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For the latest information about events in Helsinki visit Helsinki City Tourist office?s website here.
Sea Life Helsinki
Visitors to SEA LIFE will journey from tropical seas to the depths of the Baltic, encountering hundreds of astonishing creatures along the way; everything from humble shrimps and starfish to sharks and stingrays. All are housed in spacious hi-tech' displays, including a mighty 250 m? ocean tank complete with a transparent walkthrough underwater tunnel. SEA LIFE also has native Finnish freshwater species, which are under threat due to pollution in their environment, and includes a host of educational and interactive features. Read more at Sea Life.
Suomenlinna Sea Fortress
Suomenlinna open-air museum is one of Finland’s most popular tourist attractions. At the same time it is a suburb of Helsinki, with 850 people living in the renovated ramparts and barracks.
Suomenlinna is a major monument of military architecture. The construction of the sea fortress on the islands just off Helsinki in the middle of the 18th century was the most extensive building project during Swedish rule. When it was complete, its military shipyard was one of the biggest dry docks in the world and centres of know-how at that time. At the end of Swedish rule the fortress was being compared with the maritime fortifications at Gibraltar.
The 250-year-old fortress, which has been preserved intact because of its military use, is today part of the world heritage. In 1991 it was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Read more at Suomenlinna.
Heureka - The Finnish Science Center
The exhibitions at Heureka are interactive and offer the visitor to experiment themselves - not only to observe the over 200 scientific objects displayed at the main exhibition. For more information click Heureka.
The nearest train station is Tikkurila/Dickursby. The local trains R, H, K, T, N and I will stop at Tikkurila. There are signs to Heureka at the station, and it the distance is only 500 metres.
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