Next week, 24-30 April, the spring school break offers children and young people in Tallinn the opportunity to take part in a diverse and exciting range of activities, from nature to exercise and from culture to robotics.

According to Deputy Mayor Betina Beškina, students in the capital are offered the opportunity to use their free time during the school holidays in an educational way. “Since environmental issues are becoming more and more relevant, several initiatives are directing attention to the impact of human activity in nature and sustainable values,” said Beškina. “I hope that young people will find suitable opportunities to support their mind and body, spend time in nature, rest or engage in hobbies that make them happy.” 

The North Tallinn Youth Centre offers young people the opportunity to expand their knowledge of gardening and plant things in the educational garden with their own hands, weed them later and use them for cooking. During the break, the Valdek Youth Centre also focuses on gardening and composting, the zero-waste lifestyle and the role and importance of the sea. 

Tallinn Botanic Garden offers plant days for 1st-6th grade students. Over the week, you will get to know the living conditions of different plants in the rock garden, find out what to do with germinating potatoes, make a spring bouquet, learn about fruits and spices and discover new flavours. In the Tallinn Zoo city camp, we talk about animals whose way of life involve burrowing or who spend at least part of their lives in soil. Peep Veedla, ornithology teacher and author of many bird books, introduces birds and their nest boxes in the Kalamaja museum.  

There are exciting things happening elsewhere, too. For example, in the Estonian Children's Literature Centre, you can visit the international exhibition “Will the Baltic Sea stay with us?”, where a cod named Baltek together with other marine inhabitants worries about the future of the Baltic Sea littered with plastic. Kumu Art Museum exhibition “teamLab. Floating blossoms in the sea of eternity”, on the other hand, depicts the eternal cycle of nature through unbroken waves, emerging, blooming and withering flowers and flames. 

The schedule of camps, events and activities held in the districts during the school holidays as well as registration information can be found on the tallinn.ee/koolivaheaeg website and information in Russian can be found at tallinn.ee/kanikuly.