Our picks of events, camps, and places in Helsinki.
Performance
Halloween circus and dance acts on ropes, slack rope and yo-yo, with face painting and a playful costume contest, so the kids should come dressed up.
A short children's play inside Paloheinä Library, free and with no booking. An easy first theater trip, as long as your kid follows Finnish.
Musiikkitalo's famous organ plays as a girl, blown away by a great wind, befriends a wolf in a strange forest.
Festival
An outdoor light festival in a Vuosaari park, with a Christmas trail kids can walk at their own pace.
Families climb aboard as passengers and call out their wishes, and a crew of improvisers turns them into stories, songs and games. So where does the bus end up?
Two wild-wigged clowns retell Mary Shelley's monster story with disco music and the whole audience joining in. And yes, the monster shows up.
Aili Somersalo's ancient Master Elf leaves the king's castle with a glowing pearl, meets a witch and ends up on a rescue that needs all his courage.
Exhibition
Three rooms on the family behind Tove Jansson, with a wall of hatches hiding Moomin Valley characters modeled on her family.
Annantalo's galleries fill with picture books, board books and poems for children, spread across three exhibition spaces on two floors. Grab the floor plan before you go.
