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| 70.1 | The "real" Swedish Spring | REX::MINOW | Martin Minow, DECtalk Engineering | Tue Mar 18 1986 14:40 | 24 |
| Given the sad realities of the Swedish winter, the "real" first day
of spring is on the evening of April 30, Valborgsm�ssafton (Walpurgis night).
When the sun sets, bonfires are lit on every hill in Sweden and people sit
around (still bundled in their winter jackets) to welcome spring.
The next day is May 1 -- the Swedish Labor day and a national holiday.
At this time in the year, several "true" harbringers of summer occur:
1. Sj�s�ttning (your sailboat goes into the water, ready or not).
2. Trees begin to sprout leaves. (The month of May takes its name from
the word "maja", which means "to clothe" -- this is the month that
trees take on their summer clothing.)
3. The last snowfall, of course.
4. Between now and midsummer, every possible saint's day and other
holiday is celebrated -- all yielding long weekends.
All in all, a very nice time of the year to take a vacation.
Martin.
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| 70.2 | Time for those tales is yet to come | TLE::SAVAGE | Neil, @Spit Brook | Tue Mar 18 1986 15:49 | 4 |
| Re: .1:
Got to get through Easter first. :-)
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| 70.3 | Spring in Tampere, Finland | TLE::SAVAGE | | Mon Feb 04 1991 12:43 | 71 |
| From: [email protected] (Solanti Maija)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Re: Trip info / package sending to Finland
Date: 2 Feb 91 15:01:55 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (#Kotilo NEWS system )
Organization: Finnish University and Research Network FUNET
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (tom genese {insane}) writes:
|> greetings:
|>
|> two questions in regards to Finland:
|>
|> (1) i would like to take a return trip to Helsinki for the May Day
|> celebrations. however, i have little knowledge of the holiday. that is, no
|> "why?" or "how?" or even "when? [other then May]." can anyone provide some
|> information on the day (days)?
|>
May Day is mainly celebrated by students (at least in Tampere,
where I'm studying), it has lost it's original meening as worker's
day. If you are looking for parades and red flags you'd better go
some 600 more km East :-) from Helsinki.
But if you like parties, this is maybe the best time to come to
Finland. Come in the late April to not to skip any party given.
Whether you want to stay only in Helsinki, wait for the replies of
those who study in Helsinki Univ. of Tech.
Preparations to May Day = WAPPU celebration ( of students of tech.)
in Tampere starts about two weeks before the May 1. It consists of
- Packing the WAPPU-magazine TAMPPI published by Blebeiji-club
(from Tampere Univ. of Tech.)
- Selling TAMPPI all around Finland, sometimes even abroad
- Planning and realizing practical jokes
- Making freshmen to try hard to deserve their technical
student's cap ;-)
- HAVING PARTIES (underground in a huge bombshelter)
- HAVING PARTIES (gala party, black tie)
- HAVING PARTIES (all night long)
- HAVING PARTIES (not to forget sauna!)
- Special May Day breakfast, Baltic herring against hang over
- Freshmen parade and 'baptising' in a river ........
|> if i were traveling to Finland around that time, how far in advance
|> should i look at getting the tickets and/or arrangements?
Ask your travel agent. One month is certainly enough.
|> (2) i send quite a bit of correspondance to Helsinki. however, mail
|> (airmail) takes roughly 2-4 weeks to get there. i've tried US postal
|> service 2nd day air, and still long delay. what is the best method for
|> getting mail there, FedEx?
Air mail normally takes from 7 - 10 days. Try telefax, e-mail of
phone if you are in a hurry.
|> tom o. genese #{8-) C&UWIT #include <disclaimer.h> major: ics
Maija
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Maija Solanti Internet: [email protected]
Tampere University of Technology UUCP: [email protected] / !mcsun!tut!maija
Research Inst. of Information Tech. Tel: +358 31 161835 (tut)
P.O.Box 527, SF-33101 TAMPERE +358 31 181007 (home)
Finland Fax: +358 31 162913
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| 70.4 | Studentorkesterfestival in Uppsala | TLE::SAVAGE | | Mon May 04 1992 12:22 | 23 |
| From: [email protected] (Anders Engwall)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: STORK92
Date: 4 May 92 13:39:37 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
From the evening of May 8th to the afternoon of May 10th, the 20th
annual Studentorkesterfestival (STORK) will take place in Uppsala. 37
bands from 5 countries (Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany and - for the
first time ever - Estonia) will try to, in some way or another,
entertain unsuspecting passers- by, including women and children. Apart
from the night gigs at the various student nations, the location will
be Stadsparken where there will be no entrance fee (yep, a free
festival). Don't miss this if you happen to be nearby at the time.
Anyone else out there who will take part in this spectacle?
--
Anders Engwall Email: [email protected]
ELLEMTEL Utvecklings AB Voice: +46 8 727 3893
�lvsj�, Sweden Fax: +46 8 647 96 44
"Bryna nuppa fj�ssa sp�nken" - Razor
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