- Date
- Saturday, October 31
- Time
- 13:00-14:00
- Price
- 0€/child, 10€/adult
- Age
- 6-14 years
- Booking
- Booking required
- Registration
- Registration required
- Capacity
- Limited capacity
This public tour at the Observatory of Helsinki University Museum Flame introduces astronomy and the history of the Observatory building, completed in 1834. The tour visits the old observation towers and includes a planetarium show about northern constellations and the movement of the night sky.
- Organizer
- University of Helsinki / Helsinki University Museum Flame
At a glance
- Date
- Saturday, October 31
- Time
- 13:00-14:00
- Price
- 0€/child, 10€/adult
- Age
- 6-14 years
- Languages
- fi
- Booking
- Booking required
- Registration
- Registration required
- Capacity
- Limited capacity
- Stroller-friendly
- Partial
- Accessibility
- Partial
- Travel estimate with HSL from my location
- Accessibility
- Step-free access to the exhibition floor is through the red garden gate at the west end, using door-phone number A1 or calling the museum. The old towers and planetarium included in the tour are not step-free, and the park hill can make arrival harder with a stroller.
Plan your visit
- Practical notes
- The towers are unheated and the planetarium is reached outdoors. Pay museum admission at the ticket desk before the tour. Studded shoes are not allowed inside the Observatory because they damage the old floors.
- Booking notes
- Register each participant separately using the online form. The tour has room for 20 participants; check remaining places when registering.
- Price notes
- The tour is included in Observatory admission. Adults EUR 10, reduced ticket EUR 7 and under-18s free. Museum Card holders and members of the University of Helsinki community enter free.
- Age notes
- For school-age children interested in astronomy and history. The organiser gives no age limit.