Where to stay in Vesala
The right area depends on your trip. Here's who each one suits — pick the place, then the hotel.
Vesala is residential. The quarter belongs to the Mellunkylä area in north-eastern Helsinki, apartment streets near the parish church of Länsimäen kirkko rather than hotels, so visitors base themselves downtown and ride the metro out to the eastern end. You trade the centre for quiet and trees.
Mellunmäki holds the metro terminus next door. The bigger centre of Kontula sits to the west, with the rock-cut district of Kivikko beyond.
About Vesala
What are the main landmarks in Vesala?
The district keeps few set pieces. Länsimäen kirkko stands as the nearest parish church to Vesala, giving the apartment streets of this north-eastern corner of Helsinki their fixed point, while the metro terminus at Mellunmäki marks the practical edge of the Mellunkylä area. For a wider sense of the eastern city, the larger centre at Kontula lies a short way west.
What is the history of Vesala?
The district grew with the eastern suburbs. As Helsinki built out toward its north-eastern fringe through the later twentieth century, the Mellunkylä area filled with apartment blocks and Vesala took shape among them, part of the same wave that raised the big estates of Kontula and the metro terminus at Mellunmäki. Länsimäen kirkko rose to serve the spreading parish.
The rock-set quarter of Kivikko followed nearby as the city reached the eastern edge of Itä-Helsinki.
Where is Vesala?
Vesala lies in the north-eastern reach of Helsinki, in southern Finland, a quarter of apartment streets within the wider Mellunkylä area, set between the metro terminus at Mellunmäki and the larger suburb of Kontula to the west.
Where Vesala sits
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