Once again, the winter holiday week 17–21 February offers a great deal of activities and experiences in Helsinki. The EasySport week brings exercise to Töölö Sports Hall, graffiti is knitted at Helsinki City Museum, and at Oodi’s science workshop for juniors, you can search, test and find more questions.

If you have travelled to the epidemic area of the novel coronavirus (city of Wuhan and possibly Hubei province) and you experience fever of more than 38 degrees, cough and shortness of breath within 14 days of leaving the area, contact a health care unit by phone.

The metropolitan area service map is an excellent tool for the person who wants to find Helsinki’s service units or information about their accessibility or the routes to them. On the service map you can find, among other things, the day-care centre, culture centre or sports hall closest to you. If you are looking for a specific service unit, try the search.

The application period for summer jobs at Finland's biggest employer, the City of Helsinki, has started. New employment opportunities are published during the spring.

Would you like your story to become an episode in the Helsinki Freedom mini documentary series? We at the City of Helsinki have our own thoughts on freedom, and we want you to join us in telling yours.

This spring, Helsinki offers exhibitions by, among others, Albert Edelfelt, Anu Tuominen, Kuutti Lavonen and Natalia Goncharova. Seppo Fränti’s collection will be exhibited at Kiasma, and Amos Rex offers an exhibition called Generation 2020.

The City of Helsinki will build a pavilion and two new docks on the Lyypekinlaituri pier, located by Helsinki’s Old Market Hall. The pier will be the departure point for the ferry traffic to Helsinki Biennial and Vallisaari Island. In the pavilion, people can buy ferry tickets and visit the Helsinki Tourist Information desk. In addition to the Market Square, another departure point to Vallisaari, the exhibition venue for Helsinki Biennial, will be located in Hakaniemi. There will also be a circular route running between the islands of Vallisaari, Lonna and Suomenlinna.

The Helmet network of libraries in the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa have again released a series of annual challenges designed to inspire people to seek new experiences with books, music, games and film.