The registration for exercise classes will start on Monday 11 August 2025, with courses starting at the beginning of September. Activities for older people include group exercise, aquatic exercise, gym groups and adaptive sports. The popular Senior Sports events will also continue, offering a low-threshold opportunity to try different forms of exercise. Suitable courses are available for both beginners and more advanced sports enthusiasts, and exercising on weekdays will be even more affordable thanks to our ‘weekday’ product.
Do you know all the cultural centres in the city? They offer free and affordable leisure activities also for older people. As examples, Kanneltalo will hold singalong events this autumn and Cultural Centre Stoa's circus courses guarantee fun-filled moments together.
Helsinki City Museum is a unit of five different museums, and we recommend you to visit and see them all. The museums are full of touching experiences that bring generations together. Our extensive library network invites you to read magazines, tinker at the workshops or knit while listening to short stories.
“We want to offer older people in Helsinki the opportunity to live active and enriching everyday lives, enjoying our wide range of services. If finding just the right activity for you feels difficult, the Liikuntaluuri and Senior Info services and the service experts in our locations are happy to help. I welcome all the city residents to experience the power of art and physical movement," says Juha Ahonen, the Head of Division for Culture and Leisure.
New brochure collects services together
The sports and cultural services offered to seniors, alongside many other topical issues and important contact information, have been collected and presented together in a printed brochure distributed between the pages of the Helsingin Uutiset newspaper on Wednesday, 6 August 2025, and online as an attachment to the replica edition of the newspaper. The brochure will also be available from 7 or 8 August onwards at our offices, including:
- Libraries
- Major sports facilities: Töölö Sports Hall, Liikuntamylly, Pirkkola and Itäkeskus swimming pools and the
- Swimming Stadium
- Cultural Centres: Stoa, Malmitalo, Kanneltalo, Maunula House, Vuotalo, Caisa
- Helsinki City Museum, Villa Hakasalmi, Worker’s Museum
- Health centres and service centres
- Helsinki Finnish Adult Education Centre Työväenopisto and Helsinki Swedish Adult Education Centre
