Museum of Civil Defence — Attraction in Helsinki sub-region

An absolutely brilliant little museum and, in my opinion, an must see not only for people like myself living in Finland, but also for foreign visitors. We visited on Helsinki day, and met a couple of lovely American tourists who were absolutely enthralled by the place and amazed at how well Finland is prepared and organised to protect its inhabitants. We helped them a little bit with translations as the museums exhibit information was mostly in finnish of course. We also recommended that they go and take a look at the parking halls under Kamppi and Forum to see some of the bigger shelters. From what they told us I think a lot of foreign visitors would be interested in this museum and perhaps also walking tours of Helsinki to see the underground shelters, especially if more information was available in english. The guides working in the museum were very friendly and helpful. I learned an awful lot here and took away some information leaflets about interesting courses on offer to do with preparation and defence. The 25 minute video at the end about the war was both fascinating and terrifying. This museum really is...

A great educational museum. We were met by a friendly and knowledgeable guide who told us all about Finland's civil defence. You get to see a museum housed in a real (bomb) shelter. You can view a short film in English about Russia's attacks on Finland. The museum is free and sadly only open on Saturdays from 10am-2pm. Thank you to the lovely lady volunteer guide for making us feel welcome....

Wonderful museum in an actual WWII era bomb shelter. While most of the exhibit is in Finnish only, the gentleman working that day was very friendly and happy to talk and answer questions. Free, but only open on Saturdays. If you have a chance,...