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May Day Celebration 2021 is cancelled to corona virus safety measures

The guide was updated: 2024-02-08

The Havis Amanda fountain statue is washed by university students as the prelude to the city's May Day (Vappu) celebrations. This fun ritual, in which Havis Amanda also gets her student cap, takes place on the evening before May Day and attracts thousands of viewers to the Market Square. The partying continues the next morning with traditional herring and champagne picnics in Kaivopuisto Park and Ullanlinna Hill.

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Helsinki Design Week

Helsinki Design Week

Helsinki Design Week is the largest design festival in the Nordic countries. Held annually in September, the multidisciplinary festival fulfils the city with more than 250 design events, such as exhibitions, open studios, talks, installations and markets for both professionals and visitors. If you are a fan of Finnish design or want to explore the latest trends in architecture, fashion, graphic design and urban culture, this festival is for you.

Helsinki Christmas Market

Helsinki Christmas Market

You don’t always have to go up North to explore Finnish Christmas: Helsinki has a lot of unique Finnishness going on. Taking place in the centre of Helsinki in the Senate Square and surrounded by imposing neo-classical buildings designed by Carl Ludvig Engel Helsinki Christmas Market is part of Helsinki-ites’ traditional Christmas festivities. It's the oldest and largest event of its kind in Helsinki. It's a one-of-a-kind possibility to eat Finnish handmade delicacies, buy traditional crafts and meet the locals who prepare them in person.

Lux Helsinki postponed to 2022

Lux Helsinki postponed to 2022

Light festival Lux Helsinki lights up the city centre ,in the beginning of January, during the darkest time of the year with magnificent light art. This free of charge city event can be enjoyed when the winter sun goes down.

Matka Nordic Travel Fair postponed to January 2022

Matka Nordic Travel Fair postponed to January 2022

Organized annually in January at Messukeskus Helsinki in Finland, Matka Nordic Travel Fair is the largest travel industry event in Northern Europe. More than 1000 exhibitors from 80 different countries ensure an impressive start for the travel year. In addition to destinations abroad, the popularity of domestic tourism ensures that all of Finland is also present in miniature size on a yearly basis.

Helsinki Cup Ltd.

Helsinki Cup Ltd.

Helsinki Cup is a international junior football tournament and we have around 20 different nationalities participating in the tournament each year. Secondly Helsinki Cup is a tournament for both genders – both boys and girls are warmly welcome to Helsinki Cup! In 2020, we will celebrate the 45th edition of the tournament.

Savonlinna Opera Festival postponed to summer 2022

Savonlinna Opera Festival postponed to summer 2022

Following the Finnish government’s ruling regarding events in summer 2021, this year’s Savonlinna Opera Festival has been postponed until 2022 to help control the coronavirus epidemic.

Habitare Interior, design & furniture fair postponed to September 2021

Habitare Interior, design & furniture fair postponed to September 2021

Habitare is Finland’s largest interior, design and furniture fair and the most prominent showcase of Finnish design. Habitare inspires, offers experiences and presents a wide range of ideas for various needs in homes and other spaces. Come and find your favourites, get ideas, enjoy the Habitare experience, and check out trends! Habitare will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2020. The theme Art of Living! is all about cherishing the moment, and having an optimistic outlook on the future.

Flow Festival will not take place in 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic

Flow Festival will not take place in 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic

Flow Festival is a carefully curated, high-quality festival with an innovative and content-driven program that is an inspired mixture of popular culture and experimental arts. With broad music and arts program, hand-picked food and restaurant services, thoughtfully designed and decorated festival area and extensive sustainability program Flow has put a new benchmark on the European festival scene.

Helsinki Festival

Helsinki Festival

Finland’s largest arts festival will once again provide a diverse programme of events throughout the city, with experiences ranging from classical to world music and pop, from drama to contemporary dance, and from visual art to film and children’s events. We hereby invite and encourage you to lose yourself in the Night of the Arts or get carried away with our fringe programme. This is a festival that brings the arts to everyone!

Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy

Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy

HIFF – Love & Anarchy is the coolest film festival in the Northern Hemisphere. In September, Helsinki is transformed into a moviegoers’ paradise with a programme filled with inventive, visually stunning and groundbreaking new films from Europe and around the world.

Helsinki Baltic Herring Fair

Helsinki Baltic Herring Fair

The oldest traditional event in Helsinki has been held since 1743. The fishermen working on the Baltic Sea bring each October their salted herring to market, as well as a delicious selection of herring marinades from rowan berries to red pepper. Of course, you can also find delicious dark bread in the archipelago style, clothes made from the wool of island sheep, and other handicrafts.

May Day Celebration 2021 is cancelled to corona virus safety measures

May Day Celebration 2021 is cancelled to corona virus safety measures

The Havis Amanda fountain statue is washed by university students as the prelude to the city's May Day (Vappu) celebrations. This fun ritual, in which Havis Amanda also gets her student cap, takes place on the evening before May Day and attracts thousands of viewers to the Market Square. The partying continues the next morning with traditional herring and champagne picnics in Kaivopuisto Park and Ullanlinna Hill.

Elämys Group

Elämys Group

Elämys Group has years of experience in organizing all kinds of events in Finland and Europe. Elämys Group has produced events in more than 50 countries and know the finest Finland has to offer. Whether for a corporate seminar or a stakeholder event, we are your number one partner. The expertise and resources span all frontiers in event planning from logistics management, design and production to entertainment and total technical support. The experienced and dynamic team of experts focuses on your needs and creates a successful event on their basis.

12.6. Helsinki Day

12.6. Helsinki Day

Helsinki celebrate and entertain residents and visitors on its birthday, 12 June. Helsinki Day has become a city festival that offers lots to see and do for people of all ages. The city centre will be filled with people, music and events, but Helsinki Day will also be celebrated outside the centre in the city’s districts.

Seurasaari Midsummer Celebration

Seurasaari Midsummer Celebration

The traditional Midsummer Eve celebrations in Finland involve bonfires, dances, games, spells and weddings. You can experience these all and more on Seurasaari Island in Helsinki. The event honours Finnish Midsummer traditions with handicrafts demonstrations, musicians and folk dancing, and one lucky couple is wed in the historic church on the island. The evening’s program culminates with dancing and the lighting of bonfires, which can also be admired from the sea aboard a cruise.

TUSKA festival 2021 will be cancelled due to corona virus safety measures

TUSKA festival 2021 will be cancelled due to corona virus safety measures

Tuska festival unites heavy metal fans around the globe for 3 nightless days in June. Festival is held in an old industrial environment @ Suvilahti. This unique metal festival offers specialities such as Cham-pain bar, Black dining restaurant concept, sauna and musicly everything from Korn, Ghost, Slayer to Heilung, Carpenter Brut and Behemoth.

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