Easter in Helsinki 2024

What to do or where to go at Easter 2024 in Helsinki and the capital region with children? During Easter, Helsinki and the surrounding area host several events suitable for children and families. Small 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 celebrations in the capital region!

Easter week events and activities

From Small Helsinki's Where to go this week article you'll find daily activity tips!

Helsinki city libraries throughout Helsinki offer activities for children during Easter week. Check out the full week's program on Helmet's website!
Note, however, that libraries are mostly closed on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday and Monday.

Vantaa: Håkansbölen small Easter event on Saturday 11am-1pm. Free admission.

Winter Garden has Easter celebrations! Free admission.
The Winter Garden is open during Easter week Monday to Thursday 10am-4pm and from Good Friday to Easter Monday (Monday 1.4.) 10am-4pm.
Note! Unfortunately, strollers cannot navigate the garden, but there is a covered stroller parking on the right side of the yard. You can bring your own food to the Winter Garden. Read more about the Winter Garden from Small Helsinki's What to do article
Note! The Winter Garden no longer has Easter bunnies, but carp swim in the greenhouse fountain.

Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden's greenhouses and outdoor gardens let you admire the awakening of spring. The outdoor garden has free admission, the greenhouse has an entrance fee for those over 7 years old.
Easter witch Kaisa's plant plot - drama guided tour at Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden Thursday to Sunday at 12pm, 1pm, and 2pm. Tickets €10 per child. An adult can participate as a companion in the adventure with a greenhouse entrance fee.

Seurasaari Easter bonfires blaze on Saturday 6:30pm-10pm. Children are encouraged to dress as trolls and can also perform songs or poems of their choice at the event. Free admission.
Note that there is limited parking around Seurasaari, so keep this in mind. Additional transportation runs on line 24S from Kamppi terminal directly to Seurasaari via Mechelinkatu.

MLL Tapaninkylä Easter Hunt can be experienced independently in the Tapaninkylä area. Please read the instructions :)

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Movies at Easter

The World's Most Wonderful Princess Pikkiriikki takes over the cinemas!

When Princess Pikkiriikki learns that her little brother living in her mother's furniture is about to move into her room, she's had enough. She gets an idea from Mrs. Jensen's aunt and magics the bossy adults to Himpskat with the help of her magic dog Makkaara.

Princess Pöjöläinen, who just moved to the neighborhood, knows where the dream princess castle is located, and when parents aren't around to stop them, they set out on an adventure together. However, the path has its twists when the princesses end up at a market where they enjoy a bouncy castle, search for a lost Makkaara, and participate in a betting competition. The head princess herself causes headaches, and Pikkiriikki finally has to look at things from a different perspective.

Set off on an unforgettable adventure and book tickets to the cinema through this link!
Princess Pikkiriikki is suitable for all ages.

"Not all adult rules can be followed.
It's just impossible!"
Princess Pikkiriikki in cinemas starting 27.3.2024!

Museums at Easter

Easter witch Kaisa's plant plot - drama guided tour at Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden Thursday to Sunday at 12pm, 1pm, and 2pm. Tickets €10 per child. An adult can participate as a companion in the adventure with a greenhouse entrance fee.

Vantaa: Aviation Museum has flights both with imagination's wings and in a simulator! Museum open on Easter weekend Fri 29.3. 10am-8pm and Sat-Sun 30.-31.3. 10am-5pm (closed Mondays).
Friday 29.3. 4pm–8pm has a free evening, when admission to the exhibition is free, otherwise the museum entrance fee applies.

Vantaa: Science Center Heureka is open throughout Easter Friday to Monday 10am-6pm. Entrance fee.

TAHTO Museum at the Olympic Stadium is open throughout Easter: Friday 29.3. 10am–4pm, Saturday 30.3. and Sunday 31.3. 11am–5pm, and Monday 1.4. 10am–4pm. Museum entrance fee.

Espoo: Toy Museum is open during Easter as follows: Good Friday closed, Easter Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 10am – 5pm. Museum entrance fee.
Note, however, that Toy Museum's changing exhibition area is closed 25.3. – 7.4.2024.

Theatre Cat's vacation adventure: Lollipop! at the Theatre Museum on Saturday 30.3. 11am-3pm. Museum entrance fee.

Kids' Mark: Guided tour at Merkkiin museum (formerly Newspaper Museum) on Saturday 30.3. at 12pm. Free admission.

Fire Museum at Erottaja fire station is open on Easter Saturday 12pm-4pm. Small entrance fee.

University of Helsinki Observatory on Tähtitorninmäki is open on Saturday 30.3. 12pm–4pm. Museum entrance fee.

Espoo: Easter celebrations at Glimse on Sunday 31.3. 11am-4pm. Museum entrance fee.

