https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/categories/sadepaivana/ Recent content in Sadepäivänä on Pienten Helsinki Hugo en Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:47:14 +0200 https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/seikkailu-talvipuutarhaan/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:47:14 +0200 https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/seikkailu-talvipuutarhaan/ <p><em>This article was first published in December 2024.</em></p> <p><em>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!</em></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p>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.</p>