Culture holiday

Aurora’s free drop-in workshops combine character creation, miniature home building and playful mini food-making through arts, crafts and visual arts techniques.

In Monday’s workshop, participants create their own small character using both needle felting and wet felting techniques. In Tuesday’s workshop, children build a home for their character or favourite soft toy using cardboard, fabrics and craft materials. In Wednesday’s workshop, participants make cute miniature foods for their character or soft toy in the spirit of a cooking club, using silk clay, beads, fabrics and various craft supplies.

In addition, on Monday, 12 October, visitors can enjoy a community sing-along accompanied by Mari Kätkä, and on Saturday, the Muoviamo Art Factory workshop gives plastic waste a new life as unique and practical objects.

The world-renowned illustrator Roger Mello’s exhibition is also on display in the Aurora Cellar Gallery throughout the autumn holiday week and is well worth a visit.

Museum Leikki

Ahertajantie 3, Tapiola

Spend your autumn holiday with Winnie-the-Pooh at Museum Leikki! During the holiday week, the museum is open with extended opening hours and offers plenty of fun activities for the whole family. Explore the miniature exhibition Half an Acre of History: The Legacy of Winnie-the-Pooh, join creative workshops, test your skills in puzzles and challenges, or try your luck at Piglet’s Wheel of Fortune. See the museum’s opening hours and full autumn holiday programme for more details.

EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art

Ahertajantie 5, Tapiola

Come and enjoy an art-filled holiday at EMMA! Every day from 1 pm to 3 pm, visitors can take part in activities that combine exhibition visits and creative workshops. You can spend the whole week at EMMA or join on selected days. The programme is created by students of art education at Aalto University and is designed especially for children aged approximately 4–10 years. The programme will be published and registration opens on 7 October.

• Theatre Hevosenkenkä(external link, opens in a new window) will present its popular production Kani Untuvakerä, aimed at the youngest members of the family, from Wednesday to Sunday during the autumn holiday week.
• Dominante, the mixed choir of Aalto University, will perform on the Entresse Library stage on Wednesday, 14 October at 3 PM. Free admission!
• On Wednesday evening, Tapiola Church will be transformed into an intimate living-room setting surrounding the performers during VocalEspoo’s Vicentino Singers concert, where audiences can experience radical and emotionally charged madrigal music from up close.
• The ten-member Les Fleurs Noires Orchestra, renowned for its fresh and innovative interpretations of tango, will perform at Sello Hall on Wednesday, 14 October at 7 PM.
• The concert Lea Laven – säveliä vuosien varrelta will take place in Louhi Hall at the Espoo Cultural Centre on Thursday, 15 October at 6 PM.
• Room Full of Hendrix will be performed at Sello Hall on Thursday, 15 October at 7 PM.
• The newly founded 333kollektiivi brings its situational-comedy-filled theatre production HÄÄT(Ö) to Kupla, Tapiola on 16 and 18 October (in Finnish).
• Tuomari Nurmio will perform in Kannu Hall on Saturday, 17 October at 7 PM.
• Red Nose Company’s laugh-out-loud Swedish-language production Strömsö will be staged in Vindängen Hall on Sunday, 18 October at 4 PM.

The library welcomes autumn holiday visitors to relax, explore and enjoy. We organise a wide variety of events throughout the season: discover musical instruments, play games, get creative with crafts, or enjoy film screenings. You can find all library events here.
 

The library is also a great place to find reading for the autumn holiday, with books for all ages. If you need reading tips, you can always ask our library staff or check the Library for children and families and Youth library pages.