Spring recycling crafts at Helsinki City Museum on Monday 1.4.2024 12pm-3pm (museum open 11am-5pm). Free admission.
Helsinki City Museum and Children's City is closed Friday to Sunday 29.-31.3.2024.

Animals in the city

Haltiala Farm Animals is open daily 7am-10pm. Cows in outdoor pastures, sausage roasting opportunity (bring your own sticks), a nice playground, and a café-restaurant on the farm. The farm also occasionally offers paid pony rides. Near Haltiala you can also find Niskala arboretum, where spring awakens gradually. Haltiala farm has free admission.
Haltiala sheep farm is still closed during Easter, and small lambs can be admired again in late April-early May 19.4.-12.5.2024.

Fallkulla Farm Animals' indoor areas are open at Easter from Friday 29.3. to Monday 1.4. daily 10am-2pm. Café Kilikuppila is also open (card and mobile pay). Additionally, horse rides Fri-Mon 10am-1pm (€5/person or over 4 people family €20). Free admission.
Note! Fallkulla doesn't have tips or lambs this year.
Also 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 Fallkulla. You can also reach the farm by local trains P, I, and K (Tapanila station).

Easter Island event at Korkeasaari 29.3.-1.4.2024. Zoo entrance fee.

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

Porvoo: Kungsbacka Farm Animals Easter celebrations Saturday to Monday 30.3-1.4. 11am-4pm. Entrance fee.

Remember also: Small Finland - over 700 reasons to travel in Finland with children!

Independent activities during Easter

Children's Traffic City's facilities can be explored independently outside operating hours (weekdays 8am-4pm) with your own kick scooter or similar. The area gates are open and traffic lights are operational during the day. And it's free :)

Museum tips with children can be found in Small Helsinki's museum article!
However, note any special opening hours museums may have at Easter.

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Outdoor activities at Easter

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Uunisaari in front of Kaivopuisto has gained a bridge connection for the winter months, and on the rocky island you can gaze at the horizon and watch passing ships and shore waves, and marvel at the arrival of spring.

On hikes you can go at Easter too! Have you ever visited Sheep Island, Kruunuvuori Lake (now has mostly ready, new long walkways!) in spring, Worm Island, or Stansvik manor park? Also Talo Island, Customs Island, Kivinokka, Seurasaari and Pukki Island, and even Suomenlinna are wonderful hiking destinations also in winter. Pack your backpack with snacks and dress warmly!

More hiking destination tips for Helsinki adventures can be found in Small Helsinki's Helsinki places article.

New grilling areas have been built, including in Laajasalo at Tullisaari manor park and Stansvik. You need to bring your own charcoal/firewood. Older grilling areas can be found at, for example, Uutela, Seurasaari, and Kallahdenniemi beach in Vuosaari.

Uutela hut and Paloheinä's new hut opening hours should be confirmed in advance.

Helsinki city outdoor areas can be found on the Helsinki moves website.

Day trips at Easter

Tips for day trips in Helsinki and the surrounding area can be found in Small Helsinki's Day trips series.

Sipoonkorpi National Park offers, for example, an easy-access Tasakallio – Storträsk route and the Byabäcken nature trail, formerly known as the Ponn heritage post route, which leads to a grilling area and a cabin for warming up. Tip from experience: with small children, the Byabäcken route is best walked from the start to the grilling area and returned the same way, not completing the full circuit. The grilling area usually has plenty of ready-made firewood, so bring matches and snacks. However, note that some routes may be slippery or very wet due to changing weather.

You should also try the route from Kuusijärvi to Sipoonkorpi and experience a beautiful bridge crossing into the national park.

Helsinki city outdoor areas can be found on the Helsinki moves website.

New and interesting hiking destinations can also be found at Uusimaa Recreation Area Association's destinations.

In Espoo, Angry Birds playgrounds, numerous outdoor destinations, and for example, Träskanda's beautiful manor park are excellent hiking destinations with children.

Porvoo and, for example, the old Porvoo sights and Moomin playground are nice destinations in East Uusimaa.

Lahti and Launee family park and large ski jumping hills are worth seeing.

Kirkkonummi and Linloo and Porkka outdoor areas.

Inkoo's Degerby peace and quiet and grilling at Kopparnäs recreation area.

Also remember: Small Finland - over 700 reasons to travel in Finland with children!

Easter events in the surrounding area

Lohja: Easter witch cave at Tytyri experience mine in Lohja during 20.3.- 1.4.2024. Entrance fee.

Riihimäki: Riihimäki's Easter 28.3.-1.4.2024.

Porvoo: Kungsbacka Farm Animals Easter celebrations Saturday to Monday 30.3-1.4. 11am-4pm. Entrance fee.

Porvoo: Easter Market in Pellinki on Saturday 30.3. 11am-2pm. Pellinki island has a short ferry connection from the mainland, and the journey to the archipelago itself is an adventure!