• Public toilet by the playground, plus Café Ursula and Café Mattolaituri on the shore for snacks
• Ursa Observatory shows at the park's highest point, run by the Ursa Astronomical Association during clear weather
• May Day crowds, when around 45,000 people come for Vappu picnics, so pick another day with small kids

Kaivopuisto covers 16 hectares on the southern tip of the peninsula, with winding paths, old trees, rocky outcrops and sea views. The playground has a large wooden dragon, with an owl, cormorant and kingfisher on poles, and a giant chess set next to it.

Kids can climb narrow steps cut into the cliff, look for four sculptures carved from dead trees, and spot the Ursa Observatory at the highest point.