New Jazz From Finland is arranged for the second time in Budapest in December. New Jazz From Finland is a collaboration between FinnAgora and Budapest Music Center and brings exciting contemporary acts from the Finnish jazz scene to Hungary. This year Mopo and OK:KO are booked for shows at Budapest’s Opus Jazz Club. Mopo is a collective of three talented musicians from Finland. The energetic trio saw the daylight in the fall of 2009, when the musicians brainstormed as a result of a bar-fight. Mopo ("a moped") accelerates easily from zero to speed of light, but mostly the trio steps on the gas

In the prestigious Faur Zsófi Gallery opens the exhibition called OFFSPACE – The Art of Infinite Space by Finnish artist Jussi Niva and Hungarian artist Zsófi Barabás. Jussi Niva, who graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts1989, works with paintings that challenge the border between two and three-dimensional. This particular technique makes the geometrical shapes of his paintings to change depending on where the viewer is standing. Niva´s paintings were exhibited already in 1992 at Documenta, one of the most important contemporary art exhibitions in Europe. After that he has had

So you like your food delivered to your door. Awesome. How about your art? The creative pioneers from Wolt Finland and Kallan & Co. are visiting Budapest Design Week 18.10 to share their visions about bringing art closer to home. Design Delivered is a first of its kind initiative, living on the borderline between state-of-the-art food delivery and contemporary design. Due to big interest in the Wolt project Design Delieved the evening discussion is already sold out, but the event will be filmed and shared in FinnAgora's media channels after the event. More info coming soon. Information

Musician Hilja Grönfors together with the other founders of the Finnish Roma Culture Museum were in Budapest for ten days to establish collaboration with Hungarian Romedia Archive. During their visit, with help of FinnAgora, the group organized an event to announce that the museum will open in Helsinki. At the event Hilja Grönfors performed together with Hungarian Romengo orchestra, the publicist of Roma Culture Museum Angelika Nikkinen gave a speech about the museum’s significance for younger Roma generations and museum’s curator, film director Katariina Lillqvist told about museum’s

Finnish video artist Salla Tykkä's work will be on display at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest. The exhibition opens on the 6th October 2018 an continues until January 2019. The exhibition is one of the biggest ever of an Finnish artist in Budapest. Salla Tykkä began her career in the mid-1990s. Her short films have been shown not only at international exhibitions but also in film festival competitions. For her work Giant, also on display at the Ludwig Museum, she received the Canon Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2014. According to the Curator of the Ludwig Museum

UH Fest (20.9-7.10.2018) is one of the rare events dedicated to adventurous modern music in Hungary. Not focusing on genres is a principle that reflects in the overall activity of the festival. Three Finnish artists supported by TelepART will perform at different venues in Budapest as a part of the festival program: Trafó Klub 30.9 22:00 Pharaoh Overlord https://www.facebook.com/events/1264113777062186/ Láng Művelődési Ház 3.10 19:00 Circle Erőművház 5.10 19:00 Tsembla https://www.facebook.com/events/2204013919871427/ Link to the UH-Fest program: http://uh.hu/program/

Hanna Wass is an Academy Research Fellow and University Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Helsinki. The appreciated lecturer visits universities in Budapest and Debrecen with her lecture ”Megatrends of Election” in September. The lecture is about current political election trends in Europe and North-America. Dates and locations : Tuesday 25th September 2018 10:00 ELTE. Budapest Wednesday 26th September 2018 Klo 10:00 University of Debrecen. Debrecen Thursday 27th September 2018 Klo 14:00 Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Institute for Political Science. Budapest

Choreographer Sanna Myllylahti‘s solo performance I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I AM READY is a physical, motion-oriented contemporary dance piece that examines through the body the conflict between constant hurrying ahead, achieving of things and our limited time on earth. Sanna Myllylahti has worked as a choreographer since the mid-1990s. Myllylahti lived almost 20 years in Amsterdam and worked internationally as a freelancer. She is currently working as a senior lecturer of contemporary dance in the Theatre Academy at the University of the Arts Helsinki. More information: https://monoplay.eu/event/

Jarkko Mandelin’s choreography Beneath a Falling Sky for the Bodhi Project is performed at the International Dance Week Budapest 26.6. The Bodhi Project is an international touring company for young dancers in the beginning of their careers. The project is run by SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance). Every year the Bodhi Project is visited by many prominent international choreographers. Jarkko Mandelin is the first Finnish choreographer who has worked with the Bodhi Project. Mandelin is currently one of the most interesting names in the Finnish dance scene. Mandelin is known for

