Lahti is a growing, vibrant city of 120,000 inhabitants where bold environmental choices are made every day. Lahti combines the best of both worlds: magnificent lake scenery, diverse nature and originality of a small city, with bold climate action, energy solutions and green business. Lahti is Finland’s eighth largest city by population and the capital of the Päijät-Häme region. Historically, Lahti has always been an important trade route and marketplace as it is nestled in between two of Europe’s major cities; Finland’s capital city Helsinki and Russia’s St. Petersburg. Lahti is internationally known as a winter sports city, a culture hot spot and is famous for its design knowledge.