Tips for celebrating a rainy May Day in Helsinki with children

This article was first published on May Day 2018, when the weather forecast for Helsinki looked bleak for picnic plans. Little Helsinki updated the article information for May Day 2023 - just to be safe!

What to do with children on May Day if a muddy picnic isn't an option or if the festivities at May Day Square and Linnanmaki don't appeal in the rain? What saves a rainy May Day? Little Helsinki tried to come up with some rainy May Day solutions.

Little Helsinki's May Day in Helsinki 2023
event tips can be found HERE.

Winter Garden is open on May Day Eve 30.4.2023 and on May Day 1.5.2023 from 10-16. A wonderful indoor picnic spot! Free admission.

Fallkullan farm animals is open on May Day Eve 30.4.2023 from 10-14. Kahvila Kilikuppila is under renovation, so bring your own snacks. Free admission to the farm.

At Haltia Farm you can visit freely from morning until ten in the evening and the farm cafe is open on Sunday 30.4.2023 from 10-13 according to current information. The playground in Haltia's farmyard has a wood chip surface, so despite a little rain, put on your mud boots and other outdoor gear and go play and say hello to the cows. The cafe-restaurant Wanha Pehtoori on the farm sells donuts year-round! Free admission to the farm.

Uutela Kota is open on May Day Eve 30.4.2023 from 11-15. Bring your own food to grill, the fire is ready in the kota.

Espoo: Finland's Nature Centre Haltia in Nuuksio, Espoo is open normally according to current information. In the yard kota you can cook your own snacks in the form of a May Day picnic. Admission fee for the nature centre exhibitions.

Korkeasaari Zoo can also be experienced from a different perspective and you can explore the zoo's indoor animals in detail at your own pace. You can enjoy picnic snacks for example in a kota, and the island's restaurants also serve food. Admission fee.

Many of Helsinki's playgrounds have shelters where you can eat your picnic snacks in a light drizzle outdoors. Also many outdoor areas of the Uusimaa Recreation Area Association have picnic shelters and often also fire pits.

At home you can set up a picnic on your living room floor or build a fort that you fill with balloons and May Day treats!

What to do? Little Helsinki's article suggests twenty easy and free locations in Helsinki to visit with children.

Happy May Day!

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