Nordicum - Real Estate Annual Finland 2016 | Page 59

THE ANGLE
By Hannu Penttilä
The writer is Deputy Mayor of the City of Vantaa

Vantaa – City of Streams

T

he success of cities can be measured in
various ways. For today’s cities, accessibility and environmental issues are
often paramount. When making comparisons, however, one often gets lost in a jungle of little details. The City of Seattle in
the US decided to simplify its measurement
system years ago; it started to concentrate
on the number of salmon rising up the local
streams. In Finland, this same measure can
now be used in Vantaa, the Airport City of
the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
The Vantaa River is already the most
important trout river on the Gulf of Finland
an