Leppävaara

Leppävaara (Finnish) or Alberga (Swedish) is a district of Espoo, a city in Finland. A major traffic hub in the Greater Helsinki region, the Rantarata rail line and Kehä I, the busiest road in Finland, cross in Leppävaara. The Sello Shopping Centre is also located there. On New Year's Eve 2009, a shooting spree occurred in that mall, killing 6 people, including the shooter. The old manor houses of Alberga and Leppävaara are located in Leppävaara. Near there also is the manor house of Kilo. After the shore track from Helsinki to Turku in 1903 was completed Leppävaara began to develop as a manor neighborhood. The bulk of the settlement was on the north side of the railway, the south side mostly in the agriculture use was further. Time the...