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      <title>A Christmas Adventure at the Winter Garden</title>
      <link>https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/seikkailu-talvipuutarhaan/</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article was first published in December 2024.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Where can you find Helsinki&#39;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&#39;s hidden gem, and it&#39;s definitely worth visiting with children too!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr class=&#34;wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity&#34;/&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Winter Garden is always wonderful, and really perhaps one of Helsinki&#39;s most beautiful places. And since entry is free and it&#39;s almost always open (closed on Fridays when the plants and fish are tended to), it&#39;s easy to pop in multiple times or spend longer there. There&#39;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&#39;s hundreds of plants. Kids especially love the carp swimming in the garden&#39;s pond and the large spiky cacti.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Helsinki&#39;s Islands: Lammassaari and Kuusiluoto</title>
      <link>https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/helsingin-saaret-lammassaari-ja-kuusiluoto/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;h1 class=&#34;wp-block-heading&#34;&gt;An Autumn Adventure to Lammassaari and Kuusiluoto&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Published 25.8.2018&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Helsinki&#39;s Islands is a series of easy island destinations for children. The series showcases the favorites of the Small Helsinki team across the city.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 2025: The summer sheep have left Kuusiluoto to spend winter elsewhere and will return in early June 2026.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Please note that the summer sheep are initially shy in their new environment, so approach them calmly. &lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;The photos in this article from Lammassaari and Kuusiluoto are from June and autumn 2017.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Helsinki&#39;s Islands: Matosaari</title>
      <link>https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/helsingin-saaret-matosaari/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 09:38:44 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;h1&gt;Helsinki&#39;s Islands: Matosaari&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Published 8.7.2018&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Helsinki&#39;s Islands is a series of easy island destinations for visiting with children. The series presents the favorite locations of the Little Helsinki team around the city.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;This time we&#39;re visiting Matosaari in Jollaksessa, which is like a hidden gem in the eastern archipelago. It offers peace, spectacular views, adventure on the small island&#39;s paths, garden plants from decades past, and the opportunity to see the Finnish Maritime Rescue Association&#39;s vessels at the island&#39;s dock.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Great Playground Story</title>
      <link>https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/suuri-leikkipaikkajuttu/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 11:29:41 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Looking for the best playground in the city? Pienten Helsinki has been exploring Helsinki&#39;s playgrounds and play areas throughout its history and asked readers for help with this story. The result is the Great Playground Story, which lists the best places to play with both small and older children in Helsinki according to experienced users.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Published 19.8.2019&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr class=&#34;wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity&#34;/&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3 class=&#34;wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-background&#34; style=&#34;background-color:#f4fbff&#34;&gt;Find all of Pienten Helsinki&#39;s playground stories &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/category/leikkipuistot/&#34;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/leikkipaikat/esittelyssa-helsingin-uusimmat-leikkipaikat-2024/&#34;&gt;Featured: Helsinki&#39;s newest playgrounds in 2024&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr class=&#34;wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity&#34;/&gt;&#xA;&lt;p class=&#34;has-drop-cap&#34;&gt;First, it&#39;s worth explaining Helsinki&#39;s playground culture. Helsinki has both &lt;strong&gt;playgrounds&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;play areas&lt;/strong&gt;. The difference between a play park and a play area is that play parks offer supervised activities on weekdays and mostly have indoor facilities and outdoor toys available. Play parks have their own staff. Play areas are self-managed spaces, but they are still maintained by the city or other operators. Helsinki has playgrounds and play areas in many forms: new, old, diverse, very simple, well-maintained and poorly maintained, actively run and very quiet...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Family City Routes: Oil Tank 468</title>
