Legendary Helsinki City Winter Garden is getting ready for easter. Orchids, tulips and daffodilsare all in bloom and bring joy to visitors. Easter decorations in the Winter Garden can be admired starting from Saturday, March 23. Children will love the carps swimming in the fountains and the carnivorous plants under glass-roofs. Bring your own picnic [...]

Have you ever wondered how to spend a great Helsinki day with a low budget? Here’s a list for cheap fun if you’re short on money or just don’t feel like acting as a Big Spender. You are free to share your own tips in the comment box! All seven Helsinki City Museums are always [...]

Photographic artist Martti Jämsä (b. 1959) has wandered the streets of Helsinki shooting the city at night and during the day. He does not have an actual method of taking pictures: “I don’t know and I don’t even really want to say what draws my attention. Something worn, lived in, there has to be there, [...]

Virka celebrates 4th anniversary in Helsinki City Hall on Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 from 15 to 18 hrs. The birthday party is crammed with entertainments for all ages. Cakes and coffee await gourmets. Professor Heljä Liukko-Sundström, the all-time favourite of Finns will guide people in her jubilee exhibition and as a special treat, the  vocal [...]

Siivouspäivä, Cleaning Day, is a new day of celebration for friends of recycling, secondhand, and urban culture. It transforms cities into giant flea markets, where anyone can sell or give away their needless stuff. From Wednesday to Saturday (5.-8.9.2012) everyone is getting inspired at Torikorttelit, in Siivouspäivä Bazar’s workshops. The program includes tattoo style illustration [...]

The Helsinki Street blog is the first Finnish platform created and run by professional photographers and dedicated solely to street photography. The Helsinki Street collective, made up of award-winning Finnish photojournalists, launched the photography blog in May 2012. The site attracted widespread attention from the start, with over 12,000 visitors in the first month alone. [...]

Finnish Live Music Association Elmu throws an open-air festival in Alppipuisto park Friday 20 July. Take your guitar with you and experience the first ever guitar karaoke!

Helsinki visitor is welcome to admire scooters on Tuesdays at The Finnish Scooterclub’s meetings. The meeting is held every Tuesday at Cafe Regatta at 17.30. The address is Merikannontie 10.

Helsinki Traveller Info offers young people and youthful visitors tips on how to “live like a local”. The young local staff can also organise a wide range of events for visitors, from glow-in-the-dark minigolf to summer sports, as well as pub crawls and walking tours.

Discover an unforgettable experience of Finnish nature in The Rhododendron Park in Helsinki! The park is an eight-hectare area, which was originally bog. The oldest rhododendrons have been planted in 1975.