Helsinki winters are long and dark, and kids still need somewhere to burn off energy. These are the indoor spots where they can bounce, climb, slide and run until they're tired, whatever the weather outside. Some suit toddlers with soft play corners, others give older kids auto-belay walls, foam pits and laser tag. Here's what we checked, from trampoline parks to climbing gyms.
A big activity park split into three zones. The Freestyle Hall has a skate and scooter park, the AirTrack tumble track, a foam pit and trampolines. The Game Arena covers a hockey slapshot radar, street basketball and disc golf. The Adventure Area has a climbing wall, slides and a pedal car track, and the youngest get the Toddler's Track and Tumble and Kids' Adventure City. A restaurant is inside.
Irti Maasta is a fun-climbing center on the third floor of the REDI shopping center, with more than a kilometer of climbing across over 20 walls, each with several routes from first-timer to tough.
Auto-belay devices hold every climber, and staff show everyone how to use them before the first climb. Safety gear comes with the ticket, and a café sells drinks between climbs.
Rush Helsinki is an indoor trampoline park run by Rush Finland. Kids bounce across trampoline courts, and this park is the only Rush with a foam pit, a small jumping tower and the Stunt Jump: a leap from the second floor, three meters up, onto a 6 x 9 meter air mattress.
Toddler Jump sessions give under-7s the trampolines to themselves, and glow-in-the-dark jumps run on some evenings.
Woltti is a trampoline and acrobatics hall with eight Eurotramp trampolines inside a safety net. Three bounce onto a Bagjump airbag, two face a wall for wall jumps, and one has a spotting rig with a flip belt. Kids also climb to platforms to drop onto the airbag and swing from a trapeze. A mirrored floor room has an Airtrack and roll mats for tumbling, handstands and juggling.
BK Flash is Finland's first climbing gym designed for kids and young climbers, sharing a building with Boulderkeskus Espoo in Suomenoja. The smallest ones get tunnels, toys, a slide and Kuoma, a climbable rhino. Older kids and teens work bouldering walls they can top out, plus the ValoMotion game wall.
One ticket covers both Flash and the adult gym next door, so parents can climb too.
Megazone Itis is a laser tag arena on the lower floor of the Itis shopping center in Itäkeskus. Players wear sensor vests and carry harmless laser guns through a two-level, UV-lit labyrinth with fog, green laser beams and music. Teams score by tagging rival vests and knocking out the other side's bases; power-up stations add tricks like invisibility. Flashing lights and loud sound can scare the youngest players.
An indoor play park on the second floor of the REDI shopping center, with bounce houses, climbing and games under one roof. Adults stay with their kids the whole visit: staff look after the space and equipment, not the children.
Party rooms can be booked alongside the play area, and REDI also holds laser tag, glow mini-golf and indoor climbing run by the same group.
Leo's Tripla is an indoor playground on the Down Under level of Mall of Tripla, by Pasila station. Kids run a ninja track, bounce on trampolines, climb a spider net tower and a climbing wall, and ride the wave, roller and tubby slides.
There's also a car track, a ball pool and giant building blocks, while Mini World is a separate play area for the youngest.
Helsinki winters are long and dark, and kids still need somewhere to burn off energy. These are the indoor spots where they can bounce, climb, slide and run until they're tired, whatever the weather outside. Some suit toddlers with soft play corners, others give older kids auto-belay walls, foam pits and laser tag. Here's what we checked, from trampoline parks to climbing gyms.
A big activity park split into three zones. The Freestyle Hall has a skate and scooter park, the AirTrack tumble track, a foam pit and trampolines. The Game Arena covers a hockey slapshot radar, street basketball and disc golf. The Adventure Area has a climbing wall, slides and a pedal car track, and the youngest get the Toddler's Track and Tumble and Kids' Adventure City. A restaurant is inside.
Irti Maasta is a fun-climbing center on the third floor of the REDI shopping center, with more than a kilometer of climbing across over 20 walls, each with several routes from first-timer to tough.
Auto-belay devices hold every climber, and staff show everyone how to use them before the first climb. Safety gear comes with the ticket, and a café sells drinks between climbs.
Rush Helsinki is an indoor trampoline park run by Rush Finland. Kids bounce across trampoline courts, and this park is the only Rush with a foam pit, a small jumping tower and the Stunt Jump: a leap from the second floor, three meters up, onto a 6 x 9 meter air mattress.
Toddler Jump sessions give under-7s the trampolines to themselves, and glow-in-the-dark jumps run on some evenings.
Woltti is a trampoline and acrobatics hall with eight Eurotramp trampolines inside a safety net. Three bounce onto a Bagjump airbag, two face a wall for wall jumps, and one has a spotting rig with a flip belt. Kids also climb to platforms to drop onto the airbag and swing from a trapeze. A mirrored floor room has an Airtrack and roll mats for tumbling, handstands and juggling.
BK Flash is Finland's first climbing gym designed for kids and young climbers, sharing a building with Boulderkeskus Espoo in Suomenoja. The smallest ones get tunnels, toys, a slide and Kuoma, a climbable rhino. Older kids and teens work bouldering walls they can top out, plus the ValoMotion game wall.
One ticket covers both Flash and the adult gym next door, so parents can climb too.
Megazone Itis is a laser tag arena on the lower floor of the Itis shopping center in Itäkeskus. Players wear sensor vests and carry harmless laser guns through a two-level, UV-lit labyrinth with fog, green laser beams and music. Teams score by tagging rival vests and knocking out the other side's bases; power-up stations add tricks like invisibility. Flashing lights and loud sound can scare the youngest players.
An indoor play park on the second floor of the REDI shopping center, with bounce houses, climbing and games under one roof. Adults stay with their kids the whole visit: staff look after the space and equipment, not the children.
Party rooms can be booked alongside the play area, and REDI also holds laser tag, glow mini-golf and indoor climbing run by the same group.
Leo's Tripla is an indoor playground on the Down Under level of Mall of Tripla, by Pasila station. Kids run a ninja track, bounce on trampolines, climb a spider net tower and a climbing wall, and ride the wave, roller and tubby slides.
There's also a car track, a ball pool and giant building blocks, while Mini World is a separate play area for the youngest.
