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A Christmas Adventure at the Winter Garden

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:47:14 +0200

This article was first published in December 2024.

Where can you find Helsinki's best picnic spot during the winter season? Warmth and light even during the dark times of year? Well, just north of Töölönlahti Bay, from the warmth of the Winter Garden beneath palm trees and banana plants! The Winter Garden is the city's hidden gem, and it's definitely worth visiting with children too!

The Winter Garden is always wonderful, and really perhaps one of Helsinki's most beautiful places. And since entry is free and it's almost always open (closed on Fridays when the plants and fish are tended to), it's easy to pop in multiple times or spend longer there. There's no café at the Winter Garden, so you can bring your own packed lunch, which you can enjoy at tables in the greenhouses while listening to the sound of the waterfall and admiring the garden's hundreds of plants. Kids especially love the carp swimming in the garden's pond and the large spiky cacti.

Rainy Day Joys

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0200

What to do with children in Helsinki on a rainy day?

Published 3.8.2017, updated 18.6.2022

When you've jumped in puddles so much that your boots are soaked through, you might be looking for something else to do on a rainy day. On the Little Helsinki list, rainy day joys include low-threshold activity ideas and places where you can easily pop in with the kids without big plans. The article also includes ideas for things to do at home.

Please note, however, that for example sports activities and library story times start only in August-September, so you should make use of this tip during the autumn rains.

Helsinki Places

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:30:00 +0200

Little Helsinki's ABC

Published 4.7.2018, updated 1.6.2020 (122 locations)

The Helsinki places featured in Little Helsinki’s stories and articles are now available in one place as a directory. Wonderful places, fun attractions, plenty to see and experience with children - Helsinki’s treasures! The basis for this story is One Hundred and One Places in Helsinki, but good attractions for children are added to the list frequently. The story contains a lot of insider knowledge about Helsinki with the goal of creating a comprehensive directory of Helsinki’s places.

Newspaper Museum: Celebrating Reading! 23.4. - 24.10.2021

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 22:08:22 +0200

My Museum Friend and I: Exhibition tip to the Newspaper Museum's exhibition Celebrating Reading! Donald Duck magazine in Finland 70 years!

It's very easy to walk past the Newspaper Museum without realizing what a fun museum is behind those large windows! The museum's spring 2021 interactive themed exhibition takes visitors into the world of Donald Duck and reading.

The Newspaper Museum, just a couple of blocks away from Esplanade, brought in its usual manner an interactive exhibition suitable for children in spring, when Donald Duck and friends took over one corner of the museum. Celebrating Reading! Donald Duck magazine in Finland 70 years! exhibition invites adventure to Duckburg, peeks into Bear Cottage, Uncle Scrooge's office, Gyro Gearloose's workshop, and zooms around the nephews' car track.

What if it rains on May Day?

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:24:38 +0200

Tips for celebrating a rainy May Day in Helsinki with children

Published 30.4.2018, updated 25.4.2019

This article was first published on May Day 2018, when the weather forecast for Helsinki looked gloomy for picnic plans. Pieni Helsinki updated the article with information for May Day 2019 - just to be safe!
What can you do with children if a muddy picnic is out of the question or if you're not interested in celebrating in the rain at May Day square and the fairground? What can save a rainy May Day and what to do with children? Pieni Helsinki tried to come up with quick solutions to save May Day.