Radio | News week in plain Finnish | Saturday 1 June 2024

Summer events in Finland.

The topic of the news week is summer events in Finland.

A large number of different events are organized in Finland during the summer. Big music festivals gather a lot of people. There are also many small competitions and other events in different parts of Finland.

We will now tell you more about what happens in Finland in the summer.

The end of school is celebrated

Schoolchildren and students stayed on summer vacation today, Saturday. High school students and young graduates organized a party today.

In the summer, there are also many wedding parties, for example. Many couples want to get married in the summer when the weather can be good.

Big summer events

Finland’s biggest summer event is Suviseurat. Viseurat is a religious event that takes place this year at the end of June in Pudasjärvi, North Ostrobothnia. Tens of thousands of people participate in summer clubs every year.

There are many big music festivals in the summer. For example, Turku Ruisrock and Pori Jazz are traditional festivals, meaning events have been organized for decades.

Jukola’s message is a big orienteering competition that takes place every year in different parts of Finland. This year, Jukola’s relay is in 2 weeks in Kauhava, South Ostrobothnia.

A film festival will be held in Sodankylä in June. In Lapland, the sun also shines at night in the summer, and in Sodankylä, movies are watched all night long.

Small or special summer events

Some summer events are small. Some events are also quite special.

The Swamp Soccer World Cup is in mid-July in Kainuu. In the event, football is played in a swamp, which is really wet. The Swamp Soccer World Cup has received a lot of attention abroad as well.

A sauna festival is organized in Ikaalis in July. In Lapland’s Kilpisjärvi, there is a skiing race at midsummer and in Oulu, air guitar is played in August.

In the summer, there are a large number of different small summer events every weekend in different parts of Finland.

Repeat

The topic of the news week was various summer events in Finland. Let’s repeat the most important things.

There are a huge number of different summer events in Finland. Some events have tens of thousands of people. Some summer events are small or special.

This was Uutisviikko in plain Finnish, see you again. Goodbye!