THIS IS HOW FINNISH PEOPLE PARTY! 🇫🇮 (Vappu celebration)

Biggest celebration in Finland, May Day aka. Vappu is here!
This is a celebration to welcome the summer time, and it's held every May 1st each year.
In Tampere, the party came with many traditions including dunking freshman students into the cold freezing river to "baptized" them.
It is also mandatory to eat munkki (Finnish donuts) and drink sima (mead) on this day.
And of course, lots of alcohol, street parties, street markets, and picnics!
Check out our experience celebrating Vappu in Tampere, Finland.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Welcome to May Day celebration in Tampere
00:27 - Unique tradition on Vappu! Finnish cold water dip like you've never seen
1:46 - GREAT weather and BIG crowds! Everybody is smiling!
3:08 - Shoutout to Finnish people for not littering :) A clean and organized party
3:31 - Finland comes alive in summer! The streets are full and beautiful
4:35 - Foreigners first time trying munkki and sima! Traditional May Day snack and drink
6:40 - Fun for all ages :) From children, university students, parents, etc!
7:49 - Finnish people are very respectable, we had a great time :D !
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[@wrs900]

From hockey vids to drinking now on public and knowing its ok. Give this man a finnish passport asap

[@tr11_]

Nah.

[@tuukka3580]

If Finland wins the trophy at wm's then they have to go to Torille. 🤣

[@Hazard2111]

Yes, i think they been Finnished.

[@williamdalgren7240]

All of a sudden Finland looks like a country with a population of 50+ million people

[@lungimies2914]

All 5,6 million of us crawl out for Vappu 😉

[@Goldensheep12]

after vappu people go back inside close curtains and wait for the wintter

[@hazmanriess8949]

Finnish population just 5.6 million. Even Singapore the little small Island country population more than 6 million.

[@maestrobash7822]

I went out to get food the other without realizing what day it was and REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@pikkisful]

​@@lungimies2914 olin kotona ja tein pihatöitä 👍

[@Myasth]

We Finns love foreign people enjoying our country. And i think i speak for everyone in Finland that we think Canadians as our fellow people since alot of of Finns immigrated into Canada. Canadians are known for being friendly and i think we are similiar in that way. Hope you are having a very nice time here. Hope to visit Canada some day.

[@juhokaartoaho]

Finnish streets are usually not littered by empty cans and bottles in these kinds of public events since there are a lot of people that go around the city to collect empty cans and bottles to return and get money from them. People drinking usually leave them so that those people can easily find them like in your video next to the trash since in the trash it would not be recycled.

[@kenitube]

Really impressed how accurately + nuances Steve and Ivana has captured details of the finnish way of living. Have seen many youtubers visit finland and this is by far best series of videos of Finland. You really put effort on your background research. Thank you. ❤ Now when I realize your special skill it makes me wanna see your other travel videos as well. Good job!🎉

[@matthewdicksoncrusher5592]

Clearly a slight difference if you think a one month back and your visit to Tampere (empty streets). People are waking up from winter sleep, crawling from the holes to drink Sima and taste some Munkki.

[@matthewdicksoncrusher5592]

If you manage to get tickets for U18 finals, you can stay in Helsinki since Espoo Metro Arena locates only a 10km from Helsinki city center. You can use Subway.

[@jussikankaansydan5645]

Clearly a comment from, a person that knows little nor nothing about Finns. - We Finns do go outside on wintertimes and there is populus in streets of Tampere (the city that I habitat at) but Vappu is a traditional Finnish holiday of celebrating of planting, and a so call'd Workers Holiday, cause it celebrities working class for their hard work and upcoming work. I'd see Vappu as an opposite of Halloween, but in same manner. That's why you might have seen children with balloons and such. We as Finns cellebrite Good harvest as advance for giving our blessings for our heathen gods for good fortune advance... Church have came here afterwards.

[@villekoskela9073]

@@jussikankaansydan5645sarcasm boi sarcasm

[@Jaybubling]

As a Finn I lose all respect towards a person that litters and I'd like to think that that's the case for most of my countrymen. Our appreciation for nature and cleanliness keeps most people in check which is something I absolutely love and want to preserve.

