 passengers is needed to launch the cruise. The ship can also stop over at Rosendahl, Eden, Viinikanniemi and Viikinsaari landing docks.
