The route starts at Porthania with activities related to geosciences, geography, and satellites. From there, we cross the street to Think Lounge at Tiedekulma to learn about space storms. Next, we head to Fabianinkatu, where the Science Museum Liekki’s exhibition is about future foods. Finally, we end at Tieteiden talo, where science class Gadolin will demonstrate colorful rainbows in colorless matter.
Stop 1: 17:00 - 20:00, Porthania main lobby, Yliopistonkatu 3
The exciting world of geosciences, geography and space technology – Fossils & climate models, science lab Geopiste, satellites and geomedia
Organized by: Department of Geosciences and Geography (University of Helsinki), Science class Geopiste, and Aalto University’s Department of Electrical Engineering
Stop 2: 17:00 - 19:30, Think Lounge, Tiedekulma, Yliopistonkatu 4
From solar storms to the northern lights
Organized by: Space Physics Research Group, University of Helsinki
Stop 3: 17:00 - 20:00, Science Museum Liekki, Fabianinkatu 33
The future of food at Science Museum Liekki
Organized by: Science Museum Liekki
Stop 4: 17:00 - 21:00, Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6, 1st floor lobby
Rainbows in colorless matter at Tieteidentalo
Organized by: Chemistry class Gadolin and Finnish Chemical Society
P.S. To find all family-friendly Night of Sciences events, visit the Night of Sciences 2025 ‘Program’ page and select ‘Events for children’ as the target group.
The Science Forum (Finnish: Tieteen päivät) is a biennial science festival taking place in Helsinki, Finland. It is free and open to all visitors. The festival presents the latest research to the curious public and discuss the possibilities as well as the limits of science more broadly. The current format of the Science Forum is a five-day and one-night festival which consists of over 200 appearances by researchers from different parts of the country. All fields of research from the humanities and natural sciences to art and technology are represented. In the recent years the various events of the Science Forum have garnered thousands of people in the audience. The events are also widely followed on the Internet, both live and in recording.
All events held in Finnish, Swedish and English can be found on the website tieteenpaivat.fi