The Villa Elfvik nature house is an environmental education centre in

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, directed at all residents of Espoo. The nature house offers information about nature and the environment in all forms.

Jugend style ''Jugendstil'' ("Youth Style") was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 1910. It was the German counterpart of ...

Villa Elfvik was designed by the architect Mauritz Gripenberg.Brochure, Villa Elfvikin luontotalo. URL: http://www.espoo.fi/download/noname/%7BFE61EA2F-6444-48F1-A5B2-69F713858DD0%7D/12038 (Referred 5 August 2013), in Finnish. The construction project finished in 1904. The villa was built to be a home for baroness Elvira Standertskjöld. Villa Elfvik is located in

Laajalahti Laajalahti ( sv, Bredvik) is a district of Espoo, a city in Finland. It belongs to the area of Suur-Tapiola together with Westend, Tapiola, Pohjois-Tapiola, Otaniemi, Niittykumpu, Mankkaa, and Haukilahti. It gets its name from the bay on which ...

near the seashore, between the commercial centres of

Tapiola Tapiola (; sv, ) is a district of the municipality of Espoo on the south coast of Finland, and is one of the major urban centres of Espoo. It is located in the western part of Greater Helsinki. The name ''Tapiola'' is derived from '' Tapio'', w ...

and

Leppävaara Leppävaara ( sv, Alberga) is a district of Espoo, a city in Finland. The Rantarata rail line and the Ring Road I, the busiest road in Finland, cross in Leppävaara, thus making it a major traffic hub in the Greater Helsinki region. The Sello Sh ...

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Villa Elfvik nature house
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