Easter in Helsinki and the Capital Region 2026

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:25:44 +0200

What to do or where to go at Easter 2026 in Helsinki and the capital region with children? During Easter, Helsinki and the surrounding area host several events suitable for children and families. Pienten Helsinki's Easter in Helsinki article lists things to do, events and other tips for celebrating Easter with children. Check out the best tips for Easter in the capital region!

Easter-themed events and activities

From Pienten Helsinki's Where this week article you'll find daily activity tips!

Winter Garden has Easter! The Winter Garden is open throughout Easter week 30.3.-6.4.2026 daily from 10-16.
Note! Unfortunately, it's not possible to walk with strollers in the garden, but there's a covered stroller parking area on the right side of the yard. There's no café, but you can eat your own snacks at the Winter Garden and there are snack areas both inside and in the outdoor garden. Note! The Winter Garden no longer has Easter chicks, but carp swim in the greenhouse fountain. Free entry.
Also read: Picnic trip to the Winter Garden

At Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden you can admire spring awakening in the greenhouses and the garden's outdoor areas. The greenhouses are also open at Easter (except Monday 6.4.2026!) and opening times can be found on the Museum's website. The outdoor garden has free entry, the greenhouses have an entrance fee for those over 7 years old.

Helsinki city libraries throughout Helsinki offer activities for children during Easter week. Check out the full week's program on the Helmet website! Please note that libraries are mostly closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday and Monday.
Easter at Vapaakaupunki shopping center in Reds. Free entry.
- Workshop: craft bunnies on Friday 3.4.2026 from 13-15
- Afternoon film: Peter Rabbit (2018) on Monday 6.4.2026 from 13-14.35

Vantaa: Håkansbölen small Easter event on Saturday 4.4.2026 from 10.30-13. Free entry.

Seurasaari Easter Bonfires light up on Willow Saturday 4.4.2026 from 18.30-22. First a smaller bonfire is lit, then the main Easter bonfire. Free entry.

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All of Pienten Helsinki's playground tips can be found behind this link.

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To the museum at Easter

Museum tips with children can be found in Pienten Helsinki's theme article!
Please note the museums' possible special opening hours at Easter.

Museum TAHTO at the Olympic Stadium is open throughout Easter. Museum entrance fee.
University of Helsinki Observatory on Tähtitori Hill is open on Saturday 4.4.2026 from 12–16. Museum entrance fee.

Easter self-guided photo orienteering at the Theatre Museum on Saturday and Sunday 4.-5.4.2026. Museum entrance fee.

Museum Merkki is open during Easter on Saturday and Sunday 4.-5.4.2026. Free entry.
Natural History Museum is open during Easter on Saturday 4.4.2026 from 10-18 and Sunday 5.4.2026 from 10-16. Museum entrance fee.

Espoo: Museum Play is open during Easter from Thursday to Sunday 2.–5.4.2026 from 10–17. Museum entrance fee.

Espoo: Easter time at Glims Manor Museum. On the actual Easter weekend Glims is open on Sunday 5.4.2026 from 11-16 and the program includes Easter egg painting among other things. Museum entrance fee.
Vantaa: Aviation Museum is open throughout Easter 3.-6.4.2026 from 11-17 and the museum has Easter-themed programs. Museum entrance fee.
Järvenpää: Little Easter at Artist Home Ahola on the shores of Lake Tuusulanjärvi on Saturday 4.4.2026 from 10–15. Free entry.

Helsinki City Museum, Children's City and Tram Museum are closed at Easter.

Animals in the city

Fallkullan Farm and the farm's indoor facilities and café Kilikuppila are open at Easter daily Friday to Monday 3.-6.4.2026 from 10-14. Free entry.
Horse riding at Fallkullan on Friday, Sunday and Monday from 11-13 (fee required?).
Note that the farm's parking area is small, a larger parking area can be found at Tapanila train station, from which it's less than a 10-minute walk to Fallkullan. You can also reach the place by local trains P, I and K (Tapanila station).

Visit Haltiala farm's lamb enclosure from 31.3.–3.5.2026. The lamb enclosure is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-13 and Saturdays and Sundays from 10-14, also during Easter. Haltiala farm has 23 newborn lambs this year!

