When Linnanm ki opens its gates, everyone in Helsinki knows that summer has arrived. People who look back on the fifties with nostalgia remember the mermaids at Linnanm ki, who plunged into a tank of water when a ball hit the target. Now one of the rides at the amusement park lets visitors themselves experience the thrill of shooting artificial sets of rapids. The ride on the wooden roller-coaster is a wild one, even though there are brakemen to slow the carriages down a little. Other popular mind-blowing rides include the Octopus, the Space Shot, the Enterprise, the Rainbow and the Flying Carpet.
Small children are well catered for.
Peacock revue, magicians and acrobats Linnanm ki has its own theatre, the Peacock, which produces a new revue every summer. Finnish celebrities, current phenomena and, of course, politicians become the subjects of merciless satire. If you don't understand it, you will laugh anyway, because laughter is infectious. See the city from the big wheel Linnanm ki, a rocky hill, is in itself one of the highest points in Helsinki and the big wheel there commands some really spectacular views of the city. The cliffs of Linnanm ki have been a popular playground for many generations of Helsinki children.