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MY HELSINKI.
MUSIC EXERCISE DANCE NATURE YOUTH CENTRES ART
INFLUENCE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SUMMER WEEKEND MEDIA EVENTS
Approximately 60 youth centres and facilities, dozens of
hobbies, festivals, weekend and holiday activities, courses,
camps, international exchange programmes, possibilities to
participate, support, help, and information.
The Youth Department works on the terms of and together
with young people. You will be sure to find something to suit
your taste, and if not, you can affect our operations. Join in
by acquiring your membership card free of charge from a
youth centre!
WHAT IS THE YOUTH DEPARTMENT?
MUSIC
WHAT IS THE YOUTH DEPARTMENT?
Demo studios, rehearsal places, music instruction, band and club nights, DJ courses, the Gloria cultural arena…
HELSINKI FREEDOM RECORDS, which operates at the
Happi youth centre, is a non-profit record community,
focusing on rap and hip hop, that offers its professional
level sound and demo studios free of charge to all
members. The HFR promotes young talent, without
binding long-term contracts. HFR has given rise to
MIKAEL GABRIEL and FLOWBOYSFAM, among others.
For more info about HFR and the Youth Department’s
other demo studios, visit
NUORISO.HEL.FI
EXERCISEThere’s no need to go running if you don’t want to: there’s plenty of other options, such as football, night-time basketball, skateboarding, BMX, climbing, or floorball.
The skateboarding network in Helsinki is unique: we have
some 20 skateboarding places, including MICROPOLIS AT THE HELSINKI ZOO, as well as Finland’s largest
skateboarding hall at the ACTIVITY CENTRE LUUPPI in Kontula.
DANCEYou can dance all around Helsinki, instructed by top experts. The Youth Department organises dance classes in long-time favourites, as well as trendy novelties, from hip hop to disco dance, and breaking to Bollywood. and breaking to Bollywood.
The Youth Department’s most
extensive supplier of dance
teaching is the DA-TEAM at the
Pasila youth centre. It is known
for its versatile dance range and
professional teachers. Classes
for beginners, as well as more
advanced dancers, are organised
in DISCO, VARIOUS FORMS OF STREET DANCE, SHOW DANCE AND VOGUE, to name
but a few.
NA TUREThe youth centres offer a real possibility to do good and
to influence. All of our operations aim towards ethical
consumption, starting with the sorting of our waste.
You can participate in a swapping event or Fair Trade
week. During the Fair Trade Week, you can help others
by collecting school supplies in backpacks to be sent to
Karelian children.
The MERIHARJU NATURE HOUSE is a place specialising
in nature and environmental activities, located in the heart
of the Uutela pine forest near the sea. The Nature House
promotes sustainable lifestyles and organises nature
school days for schoolchildren, as well as various other
events. The Nature House has its own blog that keeps you
up to date on current events and features the environment-
centred FLASH OF THE WEEK SECTION. NUORISO.HEL.FI/LUONTOTALO
THE PAULIG VILLA in Töölö hosts the Wempaimisto
camping equipment library for young people, available free
of charge to everyone with a Youth Department member-
ship card.
You can tend to sheep, goats, cattle, rabbits, pigs,
and horses, or participate in gardening work at the
FALLKULLA DOMESTIC ANIMAL FARM, which is also a
popular site for outings.
YOUTH CENTRES
The more than 40 youth centres and larger operating centres in Helsinki offer the chance to meet your friends, play many kinds of games, or just to hang around. The youth centres also organise many kinds of activities, from cooking clubs to climbing.
The youth centres offer you the chance to meet young
people from, say, Germany, the UK, or Spain, and to get
to know more about their lives. Similarly, you and your
group can offer young people from other countries the
opportunity to visit Finland through an international camp.
Ask for more information at your youth centre!
ART
THE NARRI centre offers you the chance to learn
more about the secrets of the theatre through
improvisation, verbal expression, voice, motion, and
feelings – always lead by professionals, of course. If
you are at all interested in acting, come and join us!
Some youth centres also offer drama clubs.
Värkkäämö is a handicrafts and visual arts workshop
in Youth Activity Centre HAPPI. At Värkkäämö, you
can take part in guided courses, work on your own
handicrafts projects, reserve a space for independent
work and make use of various tools and materials.
Värkkäämö is an ideal place for cloth printing, making
printing frames, sewing and painting, for example. You
can also create art at many youth centres.
RUUTI is a system of influence intended, in particular, for
the young people in Helsinki. Through Ruuti, you can make
a difference, for example, by submitting an initiative in the
RUUTI.NET initiative tool, running for the core group or
voting in the RUUTI CORE GROUP election, establishing
an activity group or taking part in the activities of existing
groups, and taking part in discussions in Päättäjämiitti.
