very cheap things to do with 9 yr old boy

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raamv
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Post by raamv » Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:51 pm

musteolinna has thier antique week till this sunday July 8th..
They have the treasure hunting for kids and
they evaluate your antique's worth there too..
Check their web pages..


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Post by karen » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:14 pm

penelope wrote: There is usually a "Legoland" play area UNDER Hakaniemi market square in the summer. It is not free but the entrance ticket gives unlimited access to all the activities (Lego, trampolines, etc). There is a snack bar . Mine used to love it. Haven't seen any advertisements for it this year but it is an annual thing that lasts all through the summer vacation. All indoors so good on a rainy day. Like today. Found it: http://www.leikkiluola.fi/
We went to this today. Having visited it last year, I had high expectations. They only have half the space they had before (the area in front of the snack bar) and the place was PACKED. Kids under 7 are free, but adults have to pay to sit and watch. I would rather go to HopLop for the bouncing and play with Legos at home. The Lego area was very small. There were no electric cars for the kids to ride. If I lived in Helsinki, I would possibly go to this again. Since I don't, I will stick to the offerings out here in the boondocks.

Oh, we showed up at 1:00 and they weren't allowing any entries until 2:00. That's how full it was.

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Post by Rosamunda » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:43 pm

Well..... I was at Helsinki Cup football all day and we got SOAKED this morning!

I guess it was packed because of the rain and because of all the little boys in town (for the football, over 700 teams particpate in Hesa Cup)

Good to know it is not worth the trip this year. Thanks for the info.

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Post by raamv » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:54 pm

karen wrote:We went to this today. Having visited it last year, I had high expectations. They only have half the space they had before (the area in front of the snack bar) and the place was PACKED. Kids under 7 are free, but adults have to pay to sit and watch. I would rather go to HopLop for the bouncing and play with Legos at home. The Lego area was very small. There were no electric cars for the kids to ride. If I lived in Helsinki, I would possibly go to this again. Since I don't, I will stick to the offerings out here in the boondocks.

Oh, we showed up at 1:00 and they weren't allowing any entries until 2:00. That's how full it was.
I had made a plan to check this out..So Thanx Karen for this info..
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