Address
Kunnarlantie 33-39, 02740 Espoo
Services
parking areas, cafe, cooking shelter, rest spot, marked routes, sauna
The Oittaa recreation area, located to the south of Lake Bodomjärvi, offers varied possibilities for outdoor activities and recreation. The beach is one of the most popular swimming spots in Espoo in the summertime. The supervised beach has showers, changing rooms and a beach volley court. In the winter, a hole is made in the ice for ice swimmers, who can warm up afterwards in Oittaa’s sauna built in an old stone barn.
Area maintainer homepage: City of Espoo
Making a fire is permitted in the cooking shelters built for the purpose.
Dogs and other pets must be kept on a leash.
Area maintainer homepage: City of Espoo
The Oittaa recreation area, located to the south of Lake Bodomjärvi, offers varied possibilities for outdoor activities and recreation. The beach is one of the most popular swimming spots in Espoo in the summertime. The supervised beach has showers, changing rooms and a beach volley court. In the winter, a hole is made in the ice for ice swimmers, who can warm up afterwards in Oittaa’s sauna built in an old stone barn.
Oittaa has one of Espoo’s favourite beaches with the Angry Birds Park next to it. There is also a 4.4-km lit track for joggers and cross-country skiers. A 2-km nature trail starts at the Oittaa Recreation Centre.
Routes
Nature trail 2 km: The nature trail, which meanders through a forest landscape, starts at the main building of the Oittaa Recreation Centre. The other end of the trail is a cross-country skiing track during winter months and, thus, not suitable for walking in the winter season. The majority of the trails are easy forest paths. The rocky slope at the end has stairs to facilitate walking.
The recreational path is 4.4 km with a stone dust surface.
Accessibility
The Oittaa recreation area has an accessible swimming jetty. Furthermore, the area in general is easily passable terrain, except for the nature trail.
Additional information
There are also a restaurant and equipment rental in Oittaa. In the winter, the equipment rental operates in the same building with the restaurant. In the summer, some of the equipment are available in the rental place on the beach.
The Oittaa area also features fixed orienteering control points.
The car park has a charging point for electric vehicles.