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Espoo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 70% Finnish speakers, 6% Swedish speakers, and 24% speakers of other languages, well above the national average. Espoo was settled in the Prehistoric Era, with evidence of human settlements dating back 8,000 years. [2]
The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (informally called the Espoo Convention) is a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) convention signed in Espoo, Finland, in 1991 that entered into force in 1997. The Convention sets out the obligations of Parties—that is States that have agreed to be ...
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, London, 1954, 1962, 1969. International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946. International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. International Tropical Timber Agreement (expired), 1983.
Espoo Cathedral (Finnish: Espoon tuomiokirkko, Swedish: Esbo domkyrka) is a medieval parish church and cathedral in Espoo, Finland. It is the seat of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Espoo, established in 2004. The cathedral is located in the district of Espoon keskus, near the Espoonjoki river. The oldest parts of the church were completed ...
Districts of Espoo. This is an alphabetical list of the fifty districts of Espoo. Swedish names are given in parentheses. Bodom [a] Espoon keskus (Esbo centrum) Espoonkartano (Esbogård) Espoonlahti (Esboviken) Gumböle [a]
aalto.fi. Aalto University (Finnish: Aalto-yliopisto; Swedish: Aalto-universitetet) is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
The EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art (Finnish: EMMA - Espoon modernin taiteen museo, Swedish: EMMA - Esbo moderna konstmuseum), is a major art museum in Espoo in southern Finland. After the founding of Espoo Art Museum Foundation in September 2002, EMMA opened its doors for visitors in 2006. With its 5000 square metre exhibition space, it is ...
The Espoo Cultural Centre ( Finnish: Espoon kulttuurikeskus; Swedish: Esbo kulturcentrum [1]) is a culture centre in Tapiola, Espoo, Finland. It is most famous for hosting the central library of Tapiola. Near the culture centre is the Tapiola swimming pool and the Tapiola Garden hotel . The Espoo Cultural Centre hosts arts events, hosts ...