Recent advances in the research area of 2D magnetic topological solitons (vortices and skyrmions) in restricted geometries are reviewed. The description of the solitons is based on macroscopic micromagnetic approach and the Landau-Lifshitz equation of the magnetization motion. The vortex/skyrmion stability, energy barriers, gyrotropic and spin wave excitation modes in thin ferromagnetic films and dots are considered.