Target groups: Families with children
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The Maritime Day Parade Takes You to the Year 2075 – Registration is Now Open
11.4.2025 | Kotka’s Maritime Festival (Kotkan Meripäivät) will be held from July 23rd to 26th. Year after year, one of…
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A new family center will open in Karhula – services will be moved under one roof
4.4.2025 | A new family center will open in Karhula on April 28. Services that were previously located in temporary…
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Kotka high school education is attractive in the spring joint application
28.3.2025 | This spring’s joint application for Kotka high schools had more primary applicants (314) than starting places (308).The last…
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Kotka received the Child-Friendly Municipality recognition from UNICEF Finland
17.3.2025 | Kotka has been awarded its first Child-Friendly Municipality recognition by UNICEF Finland. The city began its Child-Friendly Municipality…
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Moominpappa and Moominmamma rowing nets. Tove Jansson. From Moominpappa and the Sea (1965).
3.3.2025 | Knowledge Treat: “Her own storm was always the worst.” Moomin characters’ views on the sea, adventure, and happiness…
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Parents are very satisfied with Kotka’s early childhood education and care
27.1.2025 | Parents of children in day-care centres in Kotka are very satisfied with the early childhood education offered by…
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The 43rd edition of Children’s Culture Week celebrates friendship
20.1.2025 | This year, the Children’s Culture Week programme features friendship in its many forms. The Cultural Weeks will be…
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Information event on pre-primary and primary education in English
18.12.2024 | On Tuesday 14.1.2025 at 18–19, an information session on English-language pre-primary and primary education will be held in…
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Working and holiday periods in Kotka schools in the academic year 2025-2026
21.11.2024 | The working and holiday periods for basic education and upper secondary schools in Kotka for the academic year…
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Kotka Early Childhood Education asks families about their Christmas service needs
08.11.2024 | Kotka Early Childhood Education uses an electronic form to enquire about the need for early childhood education for…
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Katariina swimming pools closed until the end of the month – gyms and saunas will remain open
8.10.2024 | Work to repair the water leak in the main pool of the Katariina swimming pool, which was discovered…
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The City Council proposes Esa Sirviö’s continuation as Mayor
1.10.2024 | The City Board of Kotka has decided to propose to the City Council that Esa Sirviö, Master of…