As we wait for nature to turn green, you can stop by Winter Garden to enjoy the beauty of Easter lilies and tulips. A sure sign of spring in Helsinki is Easter markets in different parts of the city. On offer are daffodils, tulips, plants, design, organic eggs, chocolates, jewelry and much else.

Following a year of development work, the lobby of the Helsinki City Hall Lobby opens today with a brand new concept. Henceforth, the lobby is a place for everyone who is interested in the City and its future.

The nature destinations of the Helsinki metropolitan area can be visited this year on a total of 130 nature tours. Information on these tours is compiled in the 2019 metropolitan Nature Calendar, which lists tours in the area from April through October–November.

The pricing of public transport tickets in the HSL area will fundamentally change on 27 April when the old fare zones based on municipal boundaries are replaced by the new zones. Internal, regional and extended regional tickets will become a thing of the past and instead, tickets will be purchased for zones A, B, C and D.

The spring is soon here – and so are city bikes along with it! The installation of city bike stations is well underway, as the new season starts at the beginning of April in Helsinki and Espoo. You can register for the full season online already.

This year, HSY’s collection vehicles tour in the Helsinki from 1 April. You can bring domestic hazardous waste, electronic devices and scrap metal to the vehicles free of charge.

The concept plan for Helsinki’s envisaged new museum of architecture and design has been completed. According to the plan, the world’s best museum of architecture and design will be built in Helsinki. The museum aims a sparking the notion to perceive the world from the architect’s point of view: you can do everything differently, better.

The year 2018 was positive in the economy of Helsinki. The operating margin was €81 million better than in the budget. The City’s external operating expenses grew by 2.8 per cent compared to the previous year. The growth was moderate compared to the expenditure growth in other large cities or the entire municipality field.  Helsinki’s investment level was high, as was the case in 2017 and 2016.