After School Activities at Mosaiikki Library
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Helsinki hosts After School Activities at Mosaiikki Library on Wednesday, Oct 7.
Families
Things to do in Helsinki with kids
98 dated listings for school-age kids in Helsinki in the next 60 days — after-school, camps, courses and youth sports, pulled from the town's real event feed and sorted by age, not by who paid to be first.
Kids life in Helsinki — the short version
If you're raising kids in Helsinki, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Dec 5, Helsinki's feed lists 98 dated listings for this age — 34 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at Iso Omena Library (14) and Lippulaiva library (13).
Everything here is a real listing from Helsinki's own event feed, checked against each program's age range — a program whose ages overlap 5–12 shows up here even if it also fits the age next door. The library branches showing up for this age are Entresse Library and Iso Omena Library.
Coming up for school-age kids in Helsinki
Dated listings in the next 60 days, soonest first. A weekly program shows a few of its sessions here — the rhythm section below has the full pattern.
Children’s book festival at Annantalo
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Oct 7 to Feb 27 means Children’s book festival at Annantalo at Annantalo Arts Centre, Helsinki. Plan around it if you're visiting. Worth bringing the whole family.
Jazz for Kids: Viba
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Thursday, Oct 8, Annantalo Arts Centre, Helsinki hosts Jazz for Kids: Viba. Expect a proper live set. Worth bringing the whole family.
Children's Friday movie
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On the calendar for Friday, Oct 9: Children's Friday movie at Tapiola Library, Helsinki. Bring the kids along.
Free-of-charge art club for primary school children
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Mark Friday, Oct 9: Free-of-charge art club for primary school children at Cultural Centre Kanneltalo, Helsinki. Good one for the kids.
Ukrainian Children's Theater
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On the calendar for Friday, Oct 9: Ukrainian Children's Theater at Entresse Library, Helsinki. Bring the kids along.
Children's movie
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Mark Saturday, Oct 10: Children's movie at Iso Omena Library, Helsinki. Family-friendly.
Fiction or Fact – Open workshop day – Autumn Break at Annantalo | Children's book festival
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Fiction or Fact – Open workshop day – Autumn Break at Annantalo | Children's book festival takes over Annantalo Arts Centre, Helsinki on Saturday, Oct 10. Worth bringing the whole family.
Safety Circle for kids
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Safety Circle for kids at Iso Omena Library, Helsinki on Saturday, Oct 10. Good one for the kids.
Holiday Cinema: Kanelia kainaloon, Tatu ja Patu! (all ages) – Autumn Break at Annantalo | Children's book festival
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Holiday Cinema: Kanelia kainaloon, Tatu ja Patu! (all ages) – Autumn Break at Annantalo | Children's book festival takes over Annantalo Arts Centre, Helsinki on Monday, Oct 12. Good one for the kids.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Helsinki parents actually plan around.
Mondays — Homework Help at Malmi Library · 9 sessions in the feed, next Oct 19, then Oct 26.
Tuesdays — Homework club+ at Lippulaiva library · 10 sessions in the feed, next Oct 20, then Oct 27.
Tuesdays — Comic Workshop for Kids at Maunula Library · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 20, then Oct 27.
Fridays — Lippulaiva library's movie screening for children at Lippulaiva library · 14 sessions in the feed, next Oct 16, then Oct 30.
Fridays — Children's Friday movie at Tapiola Library · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Fridays — Free-of-charge art club for primary school children at Cultural Centre Kanneltalo · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Fridays — Ukrainian Children's Theater at Entresse Library · 11 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 23.
Saturdays — Children's movie at Iso Omena Library · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 10, then Oct 17.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Helsinki: 98 dated listings in the next 60 days; 28 run after school on a weekday and 22 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is Iso Omena Library with 14 of them.
Free, as marked in the feed: After School Activities at Mosaiikki Library, Children’s book festival at Annantalo, Jazz for Kids: Viba, Children's Friday movie, Free-of-charge art club for primary school children. Those listings carry a free tag in Helsinki's own event data — everything else here, check the listing link for the price before you promise anyone.
Drop-in or sign up? The listings that call themselves drop-in: Drop in drama workshop: THE MAGIC WARDROBE OF EMOTIONS – Children’s book festival at Annantalo.
Keep exploring
Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Helsinki picks up where this one leaves off.
Never miss a registration in Helsinki
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Common questions
What's on in Helsinki for school-age kids right now?
The feed lists 98 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Dec 5 — the Coming up section is pulled straight from it.
Are these drop-in, or do I need to register?
It varies by program, and the page only says which is which where a listing's own words say so — the Good to know section names the drop-in and registration listings it found. When it doesn't say, the listing link is the place to check.
What's free for school-age kids in Helsinki?
97 of the current listings are marked free in the feed; the Good to know section names them first.