The first Tatu and Patu book was published in Hungarian in 2007. Through the cooperation of Cerkabella Publishing and the translator Laura Bába, 10 instalments of the series have become available for Hungarian children and parents since then. The writers and illustrators of the franchise Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen will visit Hungary in June for the launch of the 11th Tatu and Patu book, Tatu és Patu, a nyomozók - A Felező-eset (Detectives Tatu and Patu: The Case of the Mysterious Divider). Fans of Tatu and Patu can meet the authors in Budapest and Szentendre. Dates and locations :

Senior Lead of Sitra’s Carbon-neutral Circular Economy theme Ernesto Hartikainen is one of the guest speakers at Brain Bar Budapest this year. Hartikainen is responsible for the World Circular Economy Forum 2017 programme and for bringing circular economy concepts to Finnish forests. Europe’s biggest festival on future, Brain Bar Budapest is an ambitious and unique event bringing together trendsetters and decision-makers, encouraging discussions and critical thinking. On 2.6., at 11.—11.30 a.m. Hartikainen joins Co-founder and CEO of BioCellection Miranda Wang and Director of the Experimental

FinnAgora co-hosts the panel discussion Theater for Social Change that focuses on two key questions: first, what role can arts organisations play in 2018? Second, how can we amplify the impact and reach of their work? The four panellists are dedicated to creating art with purpose, whether that means promoting inclusion, starting dialogue about social issues, or providing livelihoods for marginal and disadvantaged groups. The panel discussion is followed by a day of workshops on the theme Theater for Change . Respected and award-winning experts from across Europe will share their experiences,

WHEN I’M GONE, PLEASE DELETE MY VOICE MEMOS is a performance-installation composed for light and sound, which is based on interferences of a skype conversation and on voice memos recorded on cell phones. The piece is centered around a dialogue about connection and otherness, involvement and exclusion. Niskanen & Salo is an artist duo based in Helsinki and New York City. Their installations often combine light, sound, video, and everyday objects to create platforms for many forms of human interaction, surprising encounters, and intense rendezvous between strangers. Thursday 31 st of May 6:

Art has the ability to express not only resistance and rebellion, but also hope and empowerment. Art has always been a sensitive catalyst for social and political change. It is unique in its capacity to provide the tools and platforms that can lead to advocacy, action, and change. An increasing amount of artists are commenting and taking a stance on recent developments in Europe and other parts of the world through their work. At the same time, their right for the freedom of expression is under threat in many countries. At the discussion evening three professionals will talk about the artists

Finnish guitarist Kalle Kalima is playing with the A Novel of Anomaly quartet at Opus Jazz Club the 16 th of May. A Novel of Anomaly is a band led by the Swiss singer Andreas Schaerer. Their music is playful and has a touch of fiddler mentality. The band consists of talented jazz musicians from all over Europe. Besides Shaerer and Kaliman the band consists of Swiss drummer Lucas Niggli and Italian accordion player Luciano Biondini. Pianist Kari Ikonen and his orchestra Nazionale Della Luna are playing at Opus the 18 th of May. Ikonen founded the orchestra together with Manuel Hermian in 2015

Borderline is an exhibition based on the idea of internationally renowned Finnish photographer Stefan Bremer. Borderline is based on Bremer’s recent work with asylum seekers who had to leave everything behind. For many, the only memory from the past are the photos on their phones. Bremer and Alalousi are photographers of different generations. They are united by a passion for photography that clearly manifests in their work. Borderline is a dialogue that tells how the artists have processed the same phenomenon in their own personal style. Stefan Bremer (1953) is a hallmark of Finnish

FinnAgora - Suomen Unkarin kulttuuri-ja tiedeinstituutti etsii tapahtumatuottajaa määräaikaiseen työsuhteeseen 1.8.2018 – 30.6.2020. Työsuhdetta voidaan yhteisellä sopimuksella jatkaa. Tapahtumatuottaja työskentelee Budapestissa. Tapahtumatuottaja tuottaa instituuttiin kulttuuriohjelmaa ja tapahtumia sekä toteuttaa kulttuuriviennin hankkeita, hankkii ohjelmarahoitusta ja raportoi siitä sekä osallistuu instituutin viestintään. Edellytämme tapahtumatuottajalta suomalaisen taiteen ja kulttuurikentän tuntemusta, projektinhallintakykyä, kokemusta rahoituksen hankinnasta sekä soveltuvaa koulutusta

