Uusimaa, FI

Hietaranta

Water Bodyocean
Sand Typesand
CountryFI
RegionUusimaa

Getting There

Nearest CityHelsinki1.7 km
Airport (HEL)Helsinki Vantaa Airport16.4 km

Safety & Conditions

Water Quality1 - excellent
Shark Incidents0recorded

Facilities

✓ Showers

Sand & Geology

Predicted regional compositionfeldspar-rich (plutonic/crystalline terrane)
F 79%
L 18%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Travel

Hietaranta is Helsinki's primary urban beach, a sandy gather-point in the Töölö district that defines how the city's residents experience the Baltic. Located just 1.7 kilometers fr...

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Hietaranta60.1740, 24.9056