Undoubtedly, it is not only possible to go to Helsinki with children, but also need.
Entertainment here for kids A lot of: Naturally Scientific Museum, Center for Entertainment "Game Cave", Sports Centers, Linnanmäki Amusement Park, Aquarium, Playgrounds and much more.
If you are traveling with children, and small shopping is simply necessary, go to Shopping center "JUMBO" In the town of Vantaa, which is 20 km from Helsinki.
It will be more comfortable by bus. Buses to Vantaa go to the railway station. You can drive 650, 611 or 615 buses. It will take about 40 minutes. You can also reach the train (destination of trains - keraava) and then at the Tikkurila stop (near the station), transfer the bus 61 straight to the shopping center. By time, both methods do not differ. Well, or you can take a personal car - the road takes only 20-25 minutes (parking spaces near a shop is a lot, more than five thousand, so that there will not be problems with parking.
So, "JUMBO" is a huge supermarket where you can buy everything: clothes, shoes, accessories, interior items, cosmetics - all this in 120 departments.
Also on the territory you can sit in one of the 15 cafes. Supermarket works from 9 am to 9 pm (on Saturday - up to 6 pm, on Sunday - 12.00 - 18.00) and is located at VantaanPortinkatu 3. So, there are 5 excellent playgrounds in the supermarket, where you can change the child to "walk" The rest do shopping. There is a comfortable bedroom room with special tables. "JUMBO" is combined with Entertainment center "Flamingo" where you can go with the whole family after tedious shopping. There is a very attractive water park for babies (and the parents like the spa, bowling and a number of stores).
The water park is very notable, and there, by the way, there is a slightest slide in Scandinavia!
If after all entertainment there are no strength to go back to Helsinki, you can stay at the hotel, which is two steps from the shopping center (called Sokos Hotel Flamingo).
Once they gave up about hotels, Chain of hotels Sokos. (As far as I know, there is always special attention to families with children in Helsinki 7). For example, all children who stop in such hotels are presented with gifts, in restaurants hotels have a children's menu, as well as in the territories of hotels there are children's rooms. Holiday Inn Hotels (Holiday Inn Helsinki City Center, Holiday Inn Helsinki Messukeskus, Holiday Inn Helsinki West - Ruoholahti and Crowne Plaza Helsinki) are also very responsible for vacationing with children. In such hotels, there is a sufficient number of family numbers, and, in many rooms for parents and children are connected by the door.
There is also a children's free menu (up to 13 years old, children can choose all that they want), plus game rooms and gifts from the administration.
Hotels Network Scandic (Scandic Grand Marina 4 * and Scandic Park Helsinki 4 *) are also ideal for relaxing with a younger generation. Scandic Park Helsinki is two steps away from the best entertainment park of Linnanmäki, and Scandic Grand Marina is equipped with excellent children's rooms with toys, books and TV.
By the way, children under 13 accommodation and breakfasts in the hotel rooms of this network are free! Higher plus! Plus, children's channels are connected in the rooms. Another advantage of such hotels is that holidays and weekend prices for accommodation in these hotels drops by 20%.
Well, and another interesting option for staying the whole family Rastila Camping. As clearly out of the name, this is not an ordinary hotel. If you are the lovers of nature and sports lifestyle, this option is perfect for you. On the territory of the campsite you can choose the accommodation option: a tent, cottage, houses.
You can come to the campsite even with animals (though, no more than two and have to pay a little). Cottages are of the most different sizes.
There is a cottage-luxury for 4-8 people (in summer, that is, from May 1 to September 30, from € 190 per lodge smaller and € 213 for a big house per day). In winter, the cost of living in suites falls for 20 euros. There are also log houses, the same cottages, but simpler.
Calculated for 4-6 people, cost € 143 in summer and € 123 in winter per day. Family houses are suitable for a family to four people.
Everything is there without delights, but clean and comfortable, up to 4 people in the house, per day € 107 in summer and € 97 in winter. And the most fiscal option is modern houses on four.
Miracle, not a house, I will say you: light, fresh, with comfortable furniture! Per day € 79 in summer and € 69 in winter. True, the toilet and the shower is located separately, and the towels are better taken with you, and then they are not included in the price, as in other versions, but for the family.
Of course, the number of people can exceed the norm, they will simply have to pay extra for the "excess" person. By the way, the longer you live in such houses, the cheaper the price becomes, and, by the way, is significantly cheaper.
Camping is located on the seafront, among the trees, on site there is a restaurant, sauna, a comfortable beach.
In the campsite you can rent everything for barbecue: Sheds, firewood (4 euro box of firewood). There is there and rental of sports equipment: bicycles, scooters (€ 5 / hour), family tandem bicycles (€ 7 / hour). There you can rent different board games, rackets, balls, there are two playgrounds for children with swings and sandboxes and one game room. The perfect option for the perfect holiday with the whole family.
And one more event that children will be interested to visit. Scientific and educational center "Eureka" - Center for the whole family. There are no boring lectures or exhibitions in the center.
For example, the exposition "Eureka - Children" in April of this year will allow children and their parents as follows to a wide variety of educational toys.
There are planetarium there, where short films show (for 20-25 minutes) about the universe and stars (from February of this year).
Children can also feel like young cosmonauts at a special exhibition "To meet with Mars", which starts in March of this year. And much more! A terribly entertaining place, I will tell you.Tickets for children from 6 to 15 (as well as pensioners and military) cost € 13.50, if plus a film in the planetarium - 16,50 €, just a film in the planetarium - 11 €. Family ticket for two children and two adults - 70 €. Tickets adults - adults from 16 years old - € 19, exhibitions + 1 film in Planetarium - 23.50 €, just a film - 13.50 €.
The center works every day, from 10 am to 17 pm (on weekends until 18:00, and on Thursday until 20:00). Located at Kuninkaalantie 7 in the next to Helsinki Town of Vantaa (to the city of half an hour by train in the direction of Kerava or Riihimäki, then on the station on foot 10 minutes to the center).