Originally Posted by
Jyrsa
On the last of April the place to be is the statue of Havis Amanda. Unless I'm entirely mistaken the hat is placed at 18.00. The place starts filling up with people a couple of hours before that. If you want to be close, come early.
I'm not entirely sure I'd recommend this to a lone visitor -- it gets pretty rowdy pretty fast. By midnight Helsinki is a disaster zone, with lots of wasted teenagers puking in the bushes and picking fights.
On the first of May a lot of people go for a picnic in Kaivopuisto. There's everything from families to large groups of students. The first people arrive in the morning and the party goes on long into the afternoon. I heartily recommend checking this out and bringing a champagne bottle along.
This, on the other hand, tends to be somewhat more civilized, and the weird part is that the party goes on no matter what -- there will be picnickers out in force even if it's raining sleet
