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Myllypuro, Helsinki — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Myllypuro is a residential metro district in north-eastern Helsinki, part of the eastern reach known as Itä-Helsinki.
About Myllypuro
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Myllypuro is a place to live rather than to lodge. Apartment blocks and the metro stop fill the district rather than hotels, so most visitors base themselves in central Helsinki and ride the eastern line out to this part of Itä-Helsinki. The footing is quiet.
A public work, Tuoksuva askel, marks the local streets, and a couple of stops further east the metro reaches Kontula, the larger eastern hub on the same line.
About Myllypuro
What are the main landmarks in Myllypuro?
One public work marks the district. Tuoksuva askel stands among the streets of Myllypuro as its named landmark, a fixed point in a district otherwise given over to housing and the metro. From here the eastern line runs on through Itä-Helsinki toward Kontula, while Kivikko spreads across the higher ground to the north.
What is the history of Myllypuro?
The district grew with the eastern suburbs. As Helsinki built outward across its north-eastern ground, Myllypuro filled in with housing and later gained its stop on the eastern metro, tying it firmly into Itä-Helsinki. Tuoksuva askel took its place among the streets.
Kontula rose nearby on the same corridor, and the industrial ground at Kivikko closed the district off to the north.
Where is Myllypuro?
Myllypuro sits on the north-eastern side of Helsinki, in southern Finland, a district of apartment streets along the eastern metro line, with Kivikko to the north and Kontula further east across Itä-Helsinki.
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Updated July 2026