Area
130 ha
Address
Espoo
Services
dry toilet, jetty, cafe
Pentala is the highest island in southern Finland and can be access by a ferry service. Visitors to the island can admire its picturesque courtyards, woodlands and magnificent sandy beach. Pentala also has a lake with an island, which you can access by swimming. In the summertime, the archipelago museum’s sheep delight the passers-by.
Area maintainer homepage: City of Espoo
Making a fire is not permitted.
Camping is not permitted.
Dogs and other pets must be kept on a leash.
Area maintainer homepage: City of Espoo
Pentala is the highest island in southern Finland and can be access by a ferry service. Visitors to the island can admire its picturesque courtyards, woodlands and magnificent sandy beach. Pentala also has a lake with an island, which you can access by swimming. In the summertime, the archipelago museum’s sheep delight the passers-by.
Destination information
Approximately one half of the island is owned by the City of Espoo. A ferry service stops at the archipelago museum’s jetty to the north-east of the island during the summer months.
The museum’s jetty also includes 10 places for guest boats. Mooring is allowed for up to 4 hours. Overnight stays on the island or moored to the jetty are not permitted.
Pentala’s nature reserve puts restrictions on activities on the island. Making a fire and smoking are prohibited. Landing a motor vessel on Diksand’s sandy beach is also forbidden. However, the beach is suited to canoeists.
Diksand’s sandy beach and Lake Pentalanjärvi’s north-eastern point are good spots for enjoying a swim.
Routes
The nature trail is 2.3 km.
Accessibility
The courtyard of the archipelago museum and some of its buildings are accessible.
Additional information
Maritime Espoo is at its best on the Pentala island. The archipelago museum introduces life in the archipelago in different ways: housing, working, life in a villa and leisure time. The museum area consists of more than ten different buildings. The oldest of them, a fisherman’s hut, dates back to the early 1790s.
The island also features the archipelago restaurant Paven.