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 鈥 and it wouldn鈥檛 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 Ullanlinnanm盲ki in Kaivopuisto.
Did you borrow something from the Kalkkunaklubi cupboard?
Kalkkunaklubi was the student union 鈥渂ar鈥 of the Helsinki University of Technology, located in Teekkarila on L枚nnrotinkatu in the 1930s and 1940s. The name was a playful twist on New York鈥檚 famous Stork Club.
T盲ff盲鈥檚 spaghetti since 1966
The student restaurant T盲ff盲, run by the Swedish-speaking student nation at Aalto University, has been serving its legendary Wednesday spaghetti lunch for over half a century.
Pl盲y 盲py, Luonto盲py, Shekki-脛py, Tupla-脛py and Julkku magazines
What would Wappu be without 脛py or Julkku? Published every other year, these May Day magazines are an essential part of students鈥 biggest celebration of the spring.