HYY x Havis Amanda trash walk

Did you know that Helsinki has the most litter on its streets around May Day and that Finland has the most litter-strewn coasts out of all Baltic Sea countries?

Do your part to fix this by joining HYY on our May Day trash walk from 12 noon to 1.30 pm on the Baltic Sea Day on 28 August!

We will meet at Havis Amanda at 12 noon. We will then walk around 1.5 kilometres to Ullanlinnanmäki and pick up the trash along the way. We hope you will join us! We will provide participants with cleaning equipment.

The Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY) will crown Havis Amanda on May Day Eve 2026. The theme of the crowning is the Baltic Sea and its wellbeing. What could be a better place to turn our attention to the wellbeing of our home sea than a gathering of 80,000 people around Havis Amanda, a representation of the city of Helsinki rising from the Baltic Sea?

Accessibility at the event

You do not need to sign up for the event separately. The event does not have an entrance fee. Assistants and interpreters can join the event for free.

At HYY’s events, you can participate in discussions and activities without fear of inappropriate treatment or harassment. Safe space  is created in the interaction between people, and each one of us is responsible for this.

You can participate in the event in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Wilhelmsson Hall is located on the 5th floor of the New Student House at Mannerheimintie 5 A. The location has good public transport connections from the Helsinki central railway station, for instance, where you can arrive by bus, metro or tram. Read more about the accessibility of public transport on HSL’s website.

The route is not fully accessible. You can check the planned route from Google Maps.

More information:

Pia Blomstén
Producer
pia.blomsten@hyy.fi