Telly's Aquarium

"Golden fish with long, flowing tails.
Leafy plants growing in red gravel.
Two cute snails crawling through the water.
And a buuuuulging treasure chest.

We all live inside of
Telly's aquarium!

No cats or dogs or kangaroos,
Chickens, zebras or cockatoos.
Nothing up there lives in here.
This watery lair we find so dear..."
- Sesame Street


Pebbled paths outlined in magnifying tanks, led us through Helsinki's Sea Life. The boys were able to feel 'part of their world' as fish, sharks, eels, rays, and thousand of other marine life swam passed. The rooms are dim, allowing you to drown yourself in the 40+ aquariums. We watched sea horses, jelly fish, turtles, and "Nemo" go about their daily routine in the best man-made habitat I have ever seen.


The aquariums are all placed at eye level for the youngest of visitors. Even a few tanks are overhead like the underwater shark tunnel and a herring ring, which is a round aquarium designed for herring schools (a Baltic Sea native). After an hour of touring the tanks and a time-out for arts and crafts, we enjoyed a picnic lunch. Then we submerged ourselves for one last escape through the aquarium.