Baby's Day at Lippulaiva Library

Kuvassa lukee vauvan päivä, vapaa pääsy! Lippulaivan kirjasto 25.9.

Time

Fri 25.9.2026 EET/EEST10.00–12.00 EET/EEST

Location

Espoonlahdenkatu 8, 02320 Espoo

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Salonki

Target audience

No age limit

Price

Free entry

Organizer

CultureEspoo

Come celebrate Baby’s Day on September 25 at Lippulaiva Library in Espoonlahti! This free event for families with children includes concerts suitable for babies and toddlers, a light bath, and a poetry spa for babies. At the same time, you’ll get tips on creative activities you can do at home and through the city’s cultural services.

Program:

10:00–10:30 a.m. | Sinfonietta Quartet: Lie-Down Concert | Salonki

The Tapiola Sinfonietta string quartet will play a half-hour concert featuring familiar classics and other fun pieces.

Children may listen to the concert while lying down or lounging on mattresses or sitting on their parent's lap. The concert is suitable for all children and adults – and it's completely free!

10:30 a.m. - 11.00 p.m. | Poetry spa for babies | Salonki

Babies need to be stimulated in their own mother tongue. Babies love to play, and they love snappy rhymes and the rhythm of poems – which, according to research, also stimulates their brains!

Through poems and nursery rhymes, babies have their first literary experiences.

Give your child the gift of melodic language! Welcome to a world of poems and nursery rhymes!

Instructor: Pirkko Ilmanen, Espoo city library

11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Light Bath | Salonki

Play in colorful shadows and have fun with mirrors. Let your little ones fill up on light in their own wonderland. Recommended age: 4–14 months. The light bath is open non-stop.

Instructor: Jenni Vilander, Aurora Children's Cultural Center

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Meet library staff, church in Espoo staff, residents park staff and community centre staff at Library’s central plaza near the family area

Baby's Day is organised by CultureEspoo's children's cultural operators, including Espoo City Library, Children's Cultural Centre Aurora and Tapiola Sinfonietta.

The route to the main entrance

The 10 accessible parking spaces are located in a parking hall over 10 m from the entrance. The width of the parking spaces is at least 3.6 m.
The parking hall has a lift, which can hold a wheelchair; the door opens automatically. The floor numbers in the lift can be felt with fingers. The button for the exit floor stands out from the other buttons. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement.
The route to the entrance is guided, smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated and it uses movement-guiding surface material.

The main entrance

The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly and the glass doors have contrast markings. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens automatically with a motion sensor.

The entrance "Merikarhunkuja 5"

The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated and it uses movement-guiding surface material.
There is a steep slope on the passage.
The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly and the glass doors have contrast markings. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens automatically with an opening button.
The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
The customer service point is on the same floor as this entrance.
The staff opens the toilet.

In the facility

The customer service point is located on floor 3.
The staff opens the toilet.
For moving around, there is a lift, which can hold a wheelchair; the door opens automatically. The floor numbers in the lift can be felt with fingers. The button for the exit floor stands out from the other buttons. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
The doors in the customer service point stand out clearly. The glass doors have contrast markings.
The customer service point has an accessible toilet on the same floor.