[@WednesdayFin86]

Nice to see someone cover Tampere celebrations too. Usually Finland travel logs are so Helsinki centric.

[@_veikkomies]

The most famous thing about Vappu in the capital region is Mantan lakitus. It's a traditional event where they put one of those white hats on a specific statue. This year the statue and its surrounding were being renovated so they made a replacement statue and held the event elsewhere. It's probably the biggest crowds you'll find anywhere in Finland. Also about the multicolored overalls: that signals that you're in a relationship (there are some multicolored one so not sure which one you're referring to). Sometimes people cut off the sleeves of their overalls and swap them with their SO. Or if they are members of several guilds they might combine them into one.

[@user-ek5pp2wy3g]

Masons, Swedish

[@duzzzz94]

You are almost correct with the "authentic" sima. You scoop it from a big container but instead of a glass jar we usually we make it in big plastic buckets. Also there should be raisins floating in it.

[@Wenixi]

You put it in glass bottles normally at the end tho....

[@kognak6640]

Sima needs to be bottled for carbonation. You get flat halfway fermented lemon juice from the bucket. Raisins are put in bottles as indicators, they start floating when fermentation and carbonation is complete. Extra sugar is added in bottling phase making sure yeast won't eat all sugar.

[@Mara941]

nah but everything tastes better in a glass bottle

[@janiturunen4059]

In English it is called mead

[@tapio_m6861]

The raisins serve a purpose. When you put them in, they sink to the bottom and slowly start to fill with the yeast and eventually float. That’s when you know it’s ready. Everyone eats them, and I do as well, but I can imagine that would result in a stomachache if you eat too much of them.

[@matiaspaavilainen907]

Vappu is the biggest celebration for students, and the people being dipped in the river are first year engineering students or "teekkari" of various fields studying in an university. They can be recognized by the black tassel on their caps. Different universities have different traditions on vappu in terms of the "baptism", but it always involves going into the cold water. Parties and various events in preparation for vappu start in early or mid April, going for 2 or more weeks, May 1st being the finale. Each major or guild(kilta) has it's own overalls, and the people with 2 colours have most likely changed their major. Vappu is also regarded as the celebration day of the working class people, historically more so than now. Sima is a bit like mead, but usually mildly alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Making it is quite easy, it's basically some brown sugar, water, and yeast, which is then fermented for a few days. There's usually lemon slices as well to bring flavour before bottling. It can also be purchased from supermarkets, Marli IMO has the best non-alcoholic one. Tippaleipä is something you could try as well that is only enjoyed on vappu, those can be found on many supermarkets, it's a deep fried pastry covered in powdered sugar.

[@kronop8884]

In this regard both with welcoming spring, student celebrations and antics as well as apparel Finland and Sweden are almost identical

[@Mayhem-pv9cc]

Tippaleipä is the most tasteles peace of cardboard in the world. Sima is kind of like mead, but instead of honey its made of lemon and orange. There can be alcohol in it small amount 'cos its made of sugar and yeast.

[@millmoormichael6630]

you earned that buck like m..

[@peterbaarman612]

Dont forget Vappu is also the holiday of the end of spring and the international workers' day.

[@lode-star]

More on the overalls, for anyone interested, if one leg of the overall is in a different color, that usually means they have swapped it with their significant other's

[@qwertyu600]

Sima usually has about 0,5-1% alcohol content.

[@Hnkka]

kids version

[@mikrosixtysix]

Most people add little bit of vodka to their sima

[@jaakkoniskanen2272]

Where ??? Not on Finland​@@mikrosixtysix

[@qwertyu600]

@@Hnkka The traditional version. When you brew it longer and get to higher prosents I think it becomes mead instead, sugar/honey wine pretty much.

[@niklas4813]

@@mikrosixtysixNever heard of anyone doing this

[@user-nq5cz8wo7b]

Well I did drink up to 9% alcoholic sima my friend had made and it was really good as well. The alcoholic content can be anywhere from 0% up to a strong wine. Glad you had a good time spending Vappu in Tampere!

[@windsolarupnorth7084]

Sima is water, sugar, brownsugar, lemon and raisins. Throw it in a bucket and add some yeast to let it ferment for 3-4 days.

