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Linnanmaki Amusement Park

  • July 6, 2007
  • Rated 3 of 5 by Joy S from Manchester, United Kingdom
Linnanmaki Amusement Park

Linnanmaki Amusement Park is a good place to go for a fun afternoon out - particularly if you have children. The funfair is 2 miles north of the city centre - we got there on Tram 3T from Market Square. The tram stop is right by the entrance. A day pass for adults costs 20 euros or you can pay by ride. It is free to walk around. We bought 5 ride tickets for our son and he then selected those he wanted to try out.

The amusement park is a bit like an old-fashioned funfair. It has merry-go-rounds, a ferris wheel, splashing fountains and a few thrill rides. It has several gentler rides suitable for young children. In total there are 37 rides - ranging from scary to easy-going. The wooden rollercoaster is quite interesting as it is 50 years old.

The amusement park was founded in 1950 by the Children's Foundation to raise money for the thousands of children in Finland orphaned by World War II. It is still raising money for children.

We spent a couple of hours there. They have a few restaurants and cafes, mostly selling fast-food.

Another fun place to visit, outside of Helsinki but not far away is Serena Water Park. It is in Lahnus - 20km from Helsinki and easily reached by public transport. Bus 339 leaving from the bus depot at Kampi shopping centre drops you right at the entrance. There is 1 bus per hour and Helsinki cards etc. do not cover you for this trip. It costs 4.90 euros per person each way. The bus journey to the water park takes 45 minutes.

Serena Water Park is the largest tropical water park in the Nordic countries. Children under 4 go in free, but an adult all-day pass costs 19 euros. There is an indoor and outdoor area and everything is pristine and nicely kept.

The indoor area has fountains, bubble pools, two children's pools and slides, a large wave pool and several "thrill" slides and rides. These are really quite thrilling and were (for me) quite frightening!

The outdoor attractions include a couple of slides, a ring river, the Liane Tower and a Dead Sea pool where you can lie back, float, and relax.

We could not bear to go outside - although it was a sunny day, the weather was decidedly cold. The Finns are a hardy lot though, as many of them were splashing around quite happily outdoors - some were even sunbathing!

The temperature of the water indoors, although warmer was definitely bracing! It was not like any other tropical swimming complex I have ever visited. You really did need to keep swimming and moving around to stay warm.

There is quite a nice little cafe inside where they serve drinks and snacks - surprisingly we got delicious muffins from there.

4-5 hours is more than enough time to do all the rides and make use of all the facilities.

From journal 5 Days in Helsinki

Linnanmäki

  • July 3, 2003
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Sofia R from Cork, Finland
Packed full of chattering, excited, happy (and occasionally greenish-tinged) people, full of the wonderful smell of cotton candy, happy screams fill the sky, the sun shines (hopefully), and a light breeze cools your skin . . . These are the memories that I have of this place. Definitely worth a daytrip!

The prices I mentioned in the "price" section are based on the paper bracelets that allow you to ride on all rides. If you pay for individual rides (and don't go on very many), the price is obviously cheaper.

From journal Helsinki's many faces

Linnanmäki

  • December 30, 2002
  • Rated 2 of 5 by JMAK from Tampere, Finland
This is an old-fashioned amusement park with a couple of roller coasters and other rougher things but is mostly just a beautiful old amusement park on a hill. You can eat your cotton candy (that is, if you're one of those people who can actually eat cotton candy and not just get it stuck to your hair and clothes . . . ) while watching kids play on the merry-go-rounds and carousels (there is--at least there was--a really bright-coloured horror-movie look-a-like version a few years ago).

Another must is the old roller coaster. It's not the speed or the height but rather the creaky sounds it makes while whisking you up and down that makes this one scary! No worries, it gets regularly checked and pronounced safe! It just doesn't seem like that . . . which is part of the fun, to me at least!

From journal Helsinki - a Finn's view

Linnanmäki

  • July 18, 2001
  • Rated 3 of 5 by katja_b from Helsinki, Finland
Linnanmäki

Linnanmaki is surprisingly downtown, and a tram line runs right past it. It's fairly small, as it is contained on a rocky hilltop between houses, but that means that there is less running from ride to ride!

The entrance is 20 FIM and then you can either get a day bracelet or buy separate tickets for rides, for about 65 FIM and then 7 FIM (need 1-3 tickets).

It's a classic must for a summer visit :)

From journal Summer in Helsinki

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Linnanmäki

  • August 6, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Tuuli from Turku, South-Western Finland, Finland
Linnanmäki is the most visited place for travellers in Helsinki. It's the oldest amusement park in Finland, over hundred years old, and offers all the traditional rides from a monorail to a roller coaster and a carousel. The visitors are mostly families, but also many teenagers spend time there. And it's not unusual for even older travellers or citizens to visit Linnanmäki - especially at night the atmosphere is very charming with all the lights and music.

The roller coaster is my absolute favourite. It's old and wooden, which gives a nice 'I hope this thing doesn't crash'-feeling. And the guys taking care of the roller coaster are famous for their great bodies, don't forget to check that out sisters! I wouldn't mind a little 'roller coaster of love' with them! 'Helsinki-pyörä', the Ferris wheel, offers great views of Helsinki, and especially during the sunset it's fabulous.

There are many restaurants and shops at Linnanmäki, from cheap to expensive ones. You can find a toy museum too - when I visited Helsinki a year ago, they had a really cool Barbie exhibition there. There's also a theatre at Linnanmäki. Every year they perform a musical there with many famous Finnish artists - nothing special if you don't speak Finnish well, but otherwise usually rather good.

More information and details at www.linnanmaki.fi

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