Location
The Student Village Latokartano is located in Helsinki, Finland, on the Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki. The street addresses of the buildings are Talonpojantie 7-19, 00790 Helsinki. There is about 10 km to the city centre from Viikki. Please, have a look at some links to get a view:
Google Maps
Helsinki City Map Service (you can search with a street address)
Services nearby (the distance approximately)
Communal health centre: in Pihlajamäki (1,5 km)
Market: 3 markets near the Village: Alepa (400 m), Prisma (1 km), K-supermarket Viikki (1 km)
Library: in Viikki Infocenter Korona, Helsinki University library and Helsinki City Library (800 m)
Post office: in K-Supermarket Viikki(1 km)
Student restaurants: 4 Unicafe restaurants and 1 Sodexo restaurants on Viikki campus
Pharmacy: in Prisma center (1 km)
Sport activities: gym, sport courts (for example basketball, floorball, football) in Viikki Monitoimitalo (100 m). There are also tennis courts (both in and outdoors) nearby the village.
Train station: the nearest train stations are in Oulunkylä and Pukinmäki (4-6 km)
Public transportation
The most convenient way to get to the student village is by bus, using Helsinki internal bus lines 57, 78, 79 (stops at Tilanhoitajankaari) and suburban bus 506. You can also get close to the village with the suburban buses 711-739 (stop at Viikki on Lahdenväylä) and with many Helsinki internal buses, including buses 70, 75, 77.
The most convenient way to get from the village to the city centre is to take bus 78 or bus 79 to Siilitie metro station and from there to the city centre by metro. The tram line 15 stops at the Viikki campus and Latokartano stop, which makes it easy to get to Oulunkylä or Otaniemi, for example.
The nearest metro stop is at Siilitie and the nearest train stations are at Pukinmäki and Oulunkylä.
Few helpful links for planning your journey in the Helsinki region:
Journey planner (Helsinki Region Transport)
Helsinki City Transport