[@marittamustonen-smith7333]

I did make sima once and bottles exploded. Too strong but my mother in law thought it was beer and loved it. I love sima and Finnish cardamom munkki 💕🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@eskoikonen3306]

English: Mead, mjöd in swedish.

[@mantailuaa]

@@marittamustonen-smith7333 I once did sima and forgot one bottle in the fridge for about 3 months. When opened, I tested it with wine %meter and it had 7% alcohol in it, did taste like very strong beer and not like sima anymore. And I have had that explosive sima bottle too. It was in the lower part of the fridge, upper part was +4 and the lower cool side from +8 to +10C. When it exploded, both doors flew open, the neck part of the bottle was jammed through the grate to the upper part and the bottom half was in thousands of pieces in the lower part. And sima and raisins everywhere mixed with shards! Fun to clean, noooot!!!

[@Silveirias]

@@marittamustonen-smith7333 That's because you closed the cap too tightly. You need to leave it slightly open so that the pressure can't build up like that.

[@oscarb9440]

Most of the people who are getting baptized are first year engineering students who become so called "teekkari" by getting their new Tekkaricap after doing quests and other stuff before being rewarded by it at the end of the first year. I also just got mine 2 days ago 🥳

[@jattikuukunen]

And it's only the students in Tampere who get baptized like this.

[@oscarb9440]

@@jattikuukunen actually no, in Turku we also do IT like this. Tamperes baptizing baskets are made in Turku soooo. :D

[@spao9411]

As an engineering student can say that I had a fun wappu eve. Nice hangover on the wappu day picnic lol

[@spao9411]

Also some majors have two colored overalls like mine but if you have a gf/bf studying a different major, its typical to exhange your leg part of the overall with your partner.

[@kognak6640]

The little fried fish is vendace, a freshwater species(also brackish waters). It's closely related to much larger whitefish. Herring is totally different, it's salt/brackish water species.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

You were blessed with an ideal Vappu weather. Keeping in mind that there's still snow in the northern Finland, quite often it's quite cold in the southern Finland too on Vappu. Sima might have some alcohol in it when people make it themselves. There's sugar and yeast involved, and it's not always exact science.

[@sebastiansandvik825]

Regarding the coveralls; Part of the reason why first year students are swimming with them is that one of the important rules of the student outfit is that you are never allowed to wash them, but you are allowed to swim in them. So once you've partied in your coveralls for the first year you're probably ready to have them washed come May. The colours indeed signify different majors (which work a bit differently in Finland), and if you see coveralls that are combined out of different colours it can mean either double majors or a switch from one to another (usually a bigger part of the coveralls is exchanged). If you see someone with a leg made out of a different colour it means that they have switched legs with their significant other.

[@annalawson8993]

Great to hear you had good time! I was working at the Teekkari dipping this year. You could probbaly spot me as a tiny pixel somewhere. Had so much fun doing my part for the student community! Actually, you'd be surprised about how much volunteer work goes into organizing just one event. Basically every student event at Tampere and pretty much everywhere else in finland is always fully organized and supported by the student associations of a certain subject. For some students, it's almost a second, non-paid job that we work along our studies to arrange events for others and promote the students interests. The feeling and spirit of a community is very strong among finnish students, especially in Tampere. Those who you saw being dipped were the first year tech students, Teekkaris, who earned their right to wear the teekkari cap (white with a black tassel) this year. The plain white cap that other students and also older people are wearing is a high school graduation cap. You're quite right about people being clean, however the reason everywhere was so pristine is that the tech students clean the park early in the May day morning. The night after is the one when everyone parties. In the morning, the park around the river was horribly littered, but was quickly cleaned by student volunteers for the dipping to start. Also, you're correct about the double major! Some people also exchange a small part of a pant leg with their partner if they're dating. But most of the times, fully split overalls are double majors.

[@castform57]

If you want to see the largest crowds in finland, you have to be in Helsinki around Mantan lakitus (the capping of Manta). Manta, or officially Havis Amanda, is a fountain statue that is given a large student cap in a celebration event. This tradition started as a student prank, and after repeating it annually it became an official event. The statue is currently under maintenance, so the next big Mantan lakitus at the proper spot will be some years away.

[@konoo11]

U need to experience the finnish summer!!

