Helsinki

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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