The great influence event RUUTIEXPO features workshops,
discussions, things to do and learn and of course, influence.
The RUUTI CORE GROUP is an annually elected group
of twenty young people aged between 13 and 17. The
core group serves as a link between the young people and
decision-makers of Helsinki, and makes sure that the voice of
Helsinki’s young people gets heard.
For more information, please visit RUUTI.NET
INFLUENCE
The Tattarisuo Traffic Training Centre has tracks for go-karts and radio-controlled cars, a moped training area, and an off-road track for biking. The Tattarisuo and Pitäjänmäki motor halls, as well as the Pukinmäki and Rastis moped halls, offer the equipment and instructions for repairing your own vehicle.
MOBIILIMOTTIS is a moped workshop, travelling around
the Helsinki metropolitan region, where you can fix your
own moped, exchange instructions, and meet other moped
drivers. Mobiilimottis is open from April to October. For the
schedules and places, search for Mobiilimottis on Facebook.
TRAFFIC OPERATIONS
SUMMER If you need something to do, just select the ones you like
the most from the hundreds of camps, courses, and other
forms of summer activities. How about a graffiti course,
band camp, or go-kart camp? You can search for the
summer activities at HARRASTUSHAKU.FI.
THE PIHLAJAMAKI YOUTH PARK is the perfect place
for spending a summer day: it has the Freestylepark,
Playfield, Rock Arena, and the Pihlis Café, as well as all
sizes of events and courses.
WEEKENDS Many youth centres are open on Friday and Saturday nights. The programme and atmosphere are usually created by the young people themselves, which makes these nights so popular. Night-time cafés, band nights, discos, events, karaoke, and other theme nights are also organised on weekends.
Basketball, music, and friends. NIGHT-TIME BASKETBALL is played on Friday and Saturday
nights. We have the balls and anything else that’s
needed. During the summer, we play at the Hietsu
shore, for example. For the schedules and places,
search for Yökoripallo on Facebook.
MEDIAParticipate in LAN parties or learn to edit, photograph, and design websites. We provide all kinds of possibilities!
THE HAPPI YOUTH CENTRE is a multi-purpose
media house. You can play games, design new ones,
and learn about the newest trends at the PELITALO GAME HOUSE. NUORTEN AANI (Voice of Young
People) creates stories for the central national media.
HATTUMEDIA also gives you the chance to take part
in multi-camera broadcasts, event editorial staffs,
various media courses, and make your own radio
show. While there, you can also deepen your media
expertise by earning HattuDiplomas.
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EVENTS
The young people’s winter holiday event REAKTORI offers
lots of things to do, such as sports, handicrafts and games.
The LOISTEFESTARI festival offers the joy of performing
and success through theatre, music, and dance on
alternate years. The Taito talent show event pits Helsinki’s
schools against each other every other year and features
performances ranging from beatboxing to magic shows.
You can take part with almost any talent you want.
AANI JA VIMMA is the king of Finnish band reviews,
which has opened the door to the stars for many a young
musician. JUNNUVIMMA is the band review with the highest
street-cred for children between 10 and 15. RUUTIEXPO,
the most influential day for young people, invites young
people to have an influence, learn, voice their opinions,
and to have fun.
For more information, please visit
NUORISO.HEL.FI
The Youth Department organises cultural events, both large and small, in coopera-tion with young people.
When your life doesn’t go according to plan or when you just need advice for the future, the Youth Department is ready to help.
PULMAKULMA is an online service, where you can ask
help for anything anonymously, such as relationships.
WWW.NUORET.INFO
THE GIRLS CENTRE is a boy-free zone, where all girls
and women aged between 10 and 28 are welcome to
spend their time. We also have hobby and interactive
girls’ groups and offer Pop In sexual advice.
WWW.TYTTOJENTALO.FI
THE BOYS CENTRE welcomes all boys and men
between the ages of 10 and 28 to discuss the things they
find important with reliable adults. At the centre, you
can also take part in various group activities, camps and
workshops, as well as make use of SexInfo services.
WWW.POIKIENTALO.FI
ASEMANSEUTU offers support and things to do,
especially for multicultural young people. The Youth
Department’s youth instructors work in the city centre,
at the Kamppi shopping centre and the Walkers house.
They are ready to help young people find important
services and hobbies, for example. Asemanseutu works
in cooperation with Aseman Lapset ry.
SUPPORT, HELP, AND INFORMATION
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