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1st of May in Finland

1st of May (Vappu) is a very special day in Finland. Vappu is originally a workers day and it was especially important carneval for the labour unions and students but today Vappu is a national holiday that everybody celebrates somehow. This year 1st of May is Sunday and I expect that the Saturday evening will be a carneval day in every city in Finland and especially in Helsinki. On Sunday celebration will be more sophisticated and the most important place is the Kaivopuisto in southern Helsinki. If the weather is not horrible there will be many people having their picnic and enjoying the beautiful spring weather.

Parlamentary elections next Sunday

Helsingin Sanomat tells that w ith less than a week to go before Parliamentary elections, the conservative National Coalition Party remains Finland’s most popular. In what appears to be developing into a close race, the True Finns have fallen from second to fourth place, while the Social Democratic Party has inched past the Centre Party to the number-two spot. More information about the poll is here. http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Poll+National+Coalition+Party+the+largest+SDP+gains+True+Finns+fall+back/1135265335553