It is time for the 14th edition of the Budapest International Comics Festival. The 2018 event features Finnish comic artist Kati Kovács whose work Carou-Cell comes out in Hungarian just for the festival. Kovács is one of the best-known Finnish comic artists, her works have been translated into Swedish, German, French and Hungarian. In 2014 she received Finland’s first-ever State Prize for Comic Art and in 1998 she was awarded the Urhunden Prize in Sweden for best foreign comic. During the day Kati will also take part at an international roundtable discussion. Topics include small press

TASTE Finland pop up restaurant The Restaurant day organized by Finnagora and the Finnish Embassy in Budapest has already become a tradition. This year the event is organized for the 7th time in the courtyard of the Finnish Embassy in Budapest. The Restaurant day-concept is originally from Finland and it has been hugely popular around the world. This year the event profile has been renewed. We will serve the biggest street food trends in Finland right now at the TASTE Finland pop up restaurant! The vegans out there will be happy to know that there will be a vegan main course and dessert

Elena Mindru Finnection is a Finnish jazz group led by the singer Elena Mindru. Mindru is of Romanian origin, which can be heard in her compositions, but resides in Finland, where she is a doctoral student at the Sibelius Academy’s Jazz Department. Elena Mindru Finnection consists of a group of talented young Finnish musicians. The band’s first album was released in 2014 and was very well received in Finland, as well as in Romania and other European countries. Mindru has performed as a jazz vocal soloist with the European Jazz Orchestra, the Transilvania Philharmonic Orchestra, the Finnish

Bruckner’s dark and apocalyptic 8 th symphony is performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra 28.4 at 19.45 p.m. under the baton of Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The venue for the performance is Bela Bartok National Concert Hall. Pro Finlandia Prize-winning Jukka-Pekka Saraste is an internationally acclaimed conductor known for extraordinary musical depth and integrity. Saraste is the Chief Conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne. Saraste is especially fond of late Romantic music but he also has a strong connection with contemporary music. Furthermore, Saraste is a co-

Ilona Jäntti’s circus show To Every Cloud will be presented in Zagreb on 28th April, at the Cirkobalkana Circus festival. Wire, silk and rope: Jäntti’s performance uses these materials to explore the relationship between soft and hard and between the human body and the material. Jäntti studied circus art in Stockholm, at the Circus Piloterna circus academy. She also obtained a master’s degree in contemporary dance choreography from the Laban Centre in London. Jäntti has a considerable background in circus art, dance and theatre. She has cooperated with e.g. Shakespeare’s Globe and the Royal

Devet Lun is an absurd and nonverbal puppet theatre performance for babies and their caretakers. The performance is about the nine months of the development of a fetus. AEIOU is an independent group of artists who are active in Slovenia as well as in Finland. The founders are puppeteers Katja Kähkönen and Katja Povše, and sculptress and art teacher Mateja Ocepek. The group was founded in Slovenia in 2010 and expanded to Finland in 2013. The award-winning performances of AEIOU have been featured at numerous international festivals. Devet Lun premieres on the 25th of April at the House of

International Book Festival Budapest is regarded as one of the most important events for professional authors in Hungary. Every year the event is visited by up to 60 000 people. This year the event is organized 19.-22.4. and the Finnish guest author is Finlandia-award winning Pirkko Saisio. Saisio is one of the most important contemporary authors in Finland right now. At the Book Festival the first part of Saisio’s autobiographic trilogy, Pienin yhteinen jaettava, is presented. The book has been translated into Hungarian by Ildikó Varga P. and it’s published by the publishing house Polar.

Editor and debut novel writer Satu Vasantola is the second Finnish guest at the European First Novel Festival, held at the International Book Festival Budapest. Satu Vasantola’s recently published first novel, (Never) Going Back is a deft portrayal of individual lives uprooted and inexorably intertwined across time and space. Satu Vasantola’s singular style is both lyrical and bold. Due to her fascination with medicine, diseases, accidents and violence, Vasantola’s characters are often led into hospitals and operation rooms. Vasantola is a journalist, who worked as an editor-in-chief of

Finnagora and The Finnish Embassy have joined forces to present Pirjo Honkasalo’s 2013 movie, Concrete Night, in Cinema City Allée. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the Finnish director. Set in Helsinki, Concrete Night tells the story of a day in the life of two brothers, one of whom is about to go into prison, and spends his last free hours with his 14 year old younger brother. The movie depicts this fragile state of mind in dreamlike sequences, telling a gripping tale about the loss of innocence. Concrete Night is based on a novel with the same title, written by Pirkko

