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Henttaa, Espoo — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Henttaa is a district of Espoo in eastern Espoo, a small inland quarter set between Mankkaa, Olari, and Matinkylä.
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Where to stay in Henttaa
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Henttaa is not a place to look for a hotel. The district is residential, inland, and small, with its beds limited to homes rather than any visitor cluster. Travellers who want this part of eastern Espoo stay south in Matinkylä, where the Länsimetro reaches the coast, or east in Tapiola.
Choose Matinkylä for the metro. From its station the line runs straight to Helsinki, and a short bus carries you back up to the quiet streets of Henttaa, Olari, and neighbouring Mankkaa.
Few places to stay in Henttaa — most visitors book in Matinkylä or Olari nearby.
About Henttaa
What are the main landmarks in Henttaa?
Henttaa has no landmarks of its own. It is a young inland district of eastern Espoo, built up with housing and open ground rather than churches, halls, or monuments. Its reference points are the neighbours that ring it: Mankkaa across the northern boundary, Olari and Niittykumpu to the east, and Matinkylä down the slope toward the coast.
The interest here is the planning itself. New blocks and meadow margins meet along the edges of Henttaa, part of the steady spread of Espoo across its inland hills toward Leppävaara.
What is the history of Henttaa?
Henttaa stayed open ground for a long time. While Tapiola and Matinkylä filled with planned housing in the post-war decades, this inland corner of eastern Espoo kept its fields and woods between the older centres. Building reached it late.
Through the early twenty-first century the district drew new blocks and a planned residential quarter, knitting Henttaa into the belt of suburbs that runs from Olari and Mankkaa across the hills of Espoo toward the city's eastern edge.
Where is Henttaa?
Henttaa lies in eastern Espoo in southern Finland, on inland slopes with Mankkaa to the north, Olari to the east, and Matinkylä falling toward the coast in the south.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Henttaa?
Matinkylä metro: coastal Länsimetro access into Henttaa. Olari approach: quiet stays on the Henttaa border.
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Updated July 2026