Organisation living rooms 2025

Well-being events by students for students!

 

Valta ry: A hangout event open to all 1 April at 1–5 pm

Let’s hang out, sew overall patches, and eat some good food. You can come by yourself or bring a friend!

Location: Beauvoir hall, New Student House, 3rd floor

Accessibility: The space is accessible by lift. The doorways are narrower than 90 cm in some places, so the space is not fully accessible. There is an accessible toilet. The premises have the opportunity to use an induction loop that can be borrowed from our Services Office. It is possible to bring an assistance or guide dog into the premises.

Languages: No restrictions.

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Further information: Instagram

 

Games and crafts at Hämäläis-Osakunta 2 April starting at 5 pm

An evening of card-making and playing board games open to all students, with snacks and a chance to get to know each other. You can keep the card for a friend’s special day or donate it to a care home, for example as an Easter card.

Location: Hämäläisten talo (Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 D, 00100 Helsinki)

Accessibility: Unfortunately, the premises of the Hämäläis-Osakunta are inaccessible. The house has a lift and the stairs to the inner courtyard are shingled, but the pathways are not accessible and there is no accessible toilet in the house. However, special accessibility needs will be accommodated as far as possible within the space available.

Languages: The activities of the Hämäläis-Osakunta are in principle in Finnish, but you can also participate in English and Swedish.

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Further information: Instagram

 

TYT: Breakfastbrunch 9 April at 9 am –1 pm

A relaxed breakfast brunch open to everyone, with delicious food and drinks. Learn to write your name in Arabic and take part in our communal knitting project!

Location: Living room of Theology students, Main Building of the University of Helsinki. (Fabianinkatu 33, 5th floor)

Accessibility: The space is easily accessible via the lift next to the Science Museum Flame, and there is an accessible toilet in the corridor.

Languages: The event is available in Finnish, Swedish and English.

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Further information: Instagram

 

Kompleksi ry: Easter crafts in Meilahti 9 April at 2–5 pm

Kompleksi is organising an Easter crafts event open to all at the Meilahti campus. Come and hang out, paint Easter eggs, snack on goodies and buy some of Kompleksi’s overall badges!

Location: Campus library Terkko’s eventsquare. (Haartmaninkatu 4, 00014 Helsinki) 

Languages: The event is available in Finnish, Swedish and English.

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Further information: Instagram

 

Viri Lactis ry: Breakfast open for everyone 10 April at 8.30–11.30 am

Come stop by when you are free or stay for longer. Take your own mug with you if you can.

Location: Viri Lactis and Oikos club room, EE-house 1st floor, Viikki campus of the University of Helsinki (Agnes Sjöberginkatu 2, 00790 Helsinki). Enter through the door next to the stairs (student organisations) and at the end of the corridor (last door on the right). (Viri Lactis ry has an Instagram video instructions for arrival)

Accessibility: Further information provided via email (viri-board@helsinki.fi).

Languages: The event is available in Finnish, Swedish and English.

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Further information: Instagram

 

ESO: Coffee 10 April at 7–9 pm

Come to ESO and have an evening snack with us, hang out and do some crafts!

Location: Eteläsuomalainen osakunta, New Student House, 4th floor (Mannerheimintie 5 A, 00100 Helsinki)

Accessibility: Access to the premises is by lift with the organisers’ access pass, i.e. by contacting the organisers. Our accessible toilet is awaiting maintenance, access to the accessible toilet on the 5th floor is also via the organisers.

Languages: No restrictions on behalf of the organisers.

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Further information: Instagram

 

KouKi ry: Megamind Watch Party 11 April at 8–10 pm

Welcome to KouKi ry’s watch party at the New Student House (5th floor). KouKi ry is the student organisation of the translation and interpretation students. We’ll be watching the cult classic Megamind (2010), because spring is finally here. The movie is in English and we’ll have subtitles in English and Finnish. Luckily we managed to squeeze a relaxing movie night in the 4th teaching period amid your studies and responsibilities. Come as you are!

Location: Utopia hall, Humanistiklusteri, News Student House, 5th floor (Mannerheimintie 5 A, 00100 Helsinki)  

Accessibility: The 5th floor of the new Student House can be reached by lift (the doorway to the lift is 83 cm wide, the door to the lift is 89 cm wide). The accessible toilet is on the 6th floor.

Languages: The organisers know: English, French, Finnish, Russian, Spanish (basics) and Korean (basics). However, you are welcome to participate in other languages!

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Further information: Instagram

 

Vastakarva’s and Crip Student Organisation – Togetherness and rest free from norms 15 April at 6–9 pm (you can join earlier)

A hangout where we hang out, rest, cook together and do handcrafts. Open to everyone. We aim to create a space free from norms and pressure and you can participate in your own way, as much or as little as you want.

Location: Ulrika, Domus Gaudium. (Leppäsuonkatu 11, 00100 Helsinki)

Accessibility: The space has not been subject to an accessibility survey. However, Crip Student Organisation has tested the space for accessibility by electric wheelchair when someone else opens the doors for the wheelchair user. The space has dimmable lights and the possibility to retreat to an adjacent space. There is a buzzer at the outer door which, when rung, will be answered by one of the organisers.

Languages: You can participate in Finnish and English.

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Further information: Vastakarva Instagram and Crip Student Organisation Instagram