You can visit Haltiala farm at other times too and some of the farm's animals graze outside in the spring. The farm also has a small playground. Close to Haltiala you'll also find Niskala arboretum, where spring awakens slowly. Free entry to Haltiala farm.
Husön riding school horses can be seen along the Talosaari outdoor trail (owned by the City of Helsinki) year-round. The area also has a mostly accessible outdoor trail.

Winter Garden has Easter! The Winter Garden is open throughout Easter week 30.3.-6.4.2026 daily from 10-16.
Note! Unfortunately, it's not possible to walk with strollers in the garden, but there's a covered stroller parking area on the right side of the yard. There's no café, but you can eat your own snacks at the Winter Garden and there are snack areas both inside and in the outdoor garden. Note! The Winter Garden no longer has Easter chicks, but carp swim in the greenhouse fountain. Free entry.
Also read: Picnic trip to the Winter Garden

Also remember: Animals in the city article suggests where in Helsinki you can see horses, cows, chickens, sheep...

Porvoo: Kungsbackan farm Easter on Saturday and Sunday 4.-6.4.2026 from 12-18. Entrance 10 €, children under 3 free.

Fallkullan Farm is open throughout Easter.

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to travel in Finland with children!

Outdoor activities and adventures at Easter

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Adventure to Uunisaari off Kaivopuisto can be reached via a bridge for a couple more weeks!

Perhaps Helsinki's most amazing viewpoint is now more easily accessible, as the old oil tank on top of Kruunuvuori rock now has stairs! Access to the stairs from Kultakruununkaarelta, near the start of Kruunusillat.

Kruunuvuorenranta also has many other adventure spots!
- Old quarries of Kaivoska can now be explored more easily with new boardwalks and stairs! The trail starts from Koirasaarentie, diagonally opposite the old villas from the Stansvikin tie intersection.
- Luck Temple gazebo at Stansvik is an amazing picnic destination!
- Stansvik grill area near the restaurant by the shore.
- Kruunuvuori's enchanting pond is now also partly accessible thanks to new boardwalk routes. The accessible route starts from Kultakruununkaarelta, the more challenging one from Pääntie.
- Also remember great playgrounds: at Kruunuvuorenrannan sports park and on the north side of Haakoninhde Park (next to school construction site and big machines!).
You can go on trips at Easter too! Have you ever been in spring to Lammassaari, Matosaari or the Kivinokka area? Talosaari, Tullisaari, Kivinokka, Seurasaari and Pukkisaari and even Suomenlinna are great trip destinations outside the summer season too. Pack snacks and warm clothes!
Helsinki city's outdoor areas can be found on the Helsinki moves website.

Day trips at Easter time

Little Finland - over 1000 reasons to explore Finland with children!

Day trip tips in Helsinki and the surrounding area can be found in Pienten Helsinki's Day Trips series.

At Sipoonkorpi you'll find, for example, the easy-access Tasakallio - Storträsk trail and the Byabäckenin nature trail (formerly known as the Ponu post office trail), which leads to a grill area and a cottage to warm up by. Tip from experience: with small children, the Byabäcken trail should be walked from the beginning to the grill area and return the same way, not going around the loop as the trail partly follows a car road. From the grill area, firewood is usually readily available, so bring matches and snacks.
The route from Kuusijärvi to Sipoonkorpi is worth trying and experiencing a beautiful bridge route to the national park.
Helsinki city's outdoor areas can be found on the Helsinki moves website.
New and interesting trip destinations can be found in Uusimaa recreation area organization's sites.

Porvoo and for example the old Porvoo attractions and Moomin playground are nice destinations in Eastern Uusimaa. Easter may affect service opening hours.

In Kotka Sea Center Vellamo features a large Moomin exhibition (the museum center is open only on Saturday and Sunday 4.-5-4-2026). Worth visiting in Kotka are also Katarina Marine Park and Sapoka Water Park.

Lahti and Launee Family Park as well as the large ski jump towers are worth seeing.

Kirkkonummi and Linloon, Meikon and Porkkalas outdoor areas.

In Inkoo's Degerbys nature and grilling are offered at Kopparnäs recreation area.

Easter events in the surrounding area

Lohja: Witch's Cave in Tytyri Adventure Mine in Lohja from 13.3.- 12.4.2026. Entrance fee.

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