juhannus (=midsummer festival)
Yes, you are all welcome to come here to spend juhannus! The main festival days are 24.-25.6. My boss already promised that I don't have to work then.
What do you want to see/do it Finland? If you want to see Helsinki AND spend a nice juhannus, I would propose that you should come here some days before juhannus. We could go around Helsinki for some days and then go somewhere else to spend juhannus. Helsinki will be almost completely empty during juhannus cos all the people go somewhere on the countryside.
I probably told you about a big music Festival during juhannus. You can check it out yourself: www.rmj.fi, the website is also in English. But the tickets are super expensive: 2 days 71€, and all the bands usually Finnish, so I don't know how much you would enjoy it... That's why I propose this:
I can ask if my parents' summer cottage will be free then. It's close to my home town, so a bit far from Helsinki but we can arrange this. It's tiny and without facilities (no indoor toilet, no shower etc), but it's next to a lake. So: sauna, swimming, sauna, swimmming, sauna, grilling... We could buy some nice food and drinks and play paskahousu (=shitty trousers), go rowing.... That's Finnish juhannus! How does it sound?
But if you don't have enough time or something, we can also spend the juhannus here in Helsinki. No problem, what do we need all the Helsinki-people for when we are here? :)
Tell me what do you think,
Eleni
What do you want to see/do it Finland? If you want to see Helsinki AND spend a nice juhannus, I would propose that you should come here some days before juhannus. We could go around Helsinki for some days and then go somewhere else to spend juhannus. Helsinki will be almost completely empty during juhannus cos all the people go somewhere on the countryside.
I probably told you about a big music Festival during juhannus. You can check it out yourself: www.rmj.fi, the website is also in English. But the tickets are super expensive: 2 days 71€, and all the bands usually Finnish, so I don't know how much you would enjoy it... That's why I propose this:
I can ask if my parents' summer cottage will be free then. It's close to my home town, so a bit far from Helsinki but we can arrange this. It's tiny and without facilities (no indoor toilet, no shower etc), but it's next to a lake. So: sauna, swimming, sauna, swimmming, sauna, grilling... We could buy some nice food and drinks and play paskahousu (=shitty trousers), go rowing.... That's Finnish juhannus! How does it sound?
But if you don't have enough time or something, we can also spend the juhannus here in Helsinki. No problem, what do we need all the Helsinki-people for when we are here? :)
Tell me what do you think,
Eleni
Eleni - 3. Apr, 14:25
