Finland is preparing for the most, perhaps, fun holiday of the year - Vappu.
It would be wrong to call it simply May Day or the day of all workers, it is also a holiday of students, and also the day of the Catholic saint Walpurgis and the day of the meeting of spring.
Marking begins April 30 in the afternoon. The epicenter of events, traditionally, becomes Helsinki. It was there that a white graduation cap is put on the head of the statue of Havis Amanda. And still people in such caps gathers 20-30 thousand!
May 1 is a day of fun and picnics. Balloons and streamers are everywhere. The brushwood (tippaleipä), donuts, sparkling drinks, sausages and sims (almost mead) are traditional dishes from Wappa.
It would be wrong to call it simply May Day or the day of all workers, it is also a holiday of students, and also the day of the Catholic saint Walpurgis and the day of the meeting of spring.
Marking begins April 30 in the afternoon. The epicenter of events, traditionally, becomes Helsinki. It was there that a white graduation cap is put on the head of the statue of Havis Amanda. And still people in such caps gathers 20-30 thousand!
May 1 is a day of fun and picnics. Balloons and streamers are everywhere. The brushwood (tippaleipä), donuts, sparkling drinks, sausages and sims (almost mead) are traditional dishes from Wappa.
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