Kamppi health centre will serve 122,000 Helsinki residents

A new health and wellbeing centre in central Helsinki’s Kamppi district is due to open in early 2027 and serve about 122,000 residents, Yle reports. The building was completed in September, and services will move in gradually from February.

The eight-storey centre has about 14,000 square metres of floor space. Construction cost slightly more than 90 million euros, about 2.5 million euros below the preliminary estimate of 93 million euros. Helsinki project director Tuomo Salonpää said the work was completed faster and more efficiently than expected, including the excavation.

The centre will bring together health services, social services for young people and adults, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, basic mental health and substance-use services, and guidance for older people. The city’s wound clinic will also move there next spring.

The Viiskulma and Kivelä health stations will close as the new centre opens. The future of the Ruoholahti health station has not yet been decided, while services at the Lauttasaari health station will continue as before. Kamppi will not provide dental care, sample collection or medical imaging because of space constraints.

Reception areas at street level are next to the Kamppi metro station entrance. Architect Tuomas Silvennoinen said the design aims to make waiting areas and consultation rooms feel calm and welcoming, using colour, wood surfaces and lighting. Most consultation rooms have a direct view outside, addressing concerns about natural light at Helsinki’s Kalasatama health and wellbeing centre.

Helsinki already has large health and wellbeing centres in Kalasatama, Myllypuro and Vuosaari. The city plans another centre in Malmi, connected to a hospital building, with completion estimated for 2035.