Sipoo



Sipoo (Swedish: Sibbo) is a municipality in Uusimaa, about 25 km east of Helsinki. It includes the towns of Nikkilä (Nickby) – which is also its administrative centre – and Söderkulla, plus a couple of smaller villages.

Understand
The character of Sipoo varies a lot, some is suburbs of Helsinki, some is traditional countryside and some archipelago.

The area is traditionally Swedish speaking, like most of coastal Uusimaa. In the countryside and archipelago the great majority is still Swedish speaking, while in suburbs Finnish dominates.

Get in

 * See Helsinki for information about HSL public transport fares and tickets

You can get in by car, bus, boat or bike from Helsinki and Porvoo.

Regional buses 785 through 788 of HSL run from the Rautatientori square in central Helsinki to Nikkilä in central Sipoo. You will need to buy an ABCD ticket, as Sipoo is part of zone D. The trip between Rautatientori and Nikkilä takes about an hour per direction.

Söderkulla and the rest of southern Sipoo are served by coaches to Porvoo via Highway E18 (from Helsinki bus station, Kamppi), see Matkahuolto. You could take the metro for part of the voyage.

There is a cycleway along the old Porvoo road from Helsinki, through Söderkulla and ending in Box. An other cycleway leads via Korso in Vantaa to Nikkilä. The road from Östersundom through the national park to Nikkilä may also be bikeable.

See
Sipoo has two main churches, an older one and a newer one, located almost next to each other just outside Nikkilä, and some smaller churches: There are a number of mansions:



Other local attractions include:

Do


Rent a boat or canoe (or join a tour) to explore the archipelago. There is also a ferry from Kalkstrand to some of the distant islands.


 * Lake beaches
 * Recreation areas on islands
 * Recreation areas on islands
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 * Recreation areas on islands

Buy
There are shops in the main villages and suburbs. For a different experience, if you are out in the archipelago, check the timetables of m/s Christina and do your grocery shopping on board, or just buy an ice cream to eat on the pier while chatting with locals and summer guests, like many of those who come by foot or boat to wait for the shop to arrive (it is notoriously late, as there are long queues on sunny days).

Go next

 * Porvoo to the east
 * Pornainen to the north and
 * Helsinki to the west
 * or the rest of Uusimaa