Responsible for the service City of Helsinki, Education Division
Tapanila Primary School
- Service location
Located in Tapanila, our school is a primary school that includes grades 1–6. The teaching language is Finnish.
Visiting address
Veljestenpiha 2
00730 Helsinki
Other contact details
Telephone number
+358 931082810
(local/mobile network fee)
Postal address
P.O.Box 73302
00099 Helsingin Kaupunki
Accessibility information
- The main entrance parking spaces may be used for this entrance as well. The distance from the parking spaces to the entrance is over 10 meters.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
- The passage has at least 4 steps, with handrails on one side.
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
- In connection with the entrance, there are at least 4 steps, with handrails on one side.
- The entrance has a ramp over 6 meters long with an intermediate landing.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens easily manually.
- The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The foyer is cramped.
- The customer service point is located on the same floor as this entrance.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
- The entrance is hard to perceive but illuminated
- In connection with the entrance, there are at least 4 steps, with handrails on one side.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door is heavy or otherwise hard to open.
- The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The customer service point has three floors.
- For moving around, there is a lift, which can hold a wheelchair that is difficult to perceive; the door is heavy. The floor numbers in the lift cannot be felt with fingers. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
- The facility has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The doors in the facility stand out clearly. The glass doors have contrast markings.
- The facility has a toilet marked as accessible on floor 1. The door is too narrow. The toilet seat lacks arm supports on one or both sides.
- The main entrance parking spaces may be used for this entrance as well. The distance from the parking spaces to the entrance is over 10 meters.
- The route to the entrance is soft and illuminated.
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
- In connection with the entrance, there are at least 4 steps, with handrails on both sides.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens easily manually.
- The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The foyer is cramped.
- The customer service point is located on a different floor than this entrance.
- The main entrance parking spaces may be used for this entrance as well. The distance from the parking spaces to the entrance is over 10 meters.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
- The entrance is hard to perceive but illuminated
- In connection with the entrance, there are at least 4 steps, with handrails on both sides.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens easily manually.
- The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The foyer is cramped.
- The customer service point is located on a different floor than this entrance.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
- In connection with the entrance, there is 1 step.
- The entrance has a ramp over 6 meters long with an intermediate landing.
- The doors connected to the entrance are hard to perceive. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door is heavy or otherwise hard to open.
- The customer service point is located on the same floor as this entrance.
- The 3 accessible parking spaces are located outdoors under 10 meters from the entrance. The width of the parking spaces is less than 3.6 meters.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
- The entrance is hard to perceive but illuminated
- In connection with the entrance, there are 2 consecutive steps.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door is heavy or otherwise hard to open.
- The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The foyer is cramped.
- The customer service point is located on the same floor as this entrance.
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Text edited by: City of Helsinki, Education Division
Updated: 9/9/2026