[@jtekholm]

Yes! I would love to see Steve and Ivana experiencing Juhannus

[@finninaama8862]

I have followed you in Finland from the begin from the airport. You are so positive and happy nice people. Big thank to you and happy future 👍

[@JetLagWarriors]

Thank you! 😃

[@StadiMies]

Vappu in great weather, whats not to like? Looks like you had a fun day.

[@jarhu86]

Sima is slightly fermented so made traditionally it may contain small amount of alcohol. Non-Alcoholic versions are also sold in stores and in the market square. We once made sima and apparently it had a bit larger alcohol content since we got really tipsy.

[@Whatshisname346]

People usually get wasted the night before Vappu. Takes the edge off a bit on the day itself as today was a workday.

[@Wenixi]

You are so right about the Sima. Drinking it from glass bottles that your grandmother has bottled. 😂 Ofc homemade is the best one. But im sure the Sima at the main square was also good. 😊

[@MrManiacKid]

Besides May Day, another popular holiday in Finland is Midsummer ("juhannus"). Then the opposite phenomenon happens; i.e. the city streets can be almost empty of Finns, because they usually go to their summer cottages. Midsummer is also the best time to witness the nightless nights and even the midnight sun in Lapland. A typical tradition at Midsummer is to burn a traditional bonfire (to keep evil spirits away 😉), grill, take a sauna, swim and heavily drink. The latter of these tend to cause another slightly more unpleasant phenomenon: drownings. That is, if you have a slightly twisted sense of humor, you can also play a little "drowning bingo" and read in the news how many Finns have actually drowned in a lake or sea during Midsummer.

[@wrongusername]

Really authentic finnish vids from you! Great to see, not the same travel vids every other influencer does that comes to Finland

[@MKylander]

We don't use cranes, but a slide in Oulu to baptise engineering students. Being a bit further up North, the water was still frozen over and had a hole made to it. It's also a tradition to slide in completely, head included. There's an emergency crew and divers in case something goes wrong, I don't remember a single incident though.

[@martikalyle6729]

Where in Oulu was the water still frozen over on this Vappu? At toriranta, pikisaari and the joki it was all thawed and open besides a couple floating chunks of ice at the tori. But I don't know where the baptism happens here haha

[@MKylander]

@@martikalyle6729 In the small stream next to Åströminpuisto.

[@zeizei8475]

**Vappu** is a traditional Finnish celebration that takes place on **May 1st**. It's a festive occasion that marks the arrival of spring. Vappu is also recognized as a day for **workers and students**, particularly university students. It's an **official flag day** in Finland and has an interesting history. **Origins of Vappu**: - The Finnish word "vappu" originates from Saint **Walpurga**, who was a medieval nun in Germany. Her feast day was placed on May 1st, coinciding with earlier spring festivities. - In Europe, the Celts and Germanic tribes celebrated the beginning of spring on the first of May with rituals including the **burning of bonfires**. - In Finland, Vappu traditionally included agricultural milestones. Cattle were released to pasture on Vappu, and children would run around with cowbells to ensure good fortune for the livestock. - Today, Vappu is characterized by **balloons**, **streamers**, and often **carnival-like attire**. A traditional Vappu drink is **mead (sima)**, which can be homemade, and it's typically enjoyed with **funnel cakes (tippaleipä)** and **doughnuts**. **Workers' Celebration**: - May Day became established as a workers' movement celebration and protest day in the United States. In Finland, **workers' marches** on Vappu have a long tradition, with slogans demanding better conditions for workers. - Vappu became a **statutory holiday** in Finland in 1944. **Students' Celebration**: - University students were among the most enthusiastic celebrators of spring since the 19th century. Originally, students celebrated spring on May 13th, on **Saint Flora's Day**. - In Helsinki, student Vappu celebrations include **capping the statue of Havis Amanda** on the eve of Vappu and gathering at **Ullanlinnanmäki** on Vappu day. Swedish-speaking students gather in **Kaisaniemi Park**. So, Vappu in Finland is a multifaceted celebration that combines the joy of spring, labor, and student festivities into a colorful and joyful event! 🎉🌸🎓

[@sisu-veikkaviljamiviitikko7032]

Sima has water, lemon juice, brown sugar, yeast and raisins in it. Because of yeast there is little alcohol, but it is so small amount that little kids are drinking it. You can get alcoholic sima by altering the recept like adding brown sugar and yeast and letting it ferment few more days or simply by mixing it whit liqueur or spirit.