The Finnish day at the National Gallery of Slovenia the 8 th of April is a fun day for the whole family. The National Gallery organizes the day in cooperation with the European Commission in Slovenia in honor of the European Year of Cultural Heritage of 2018. During the day children can participate in a quiz about Finland, hobby horse workshop and competition as well as learn Finnish in a language workshop. Adults can enjoy a musical performance by accordion player Klemen Leben, watch Finnish short films and join a guided tour of the Gallery. FinnAgora is also proud to present the Jussi-award

Kristian Smeds´ stage work just filming at Trafó House of Contemporary Arts will get its Hungarian premiere in March. Kristian Smeds is one of the leading theatre personalities in Finland. His just filming received its world premiere in the Finnish National Theatre in the fall of 2016 and toured also in Estonia that year. Just filming brings together two formidable acting talents: Annamária Láng from Hungary and Juhán Ulfsak from Estonia. Their partnership produces a theatrical dance rich in passion, absurdity and humour. A highly visual and musical performance, just filming is also a heart-

Enjoy international literature at night in the most curious places! The popular event is organized by EUNIC Hungary. During the night famous Hungarian actors read contemporary literature translated into Hungarian from all the EUNIC countries in curious places in the 6th district. During the night you can listen to up to twenty contemporary European literary greats. Previous years the Finnish works have been read in e.g. the guard’s booth at the Liberty bridge and in a small gym. This year Finland is represented by Rosa Liksom’s work Väliaikainen. The Finlandia-award winning author is one of

Discussion on Female Gaze is part of Finnish Film Days 2018 program. The female gaze is a feminist film theoretical term that is constantly being scrutinized and redefined. The term cannot simply be understood as a strict opposition to male gaze referring to the masculine and heterosexual point of view in film which presents women as objects of male pleasure. Actors and directors from Finland and Hungary will discuss the subject of female gaze, what it means and how it is present in today’s filmmaking. Panelists: Miia Haavisto, producer, director, screenwriter Tiina Lymi, director,

Discussion on Approaches to Screenwriting is part of Finnish Film Days 2018 program Film industry professionals from Finland and Hungary will gather together in this discussion session to talk about their approaches to screenwriting. The festival programme itself offers films with directors who are also the screenwriters, screenwriters who are experienced actors, and one of the films’ script is based on a novel. The discussion will dive into the different ways of approaching screenwriting and examine how one's personal and professional experience and background influence the writing process

The 7th Finnish Film Days takes place on the 7-11th of February 2018 at Toldi Cinema! Finnish Film Days offers nine first-class Finnish films presenting some of the brightest talents of Finnish film making. Besides movies and documentaries, the festival program includes two discussions on some of the hot issues of today's film industry. As the opening film we have the pleasure to present an award-winning gem of 2017: Euthanizer , directed by Teemu Nikki . All movies are spoken in Finnish and subtitled in English and Hungarian, unless mentioned otherwise. Tickets: 1500 / 1100 HUF Pre-sale

The 4th edition of Budapest International Documentary Festival (BIDF) features two Finnish documentaries: Hobby Horse Revolution and The Good Postman. Budapest International Documentary Festival takes place between 23.1 – 28.1.2018. Hobby Horse Revolution is a documentary by Oscar nominated director Selma Vilhunen. The documentary is a humorous and touching story about a gang of young Finnish hobby horse enthusiasts. The hobby horse movement has in the last decade grown to become a beloved hobby and lifestyle for thousands of youngsters. Selma Vilhunen will be present for a Q&A during the

FinnAgora is closed during Holidays between 22nd of December 2017 and 2nd of January 2018. Thank you to all who were involved and supported our events and activities this year. FinnAgora’s doors will open again on the 2nd of January 2018. See you in 2018!

Aurora Borealis is a light sculpture and sound composition inspired by a temporary visible phenomenon of nature. Produced by FinnAgora, the light sculpture is situated in front of the Gellért Hill Waterfall and can be seen between 3-6 December. The common project by Finnish and Hungarian artists celebrates the centenary of Finland's independence. During the same time frame the Embassy of Finland makes Elisabeth Bridge shine in the blue and white colours of the Finnish flag. Media designers of the Aurora Borealis light sculpture are media artists András Nagy and László Zsolt Bordos. Sound

Christmas comes early for fans of Finnish jazz this December, as top-class acts Gourmet and Jukka Eskola Soul Trio are booked for shows at Budapest’s Opus Jazz Club. New Jazz From Finland is a collaboration between FinnAgora and Budapest Music Center. New Finnish Jazz brings exciting contemporary acts from the Finnish jazz scene to Hungary. Gourmet is a favourite of both audiences and critics, and has been refered to by the former as ”The most proficient and at the same time the most entertaining Finnish jazz group”. Gourmet’s saga begun 20 years ago when founder members Mikko Innanen and Esa

