For Children

Voipaala Art Centre

Sääksmäentie 772, Sääksmäki te. +358 40 335 7071

Voipaala, situated at the foot of Rapola ridge, was transformed a village into manor in the 17th century. The manor house is set in a 200-year-old baroque park. Today the main building, completed in 1912, is home to the Voipaala Art Center. There are changing exchibitions in the main building as well as in the galleries located in the smaller buildings throughout the year. Voipaala is a versatile cultural centre for the whole family!

Open: 1May- 30 Sep daily 11-18, 1Oct- 30 Nov tue-Fir 11 am - 5 pm, Sat-Sun 12-6 pm, 1-21 Dec Tue-Fri 11 am-5 pm.

Entry: 6 €, students, pensioners and groups (min. 16 persons) 5 €/ person, children 7-18 yrs 1 €.
Guided tour 30 €.

Children's Adventure Park

Apia publik park,  Inquiries tel. int +358 40 335 7751
Children´s Adventure park is situated only a short walk away from the city center and it offers much more than most playgrounds. The kids can splash around in shallow lagoons, play in the bastions and towers, and climb on other safe play apparatus. Take a lunch bag with you and spend a nice summer day with the kids in the Children´s Adventure Park!

Open daily from the beginning of May  to the end of October 2011.  Free entrance. 

Next to the Children's Adventure Park is summer theater. The summer theater has presentations at summer 2011. Ticket sales starts an hour before the display and the park will be closed. The park is closed also during other happenings and performances.
Summer theater timetable and other timetables

For more information tel.+ 358 40 335 6051, matkailu vlk.fi

Children's Traffic Playpark

Tallikatu 2, tel. int. +358 40 335 7741
The traffic park is an excellent place for children to learn about real life traffic by practicing with pedal cars and bicycles. 
Open: 2.5.-2.9.2011
Mon-Wed from 12- 6 pm
Thu-Fri from12- 4 pm

For children under 12 years. Free entrance.

Horseback Riding

- Ilola Tourist Farm Vedentaantie 30, tel. int. +358 3 588 9227
- Ratsastustalli Eurotalli Oy Pyörönmaantie 500, tel. int. +358 400 779 177 
- Ratsastuskoulu SS-Talli Oy  Kapakanmäki 22, Tarttila, tel. int. +358 3 543 6279 

Home farms

Ilola Tourist Farm

Vedentaantie 30, 37850 Metsäkansa, tel. int. +358 3 588 9227
Open daily 1.6.-15.8. from 10 am to 5 pm. Entry: 5 € / family

Children have a change to get acquainted with variety of farm animals at the Ilola Tourist farm. A play area and a trampoline available.

Karisalmen kotieläinpiha

Innalanraitti 27, 37700  Sääksmäki
tel. +358 40 827 7464
Open 1.5.-30.9. Mon-Fri from 10 am to 5 pm, weekends from 10 am to 2 pm. Entry 2 € / person

The Karisalmi domestic animal farm has pigs, shickens, turkeys, quails, ducks, goats, guinea pigs and rabbits, all supervised by Onni the watchdog. There are also houses a museum displaying old farm tolls ans a shop wiht crafts to sale.

Museums

Kauppilankatu 13, tel. int. +358 40 563 6017

The Kauppilanmäki open-air museum is situated a few hundred metres from Myllysaari museum, on the southern side of the canal.There are five houses that illustrate the lives of paper mill workers from the late 19 ^th century to the early 20 ^th century. There area also houses a Workers' Hall, a smoke sauna, a carriage shed and storage houses. Various events and performances are arranged on the premises on summer Sundays.

Open: June 1 – August 29. Tue, Thu-Sun 12-4 pm, Wed 12-6 pm

Entry: adults 5 euros, students, pensioners and groups (min. 10 persons) 3 euros/ person, children 7-16 years 2 euros , children under 7 years are free. The ticket is also valid for the Myllysaari Museum.

Guiding 50 euros/ group

Visavuori museum

Visavuorentie 80, FIN-37770 Tarttila
Tel. int. +358 3 543 6528 info visavuori.com

Situated on the shore of the Lake Vanajavesi, near the magnificent Sääksmäki suspension bridge.Visavuori is a museum entity comprising the Home and Atelier Museum of the artist Emil Wikström and the Kari-Pavilion exhibiting the works of Wikström's grandson, the artist Kari Suomalainen. Known simply as Kari, he was the most famous cartoonist in Finland. The exhibitions follow changing themes. In Wikström's atelier, built during 1903-1912, some 100 statues are exhibited. The atelier also houses a small winter garden, an organ and an observatory.

Open: June 1 – August 31 daily 10 am-6 pm, September 1 - December 18 and February 1 - April 30 Tue-Sun 10 am-4 pm, January 1 to January 31 Tue-Fri 10 am-4 pm

Entry: adults 7 euros,children ( aged 7-15 ) 1 euro, children under 7 years old free,groups (min.15 persons), pensioners and students 6 euros. Guiding 30 euros/group.

Recreation Areas and Nature Paths

There are several guided routes and varying landscapes for hikers and nature lovers to choose from. Northward you'll find hilly and rocky country and southward farming country, typical for the province Häme, even rare groves

Swimming

There are about twenty swimming beaches and an indoor swimming pool.

Events