[@oneweirdpotato]

Just wanted to add that the people getting "baptized" are only the engineering + architecture students and some other people such as the event organizers etc, so not all university students. Just got baptized myself there and was surprised to see myself in this 🤣

[@oneweirdpotato]

And yes we were spraying champagne

[@nyfbie]

Glad you got to experience Vappu in probably the most vappu obsessed city in Finland!

[@Jourei_]

I never really thought about how clean we like to drink here. Like, besides cans being picked up very actively by people who are after the deposits, the parks aren't too littered the day after. Though you can definitely tell there was an event.

[@pauljmorton]

I heard there was a survey to find out why karaoke is so popular in Finland, and the survey found out that Finns see karaoke as a way to socialize without being directly social with other individuals. I think these public holidays with their crazy traditions may be related to that mentality.

[@solitudecityguard845]

The overalls have different colours to symbolise what area you are studying, double colours does not mean double exams but for example history has orange and black (yes as that one internet site). I think its the chemists that make their own colour, they put their white overalls and mix it with colour in the washer and therefore everyone studying chemistry has a unique colour scheme

[@rautu5336]

if you know a good friend from other major in university, you are allowed to cut part of your coverall and switch it with your friend's coverall. That's why there are some multicolour coveralls.

[@Emppu_T.]

Glad you guys had fun. It was excellent weather

[@binneystreet]

you need to keep your cans and take them to the supermarket recycling machine which will give you the receipt to the amount of returns and which you then can use as money in the store!

[@Niklas6577]

Drinking in public is actually prohibited in built areas ("taajama"). Still everyone does it so the police have learned to look the other way. They will only interfere if you are completely wasted

[@henrimarjoan7876]

I think there is an addition to that law that says its ok to drink in public if it doenst cause any disturbance.

[@chaw294]

Great video !!! Thanks a bunch for sharing this interesting and coooool video. Happy May Day 🥳

[@hannuloijas1249]

Nice to see our mayday for your perspective🎉🎉🎉

[@vke6077]

amazing im glad you got to see the wappu traditions!!

[@RaccoonLex]

There is a saying " Sen kesä kuivaa, mitä kesä kastelee" meaning "the summer dries that, what summer gets wet" 🙂

[@naaattih3283]

you were so close to filming me at some point! i was one of the balloon sellers and you were filming the spot i was but i didnt show there

[@unknownentity8256]

3:19 Oh yea we are really serious about recycling and if someone litters they get extreme death stares. 😅

[@mikesmith-ut1lt]

Public drinking in Finland is prohibited under the Public Order Act, but there is an exemption that "picnic style" drinking in parks is allowed as long as you are not bothering other people. During Vappu the police are not going to say anything if you´re not being a nuisance but on a regular monday if you´re walking past a police car on Hämeenkatu drinking a beer you´re probably going to get a ticket.

[@Nipa96M]

Sima can have some alcohol, but mostly not enough to give you a buzz. Also munkki is not a typical donut as you might have noted. When saying donut or donitsi we finns mean a more typical donut with sugar coat and maybe filling. But close enough.

[@imSmitch]

Sima can contain little bit alcohol, but that what they sold at the street, that was non alcoholic. If you make sima on your own, you can make it like 1-10% or more.

[@zaldrian]

Been absolutely loving the videos since i found the channel a little while ago!! Hyvää Vappua from Helsinki

[@zoolkhan]

sima does have low percentages of alcohol, after all there is fermentation going on (at least in the proper sima, which usually is homemade) - but the percentage is so low, its neglible 2% maybe.... for finnish people that is "no alcohol" - but for an alcoholic it would be bad to believe that.

[@usefool6477]

Some don't have any alcohol at all (I suspect the one they drank may have been like that), but usually around 1%, because if it's real sima, it should have alcohol except if it has been removed somehow. But there are also Simas with more alcohol.

