Contact information
Finnish
P.O. Box 25914, 00099 City of Helsinki
Manager of daycare centre
Ulla Suomalainen
+358 9 310 44601
ulla.suomalainen@hel.fi
Deputy manager of the daycare centre
Anna Nisén
+358 9 310 46860
anna.nisen@hel.fi
3-5-year-olds
Alakerta Helmet
Group of different ages
Alakerta Hiutaleet
Pre-primary education group
Hileet
Pre-primary education group
Kiteet
Location
Mechelininkatu 38,
00250
Helsinki
The route to the main entrance
- The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement.
- The route to the entrance is rough and narrow and illuminated and it uses movement-guiding surface material.
The main entrance
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens easily manually.
The entrance "Entrance to the stairwell"
- The main entrance parking spaces may be used for this entrance as well. The distance from the parking spaces to the entrance is over 10 meters.
- The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens easily manually.
- The customer service point is located on a different floor than this entrance.
- This entrance leads to the same lift as the main entrance.
In the facility
- The customer service point has three floors.
- For moving around, there is a lift cramped for wheelchair users that is difficult to perceive; the door opens easily manually. The floor numbers in the lift cannot be felt with fingers. The button for the exit floor stands out from the other buttons. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
- The facility has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The indoor walkways have a spiral staircase, with handrails on both sides.
- The doors in the facility stand out clearly.