Meet the animals at Fallkulla’s Easter
Fallkulla Domestic Animal Farm(Link leads to external service) and Café Kilikuppila are open Fri–Mon 3–6 April from 10.00 to 14.00. Horse carriage rides will also be available every day between 11.00 and 13.00. Fallkulla Domestic Animal Farm is on the north side of Malmi (Malminkaari 24) and offers its visitors the opportunity to see traditional farm animals such as sheep, goats, cattle, chickens, rabbits and horses.
Libraries open for self-service and available online
On Easter Saturday, 4 April, the Central Library Oodi and the libraries of Itäkeskus, Kallio, Pasila, Rikhardinkatu, Töölö and Vuosaari will be open according to their normal Saturday opening hours. Libraries will be closed on Friday 3 April, Sunday 5 April and Monday 6 April, but the self-service libraries will be available for registered users. These include the libraries of Herttoniemi, Jakomäki, Laajasalo, Lauttasaari, Myllypuro, Paloheinä, Suomenlinna and Viikki.
During the Easter holidays, you can also enjoy the e-library's range of services, such as magazines, books and music. The Medici.tv video service available with the Helmet library card offers 1,500 classical concert recordings, as well as hundreds of jazz concerts, operas and ballets. The service includes Easter classics such as Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion and George Frideric Handel's Messiah oratorio. Read more at helmet.fi/elibrary(Link leads to external service).
Enjoy Easter outside on hiking trails
Indoor sports facilities, such as swimming pools, sports halls and gyms, are mostly closed during Easter from 2 to 6 April, or serve their clients with reduced opening hours. For up-to-date information, please visit liikunta.hel.fi. Helsinki’s many outdoor gyms are free of charge, however, and open all year round and around the clock. Find your nearest outdoor gym at liikunta.hel.fi/outdoorgyms(Link leads to external service).
Outdoor areas and trails and their services can be easily found at hel.fi/outdooractivities. At ulkoliikunta.fi(Link leads to external service), you can also see wilderness huts and outdoor cooking facilities on a map.
Exhibitions and experiences near you
In Stoa, you can explore the Kontufestarit 2025 – Tekijöitä ja kokijoita(Link leads to external service) exhibition, which takes you behind the scenes of the popular festival event and presents its diverse creators. Helsinki City Museum's recycling exhibition for the whole family – Trash! – What we leave behind(Link leads to external service) – is showcased in Vuotalo, challenging visitors to examine their own consumption habits. Free admission to both exhibitions.
Of Helsinki’s cultural centres, Stoa and Vuotalo will be open on Maundy Thursday, 2 April, at 8.00–18.00 and on Saturday, 4 April, at 10.00–16.00. They will be closed on other Easter days. Kanneltalo and Malmitalo Cultural Centres and Maunula House will be open on Thursday, 2 April, until 18.00, Caisa and Annantalo until 20.00. The cultural centres will be closed over the Easter weekend and will open their doors again on Tuesday, 7 April.
Helsinki City Museum, Villa Hakasalmi and the Tram Museum will be open on Maundy Thursday, 2 April, from 11.00 to 17.00 and will remain closed 3–6 April.