      <link>https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/perheiden-kaupunkipolut-oljysailio-468/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do you want to get lost on new paths and discover something new? Look at Helsinki with fresh eyes? Turn in a different direction at an intersection? Family City Routes are exactly for that! The city routes take you to new neighborhoods, new places and help and inspire you to explore your home city or visit new corners as a tourist.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Family City Routes are a new type of tourism concept in Helsinki neighborhoods developed by hospitality student Heidi Säynätkari as her thesis work.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The four city routes created as a thesis work are now joined by new and different routes throughout the city.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Spot the Vehicles!</title>
      <link>https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/bongaillaan/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;h2&gt;Spotting Through Helsinki&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Published 30.7.2017, updated 19.2.2019.&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Trains, airplanes, trams, ships, tractors, cranes&amp;hellip; These and many other vehicles and machines can be spotted in Helsinki!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Trains&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&#34;https://goo.gl/maps/mnZ3nvDy3Cz&#34;&gt;From Linnunlaulu Bridge&lt;/a&gt; opens a view of Helsinki Central Railway Station&#39;s railway yard, and all trains arriving and departing from the main railway station pass under this bridge. You may also see signals controlling train traffic and other equipment from the bridge. Linnunlaulu has a pleasant walking route and you can continue your journey to Töölönlahti or Hakaniemi playground.&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_737&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;aligncenter&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;1334&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href=&#34;https://images.pientenhelsinki.fi/2017/07/20536200_10212582172816639_560366599_o.jpg&#34;&gt;&lt;img class=&#34;wp-image-737 size-full&#34; src=&#34;https://images.pientenhelsinki.fi/2017/07/20536200_10212582172816639_560366599_o.jpg&#34; alt=&#34;&#34; width=&#34;1334&#34; height=&#34;1000&#34;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Linnunlaulu Bridge crosses all the train tracks of the main railway station.[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Helsinki&#39;s Islands: An Early Fall Trip to Suomenlinna</title>
      <link>https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/alkusyksyn-retki-suomenlinnaan/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2021 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Peaceful Suomenlinna&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;First published 31.8.2017.&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A calm Wednesday in late summer and early fall took us on a trip to Suomenlinna, when the playgrounds weren&amp;rsquo;t calling but the weather was just right for outdoor adventures. In late summer, Suomenlinna feels spacious—we got window seats on the ferry better than expected and explored in complete peace. Besides the island&amp;rsquo;s residents, there was just us and some tourists visiting Finland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another great thing about late summer trips is that you can grab fresh provisions from the Market Square. Suomenlinna&amp;rsquo;s shop is open year-round and some of the cafes stay open quite late, so there are plenty of options for snacks.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Summer courtyards around the city</title>
      <link>https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/kesapihoja-ympari-kaupunkia/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:03:37 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;h2&gt;Summer courtyards (= napping spots) in central Helsinki&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p style=&#34;text-align: center;&#34;&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;color: #ff99cc;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can find the updated version of the summer courtyard article &lt;a style=&#34;color: #ff99cc;&#34; href=&#34;https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/kesa-helsingissa/kesapihoja-ympari-kaupunkia-2/&#34;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Article first published on 22.5.2018&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;On a warm summer day, Helsinki&amp;rsquo;s parks are wonderful places to spend time. In addition to parks, Helsinki has many different summer courtyards where you can take a break in the middle of the city&amp;rsquo;s hustle and bustle or even catch a short nap. Pienellä Helsingki&amp;rsquo;s list shows the summer courtyards found around the city and encourages you to explore the city through inner courtyards and behind stone walls. Tips updated with 2019 information.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>By Metro West! Lauttasaari and Koivusaari</title>
      <link>https://www.pientenhelsinki.fi/en/metrolla-lanteen-lauttasaari/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 23:18:07 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Published 2017, updated 4/2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;color: #ff6600;&#34;&gt;To Lauttasaari by the West Metro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;With the West Metro, family-friendly destinations that were previously difficult to reach by bus are now much more accessible. Small Helsinki tips to Lauttasaari and the Espoo-side corners of the West Metro take you to, for example, museums, nature trails, playgrounds and a library. Espoo&#39;s investment in family services in recent years is visible in family services at shopping centers, beautiful playgrounds and amazing children&#39;s cultural offerings.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Small Helsinki&#39;s &#34;By Metro West!&#34; series first part takes you to Lauttasaari and Koivusaari, Helsinki&#39;s westernmost metro stations.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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