[@matthewdicksoncrusher5592]

When next video and whats your plan!?! 😊

[@DeLaLosPedros]

Oh,how you has done all over our planet and that munkki did it ❤️🤣❤️‍🔥 I'm proud to see 2 Canadian people who had a chance to do all over the world and as he said in most interview,he didn't get all and your wife has that angle 👍 I don't know what's the my speak with all not mono answer,but I can see that I love how you do this . I have nothing more to offer than I've seen my fellow men has done. Have a great journeys and hope to meet some day

[@llssneN]

Glad you enjoyed your stay!

[@dianegreig4627]

What a great tradition!! Thanks for capturing it. Keep safe, healthy and happy.

[@2o2b]

Munkki has yeast and donuts have baking soda

[@Silveirias]

Munkki also has cardamom :)

[@Gurupimp10]

Looks a lot just like Swedish students, same kind of Overalls/Pants with patches etc. Cool cheers :)

[@user-ek5pp2wy3g]

Because all this nonsense was invented by the Swedish Freemasons. (in this case it is harmless) Finland was part of Russia. They were in Nato :) Swedish aristocrats were part of Russia. In 1917, the British and French betrayed Russia (Entente). Swedish Freemasons are servants of England, they blew up social-democratic bombs (the Bolshevik Party was founded in London; and the blow was delivered by Finnish Swedes and German special forces through Finland) Since they are afraid of all this (answers), they play the fool. They developed super Russophobia. Oh, the beasts are freaks. Ew, Tchaikovsky Chekhovs. NATO. They cannot calmly admit, Yes, we killed our relatives with the help of alkaida of the 19th century. :) These aprons are not so simple%)

[@hyp3r459]

Fun fact. It is illegal to drink in public in a residential area (taajama alue). So cities, towns and the like. The reason you can do it though, is because the police don't care. So it may be illegal but it isn't enforced. It's just too much of a hassle to deal with.

[@valtterimyllymaki7943]

During the era of industrialism in the 18th and 19th century it was common for working class to protest against the often oppressing work conditions of the time, the most famous subject of protesting was to be able to work a full 8 hours a day. The protestors would march in the streets and sing protest songs. Vappu, known also as a working class celebration, is not only a celebration for students but also, and in my opinion most of all, a day to comemorate these values of the working class and to remind ourself how important it is to stick up to not only yourself and your rights but also in a bigger picture the rights of everyone. So what a great reason it is to get drunk and have yourself a little bit of that rebel mentality 😄

[@Silveirias]

This is a rather new addition to the celebration. Vappu has been celebrated since the medieval times.

[@Bruh-jr2ep]

Are you going to watch U18 World Championship final in Espoo? I'm pretty sure it's going to be Canada vs USA🙂

[@villekoskela9073]

I upvote for this!

[@dennislindqvist1265]

You are right, there is some alcohol in mead, but very little so even children can drink it. Alcohol occurs naturally in nature so no one is really a teetotaler.

[@xpedrox90]

I was walking around in Tampere on vappu. Shame I didn't see you guys, I would have said hi. I have liked your videos about Tampere, my home town. If you buy sima in stores it usually has less than 1% alcohol which in Finland pretty much counts as non-alcoholic but if you make it yourself it can be pretty strong.

[@gambit_toys6554]

kiitos!

[@villekoskela9073]

Ole hyvä

[@Stiivgraliko]

aww i wish i bumped into you guys there! i was there all day!

[@Deltroyer1963]

4:01 not herring, that's vendace's from the lake.

[@user-mf1sv6ec7g]

sima has made watter white sugar and brown sugar (50%/50%) sitrons litte bit yeast that in cluing few raising.(alc those ussaly 0.5%)

[@Zinetha]

Technically the law says that it's not ok to drink in public except "in a park or a park-like place" and as long as you're not bothering other people. I'd say that dock is a "park-like place", and with the cranes and everything it's clearly a planned event, traditional in the town/city you're in. Idk about double major, but one tradition is to switch and arm or a leg with a significant other. Could be double major, though, sounds plausible. Students get the batches from various events and such they participate in. But the culture on that is very free - you can buy batches, you can make your own, etc. The black and white caps are high school graduation hats, the colorful overalls are a thing for university students. And then after you graduate, they're still a traditional outfit choice for vappu. Otherwise, the hat is only worn the day you graduate and the overalls only in student social events.

