Festivals and Events in Finland
When you time your trip to Finland with one of the many great festivals that Finland celebrates annually, you’re giving yourself a cultural experience that you’ll never forget.
Do you really want to celebrate the greatest white Christmas you could ever imagine?
Travel to Finland for the holidays, and you won’t be disappointed!
And that’s not all.
The Finnish people take great pride in their celebrations, and they’re more than happy to share their revelry with those who come to visit.
What makes the Easter festival in Finland so special, aside from the fact that it celebrates the resurrection of Christ, is that it’s a chance to acknowledge the arrival of spring.
A week before the Easter weekend, children in Finland plant new grass seeds, and willow twigs are gathered and brought inside Finnish homes for decoration.
Christmas is the most important festival period in all of Finland.
In Finland, it’s a traditional family event, celebrated over three days.
The main festivities take place on Christmas Eve, when there’s a big Finnish feast and gifts are opened.
Christmas Day is a day of peace and quiet.
The Finnish festival with the most pagan, pre-Christian roots is Midsummer, when the sun will barely set in the south of Finland.
The Midsummer festival of Finland is celebrated the weekend closest to the summer solstice on June 21st.
There are fertility rites, spiritual purges, and expulsions of bad spirits symbolized in the Midsummer bonfire, a custom originating in the north-eastern region of Finland.
New Years in Finland is incredibly fun.
What really makes it stand out is the Finnish scenery combined with the blanket white arctic snow.
The beauty of winter in Finland really inspires you to start the New Year right!
The fireworks display will be quite a site, but even more of a site is nature’s own fireworks display embodied in the spectacular Northern Lights.