Finland's largest multi-arts festival fills Helsinki with its experiential programme for 17 days. The series of events, which goes on for more than a fortnight, treats domestic and foreign audiences to events ranging from classical music to pop and world music, from theatre to modern dance, from visual arts to film and children's events.

Autumn sports courses start on 2 September. Sports Services offer a diverse range of hobby opportunities with no pressure to compete, for young and older children alike. Courses include swimming lessons, sports courses for children with special needs, circus trick training, and much more.

Helsinki region public transport will switch to winter timetables on 12 August. There will be many changes to services in the HSL area.

The largest design festival in the Nordic countries brings hundreds of events to Helsinki in September. Helsinki Design Week will take place on 5-15 September.

Answer the web survey and share your valuable views on the digital services provided by the City of Helsinki. We wish to bring the services closer to people’s day-to-day life and make it even smoother. This is true for health services and entrepreneurship as well as topical issues. The development aims at securing that the services will be easier to find and understand for all users.

The school year opened on Thursday, 8 August, at Finnish-language comprehensive schools and upper secondary schools in Helsinki. Swedish-language comprehensive schools will open on Tuesday, 13 August. Helsinki schools welcome 6,000 first-graders, and the total number of learners in comprehensive education in Helsinki is 42,500.

The curious urban festival Pointti, organised jointly by Yle and the City of Helsinki, attracted interested visitors to Helsinki’s Kansalaistori Square on 1–3 August. The festival guests got to follow several Yle live broadcasts, make weather forecasts, re-commentate classic sports moments and come up with ideas for a better Helsinki

Beaches, pools and tennis, boating or fishing in the archipelago, exhibitions and museums, parks, walks and nature excursions. Summer in the city!