Qué hay en Helsinki, Finlandia, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Christmas holidays en Finlandia

• Temporada

  Sea ice and winter swimming

  1 Ene – 20 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de hielo

  The avanto — a hole cut in the ice beside a sauna — is what a Helsinki winter is actually for, and the public places are busiest now. When the ice holds, people ski and walk out to the islands on it.

Concurrido — Winter/ski break en Finlandia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea ice and winter swimming (1 Ene – 20 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Winter/ski break en Finlandia

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea ice and winter swimming (1 Ene – 20 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Vappu

• Festival

  Vappu

  30 Abr – 1 MayGran festivalMucha genteCierres

  Student caps go on, the Havis Amanda statue is washed and capped on the evening of the 30th, and the whole city picnics in Kaivopuisto on the 1st whatever the weather. Shops shut for May Day. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — entre los picos, Vappu

• Temporada

  Terrace and ferry season

  1 May – 15 Sep · normalmenteApertura de verano

  The island ferries to Suomenlinna and Vallisaari, the outdoor pools and every terrace in the city open within about a fortnight of each other, and the place is unrecognisable from March.

Sigue en marcha: Vappu (30 Abr – 1 May)

Máxima afluencia — Midsummer, Summer holidays en Finlandia

• Festivo

  Midsummer

  19–20 JunVacaciones escolaresCierres

  The city empties for the countryside on Midsummer Eve and almost nothing in town stays open. If you were not invited to a cottage, the emptiness is the experience. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Terrace and ferry season (1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Summer holidays en Finlandia

• Naturaleza

  Berry and crayfish season

  20 Jul – 10 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de recolección

  Bilberries, cloudberries and chanterelles fill the market square stalls, and the crayfish parties that follow are more ceremony — schnapps, songs, bibs — than dinner.

Sigue en marcha: Terrace and ferry season (1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Finlandia, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Helsinki Festival

  18 Ago – 5 SepFestival de artes

  The largest arts festival in the country runs for a fortnight from mid-August, and the Night of the Arts near the start opens venues across the city free for one evening. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Terrace and ferry season (1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)), Berry and crayfish season (20 Jul – 10 Sep (normalmente))

Temporada media — entre los picos, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Ruska, the autumn colour

  5 Sep – 10 Oct · normalmente

  The autumn colour works its way down from Lapland through September. In Helsinki it arrives late in the month and is finished within a fortnight, which is also the end of the outdoor season.

Sigue en marcha: Terrace and ferry season (1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)), Berry and crayfish season (20 Jul – 10 Sep (normalmente)), Helsinki Festival (18 Ago – 5 Sep)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Autumn break en Finlandia

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ruska, the autumn colour (5 Sep – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  St Thomas's Christmas Market

  28 Nov – 22 Dic · normalmenteNavidad y Año Nuevo

  Wooden huts on Senate Square through Advent, selling glögi and food rather than novelties, with the cathedral lit above them and the market's own sauna at the back. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Independence Day, Christmas holidays en Finlandia

• Festivo

  Independence Day

  6 DicFiesta nacionalCierres

  Two candles in every window, a torchlit student march from Hietaniemi cemetery to Senate Square, and the whole country watching the presidential reception on television. Shops and museums shut. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: St Thomas's Christmas Market (28 Nov – 22 Dic (normalmente))