• 74 minutes by car from Helsinki; without a car, take the train or bus to Karjaa, then a taxi, bike or local bus
• Park by the market square, next to the playground, which has toilets right beside it, then explore on foot
• Weekends only in winter for some shops and services, while the park areas and nature paths stay open all year; check each business's hours first

Fiskars grew up around an ironworks founded in 1649, the start of the Fiskars brand; its orange-handled scissors were born here in 1967. Historic buildings in a river valley now hold galleries, design shops and the Fiskars Museum, which shows daily life at the ironworks.

Kids head for the pirate-ship playground in the village center, then a 2km tree species path or the 4km forest trail to the Rissla dam.