[@matthewdicksoncrusher5592]

Kiitos!

[@mikaellaamanen8428]

Did you try tippaleipä? it also mayday delicacy.

[@MusaFinderi]

Nah, midsummer is the best holiday, but then on the contrary cities are empty as people flee to the countryside to drink and relax. A true Finnish celebration.

[@renuthewolf3737]

i wish i would have been able to come to central park last wednesday (and to get to meey you two) but unfortunately i was at work but mayby someday

[@kronop8884]

May 1:st essentially the same as Labor day in the US and Canada just celebrated on a different date and with different traditions. In Sweden the traditions are largely the same but the students mainly celebrate on the day before as that is the traditional welcoming of spring day, April 30 or Valborg as its called in Sweden or Vappu in Finland but he Finns keep the celebrations going for more days. The students caps, colors and overalls are also essentially the same in Sweden and for most people, May Day no longer has much to do with its origins, which are about honouring workers.

[@XGD5layer]

The honouring workers bit is a relatively new concept. Vappu has existed in many forms in Finland since the 16th century

[@kronop8884]

@@XGD5layer True, Walpurgis night celebrations are a much older tradition The workers thing has only been around since the late 1800s or so connected to the fight for a 8 hour workday and also commemorating the Haymarket massacre

[@Paltse]

There are two types of vappusima, the traditional slightly fermented one and the newer brand of non-alcoholic vappusima. Personally I prefer sima spiked as long as I know the person who spiked it, with what they spiked it and to what extent they did it.

[@zoolkhan]

what the hell is "spiked" sima. i speak finnish and english and still dont get it :)

[@Paltse]

@@zoolkhan Terästetty.

[@juu7064]

@@zoolkhan I guess he means sima made that way that it contains more alcohol than usually, more yeast or something. I'm not sure at all thought, i just know it is possible to get significant alcohol content to it if you make it a bit differently than normally.

[@Paltse]

@@juu7064 Yep. For instance my father usually puts some vodka or brandy into his.

[@Emppu_T.]

Sometimes we would make sima with extra sugar and yeast so it's more alcoholic.

[@marijehkinen4650]

You might see a coverall with a different colored leg, or an arm. That's because your spouse is doing another major. So you swab parts of your leg or the arm of your coveralls to show you're in a relationship. If someone has different colored belt holders, they have had sex with someone from another school, and gotten the little piece that holds up the belt from them. In my day I remember there being a guy who's both arms and legs were different color than his own school, and that was because he was married and had a kid with someone from that other school. You get the patches from different parties and events. So more the patches, more parties that person has been at.

[@henriikkak2091]

Teekkarikaste. I've been dunked into Tammerkoski rapids eight times (in one go).

[@ChaulThe]

This must be specific to Tampere. I have heard about that tradition but they don't dip the students in the ice cold river in Otaniemi..

[@Lahiss]

@@ChaulThe Every city has their own tradition, but it usually involves cold water. In Otaniemi it is bit of a reverse: instead of dipping the freshmen, the freshmen throw their fuksicaptains into the sea.

[@Wenixi]

​@@ChaulTheYes this is specific to Tampere. Not found elsewhere.

[@punumoi]

@@Wenixi In Oulu the first-year technology students slide down a slide into a cold river, one by one. So similar but different.

[@bataattimanaatti5565]

In Vaasa we also run and slide to the sea ☺️ Did it May Day and now I have my cap!

[@Kerppaheikki]

Usually mead has 0.2-0.3% alcohol! So, in practice, not at all lazy! There is a little alcohol because a small piece of yeast is used in the mead!

[@mkqly6858]

Sima generally has at least a little bit of yeast in the mix with some sugar so it's like 0,8% alcohol tops, but very very mild stuff :P

[@DijaFix]

I was pretty drunk on white rum this vappu and my immedeate instinct upon arrival to the park we spent a good chunk of time in was to start picking up trash and bottles and take it to the bins and sort them accordingly, and I also began telling others to do so too if they came across litter, wishing them good vappu as well. So with that in mind, I think what you said about littering not really being an issue was fun. All in all, I had a great time this vappu!

