Student's magazine in a box

You might already have wondered why some students are selling small paper-made mailboxes on the street this year at Vappu. Well, actually the mailbox is just the wrapping for their traditional Vappu student magazine Äpy which is filled with jokes and wordplays.

The text is in Finnish though but if you don’t speak it that well yourself ask a Finnish friend to help you understand some of it.

You can still get one of the magazine today for 10 € everywhere in the city.

Hauskaa vappua!

Have some tippaleipä

Vappu is one of the biggest celebrations in Finland. And of course every celebration call for its culinary specialty.

Around May 1 Finns traditionally eat the so called Tippaleipä. It is made of spaghetti shaped dough from flour, egg, sugar, lemon, salt and spices and deep fried in oil.

Tippaleipä is sold in shops everywhere in Finland at the moment. Go and get some as long as the shops are still open.

And don’t forget to head to Havis Amanda at Kauppatori around six today to watch Mantan Lakitu, the official beginning on Vappu.

Hauskaa vappua!

No parking for clean streets

The city is been cleaned from all the small stones and dust that is left over from the winter. And of course the street has to be completely empty during that time. 

So be careful where you park your car these days. Always check the beginning of the street for those signs first. 

Normally the non parking signs just apply for one day for a few hours. It might differ though so pay close attention. Otherwise your car has to be moved.

Bright nights

The days are already quite long again. Yesterday night at 22:00 it was still that bright. 

Welcome back to Linnanmäki!

The long winter break is over. Today at 13:00 Linnanmäki, Helsinki’s big amusement park finally opens its gate again for the new season.

And as every year there is of course a new attraction is awaiting Linnanmäki’s visitors. The haunted house has been completely renovated and is now the Kyöpelinvuoren Hotelli which was planned by the English designer Nick Farmer.

But the rides are not the only thing that makes Linnanmäki worth a visit. The amusement park again invited lots of artists for this season to play on Linnanmäki’s Estradi stage. The opening show tonight features the boy band Satin Circus, Krista Siegfrids, who will represent Finland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö and the kids heavy metal band Hevisaurus playing on Saturday and Haloo Helsinki on Sunday. Both concerts start at 18:00 and are for free.

Have a great time at Linnanmäki!