Where are your student overalls?
Student overalls bring back memories of Vappu celebrations and good times. Do you remember how to tune your overalls, or what it means to change a leg?
Manta got her first student cap in 1909
Wappu is the highlight of student life – and it wouldn’t be Wappu without Manta. For over a century, this ever-youthful maiden has been at the centre of student celebrations across generations.
Paavo Nurmi rose from the sea in 1961
In the 1960s, Finnish technical students made an unprecedented master prank, which is still unparalleled today.
Do you still remember the Wappu when you became teekkari?
Wappu is the biggest and grandest of student celebrations. The traditions of celebrating Wappu are honoured with care, all the way from the capping of the freshers, the declaration of the Wappu rowdiness and the capping of Havis Amanda. And the herring breakfasts are served in Ullanlinnanmäki in Kaivopuisto.
Did you borrow something from the Kalkkunaklubi cupboard?
Kalkkunaklubi was the student union “bar” of the Helsinki University of Technology, located in Teekkarila on Lönnrotinkatu in the 1930s and 1940s. The name was a playful twist on New York’s famous Stork Club.
Täffä’s spaghetti since 1966
The student restaurant Täffä, run by the Swedish-speaking student nation at Aalto University, has been serving its legendary Wednesday spaghetti lunch for over half a century.
Pläy äpy, Luontoäpy, Shekki-Äpy, Tupla-Äpy and Julkku magazines
What would Wappu be without Äpy or Julkku? Published every other year, these May Day magazines are an essential part of students’ biggest celebration of the spring.