Galilei Science Park

Galilei Science Park is open until August 11, 2024.


Admission to the Science Park Galilei is included in the price of the Heureka ticket in summer.

In the Science Park you can also get coffee, refreshments, ice cream and snack pizza from the Science Restaurant's kiosk.

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Science themes continue in the summer also outside

Admission to the Science Park Galilei is included in the price of the Heureka ticket in summer.

In the outdoor area in Galilei, there is an opportunity to try out large-scale objects based on the phenomena of music, mathematics and physics, many of which involve water. In addition, in the outdoor area you can find e.g. wheelchair track, where you can test how moving around with a wheelchair is different through level differences, doors and thresholds.

In front of Heureka

  • Penrose tiling

    In front of Heureka's main entrance is a round tiled area where the so-called Penrose tiles. Penrose tiles are a way to cover a plane continuously with a small number of different polygons. They got their name in the 1970s after the mathematician Roger Penrose.

  • Stone park

    Kivipuisto's 124 stones represent Finland's bedrock. The stones have been placed in the area by province, from Ordovician limestone imported from Åland all the way to gold ore from Kittilä. In addition to boulders, there is a piece of post-glacial beach pebbles from Vantaa. The boulders have been obtained as donations from entrepreneurs in the stone industry, the Geological Research Center, mining companies and some municipalities.

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