Myyrmanni is a shopping center in the Myyrmäki suburb of Vantaa, Finland.

From the center of Helsinki, Myyrmanni is best reached by bus route 300 or P-train to Myyrmäki Station, located next to the mall.

History

1994 to 2002

Myyrmanni was opened on 2 October 1994. At the time it was the second biggest shopping centre in Finland after the Itäkeskus shopping centre in Helsinki; it was later surpassed by newer shopping centres opened relatively close by, such as the Jumbo and Sello shopping centres. Right from the beginning, Myyrmanni included shops such as Anttila, K-Citymarket, Tarjoustalo and a restaurant world consisting of six restaurants.

Already in its first year, there were about six million visitors to Myyrmanni. At first the premises were owned by the company Megamyyri Oy, which was partly owned by the Sampo Group and the Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank and partly by the Kesko group and the Ilmarinen insurance company. Citycon bought the majority of Myyrmanni in 1999.

Myyrmanni bombing

Myyrmanni was the site of a bombing on October 11, 2002, where seven people were killed.

2003 onwards

thumb|left|270px|Myyrmanni in February 2020

In 2005 there were about 7.1 million visitors to Myyrmanni and its total sales amounted to about 158 million euro. In January 2006 Citycon bought the remaining 26 percent of Myyrmanni's shares.

The Anttila store ay Myyrmanni cosed down in 2015. In March 2016 a large renovation at Myyrmanni was completed. The renovation brought many new and renovated stores to Myyrmanni. As sales of goods had largely moved to the Internet, the shopping centre expanded its selection of services, cafés and restaurants. The Citymarket store at Myyrmanni was its only grocery store for a long time, until an S-market grocery store was opened at Myyrmanni in 2017. A Tokmanni store was opened at Myyrmanni in March 2020.

In early 2022 the UFF, H&M, Vero Moda and Suomalainen Kirjakauppa stores at Myyrmanni closed down. A Prisma store and a Lidl store were opened at Myyrmanni in Autumn 2023.

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