Holidays & Traditions

🕯️ How to spend January without alcohol in Finland: sauna and avanto, quiet eve…

🎶 Kauneimmat Joululaulut: where to sing Christmas carols in Finland — format, cities, rules, map

🎶 Find your evening of "The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs": format 45–75 minut…

🌲 Where to buy a live Christmas tree in Finland and where to return it after the holidays

🎄 Markets, cut-your-own farms, delivery and rental in tubs. Prices, care and Ja…

🎇 Aleksanterinkatu — the official "Christmas street": lights, route, views

🕯️ Where and when the lights are switched on, how the parade goes, the best van…

📺 Christmas spirit 2025: Yle Christmas calendar + the best LEGO, beauty and delicious calendars

🕯️ How to watch Yle Joulukalenteri online and on TV, where to get advent calend…

🎆 New Year's events in Finland: Turku, Tampere, Oulu and Porvoo — programme, locations, how to get there

🕯️ Where to celebrate New Year's Eve in Finland: family shows in Turku and Porv…

🚌 Tourist guide to Christmas & New Year in Finland: HSL/VR holiday schedules and Alko/supermarket hours (24–26 Dec, 31 Dec–1 Jan)

🕯️ How transport runs in Helsinki and the capital region: 24–26 December and 31…

📮 Postal deadlines for Christmas in Finland: cards and parcels — dates, prices, sizes, "plan B", map of locations

✉️ Find out the deadlines for postcards and parcels in Finland/worldwide, stamp…

🎆 Helsinki New Year (Kansalaistori): how to celebrate New Year's Eve beautifully and without fuss — programme, entrances/exits, best viewing points, transport, map and 'warm' places nearby

🧭 Find out where and how to celebrate at Kansalaistori: stage and fireworks tim…

🎪 Stockmannin jouluikkuna: Helsingin tärkein jouluikkuna — missä katsella, milloin tulla, parhaat katselukulmat, kartta ja viihtyisät tauot

🕯️ Find out how to see the Stockmann window display without the crowds: the exa…

🕯️ Lucia Day 13 December in Helsinki: coronation at the Cathedral, evening procession, where to stand, how to get there, map and details

🎄 Find out where to watch Lucia on 13 December: coronation at Tuomiokirkko (5 p…

🎄 Christmas markets in Finland 2025: where to go, when to go and how not to freeze

❄️ Find out when the markets are open in Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Oulu, and Po…

🎆 How Finns celebrate New Year: customs, traditions, dishes

Find out where to celebrate New Year 2025–2026 in Finland: family and city scen…

🎅 Christmas traditions in Finland: food, family, sauna — how it really happens

❄️Find out how Christmas is celebrated in Finland: joulusauna, joulukirkko, gif…

🎁 Letter to Joulupukki 2025–2026: where to write, how to format it and when to expect a reply

❄️Find out the exact address of Santa Claus' Main Post Office (Rovaniemi), dead…

🎄 Joulurauha in Turku 2025–2026: a complete guide to 24 December (midday, Vanha Suurtori)