[4] Areas along the Bay of Espoonlahti as well as the shores and islands of the Gulf of Finland belong to the oldest inhabited parts of Espoo with traces of human presence reaching to the Bronze Age.

[8] Espoonlahti Bay provided an important route for the Hanse trade ships and for those of the farmer salesmen from Espoo inland villages.

[11] Those for the Soukka - Kivenlahti area were drawn by Alvar Aalto in 1964,[12] while plans made for Laurinlahti by Espoo planners were successfully opposed by local residents assisted by the brothers Suomalainen.

[16] As Espoonlahden keskus is one of the stations of the western branch of the Helsinki metropolitan area underground (Länsimetro),[17] further urban development is ongoing there.

It includes several residential buildings, facilities for cultural services and an addition to Lippulaiva, which lies in the vicinity of the underground station,[18] opened in 2022.