[@juhaniseppala]

Sima is essentially mead, e.g. a very old method of making a fermented drink. There is sima for sale that has some alcohol (like, maybe less than 1%), and if it was allowed to ferment longer, it would become a proper alcoholic beverage.

[@teemupohjonen7271]

Muikku is not herring, a herring is silli or silakka and it is totally different species. Google translate gave me vendace for muikku. Sima usually has about 0.5-2% acl. but homemade can contain more, like if I do sima it has around 7%.

[@G1100L]

Happy May Day!!!😂

[@hextatik_sound]

Vappu is also a student fest but originally (not THE original but I don't go there) it's a working class fest and holiday.

[@djuicedvbladerrep264]

You're correct what comes to sima!

[@amadeuz819]

For the alcohol consumption in public places. You are correct that it is forbidden to do it. So you are NOT allowed to drink alcohol in public places. That said, the law is more there for the police to have the right to "remove" the ones disturbing the peace... Like they will only tell you to please put it away or that you could move to a more secluded spot or or or... It is a tool for them to use to keep the order and very few of them are assholes enough to start to bother you too much as long as you behave and listen to their "advice"(they will suggest but that's only their way of kindly telling you to do as they say or get a ride to jail).

[@wrs900]

Its authentic sima finns brew simaeverywhere and depending on the procedure, it has very small to ”very comfortable alcohol level”. Usually the non alcoholic sima is like near zero. Plastic or glass bottles are used to ferment it and bottle contains some raisins that when opened, will float to the top and thats how u know sima is ready to drink. If raisins dont float its not good. Ofc there is industrial made sima but by the looks iåyou got decent one. In my neighbourhood its tradition that one lady brews the sima and whle neighbourhood gets their sima usually from her since she makes so good sima.

[@jannejarvinen3439]

May Day is originally a workers' holiday. even 20 years ago May Day could have been a communist march. Today it is a celebration for students (and everyone).

[@Kivikesku]

The drunken people were well behaved because it was daytime. Later in the evening, things change, and there will be chaos and a very real possibility of violence. Oh and there definitely will be rubbish on the streets.

[@irou95]

True. I witnessed multiple streetfights in Turku, but overall it was nice as usual.

[@snoufoxxy]

This was Vappupäivä, the first of May. It's more about the markets, processions, family outings and people having picnics, not so much about getting wasted. People get drunk on the previous day, (Vappuaatto) on the eve of Vappu, because Vappupäivä is a day off work and it's easier to deal with the hangover😅

[@Jonttuf17]

Drinking is public is illegal but not enforced. It is only illegal so that when someone is aggressive or something police can give a sitation for drinking

[@zanttu23]

2:21 Called Metrilaku aka Meter Liquorice

[@OldKeef]

Bro u look like Aleksi Valavuori its crazy XD if u still in finland hmu im in Helsinki!

[@TPacoustic]

Sima can have alcohol up to 2% or as little as 0,01%. Im sure sima allways has a little bit, because how it's made. There were lot of drunk people at night time. You were there very early. Helsinki police had to close down a park, because of violence, and robberies.

[@2o2b]

On sunday there is the scout parade in Tampere

[@Mirrori]

Yes, I can really recommend checking this out. I'm scout myself and have attended countless parades. Many times in Tampere. Tampere parade especially is really big one. Scouts showing their pride. Sadly I'm not going this year.

[@mikkokulmala2463]

Steve, did you try Sima?

[@encinho]

This party goes off in Helsinki

[@izmolaitela6684]

I see what you did in the beginning ;)

[@andersmalmgren6528]

Pretty sure the finns have like we that you can drink in public at certain places like parks etc

[@ilet3049]

funny thing. may 1st is a celbration for finnish work, and all these people are unemployed

[@yoretabio4537]

Saku is Estonian beer, good lager.

[@janstenstrom7986]

Just You wait for Midsummer celebration (Juhannus). Main goal is to be extremely drunk by a lake or the sea!😂

[@Silveirias]

This is because Midsummer is the celebration of Ukko, who is also the god of agriculture. Getting extremely drunk is essentially magic for ensuring a good harvest. However, getting so drunk that you pass out is not good and would lead to a bad harvest.