The Original Finnish Santa Claus arrives to Hungary already for the 16th time this December. Santa Claus, or Joulupukki as Finns call him, flies all the way from the Lappish town of Rovaniemi with Finnair’s airplane and arrives to Budapest airport on Friday 1stof December around 11.00 am. During his 6 days long trip in Hungary Joulupukki will visit several towns and villages around the country spreading the Christmas spirit to everyone. Besides the public events he will also visit kindergardens, women’s shelters and orphanages in order to meet children with different kinds of backgrounds.

Anilogue International Animation Festival takes place in Budapest for the fifteenth time between the 29th of November and 3rd of December. Anilogue gives special attention to animation art in Finland this year with the program Finnish Focus. The festival is organized at Urania National Movie Theatre and Kino cinema, while side programs can be seen also at Szimpla Kert and Magvető Cafe. Finnish Focus welcomes five guests from Finland; brothers Juha and Vesa Vehviläinen who are a duo of visual artists and electronic musicians known by the pseudonym Pink Twins, director of Turku Animated Film

My Secret Forest tells the story of autistic Lauri. He is not able to talk and expresses himself in writing, communicating with his helper Pirjo. The texts give glimpse into Lauri’s world and show what it is like to be a young man behind autism spectrum disorder. The forest is the place where Lauri is able to think. The first documentary of Niina Brandt deals with the dreams, challanges and everyday life of a young, growing man and the walls separating people. It also handles questions about normality. Director Niina Brandt visits the Verzió Film Festival, more information soon on Verzió’s

The conference Architects in Schools provides a platform for discussing the role of architects in Hungarian formal and non-formal education. The event features professionals who will examine the question how architects may contribute to pedagogic work and the creation of long-term interdisciplinary programs. International showcases will be presented on the second day of the conference, including the Finnish Arkki School of Architecture for Children and Youth and it's leading teacher Niina Hummelin . The Arkki school provides children the possibility to discover building and architecture by

Digitalisation is everywhere around us, it has entered the schools and teachers need information on global trends and possiblities. Learning Reloaded is a conference for all teachers working in Hungarian public education who are open to new and exciting ideas in teaching and digitalisation. The conference presents an overview of the experiments and reform processes of the Finnish education system, but it also covers the challenges along the way. The aim is to inspire the participating teachers to take active role in forming the future of education in Hungary by applying and developing new

Two Finnish films will be shown at the Scandinavian Film Festival in October, the documentary Kaisa's Enchanted Forest (Kuun Metsän Kaisa) and the comedy Golddigger (Onnenonkija). The documentary by Katja Gauriloff tells about her grandmother Kaisa Gauriloff’s friendship with author Robert Crotet and through their story also about the hardships experienced by Skolt Sámis during World War II. The romantic comedy by Villa Janker is about the meeting of blogger Marja who is after richness and success with the rich heir Olavi who just wants to be normal. Scandinavian Film Festival 24-29 October

Liksom whose works show a grim view of Finnish society will appear in the panel discussion Europe from Female Perspective on 21 October at 16 PM. She will be interviewed on 22 October at 15 PM . On 22 October at 16 PM there will be a discussion with Statovci about his work My Cat Yugoslavia . The discussion will be conducted by Hungarian author György Dragomán . The festival also features the award winning ceremony of the literary translation competition organized by the Hungarian-Finnish Society and ELTE University’s Department of Finno-Ugric Studies on 22 October at 14.30 PM. http://www.

The results of the literary translation competition organized for beginner translators by the Hungarian-Finnish Society and ELTE University’s Department of Finno-Ugric Studies, supported by FinnAgora are the following: Category prose: 1 st place: Botka Gabriella, Sabján Ildikó (shared prize) 2 nd place: Majoros Etelka 3 rd place: Freisingerné Bodnár Judit Category poetry: 1 st place: Buzás Borbála and Várkonyi Flóra (joint application) 2 nd place: Nagy Ulla 3 rd place: Neer Beatrix We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone for participating in the competition. The award

Finnish soprano Piia Komsi will be seen at this year´s contemporary arts festival Café Budapest. Komsi will perform with the Calder Quartet at Budapest Music Center on the 15th October at 7.30 pm. The Calder Quartet is one of the most prominent formations in the American chamber music scene. The concert’s program includes: Péter Eötvös : Korrespondenz Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 – Intimate Letters Péter Eötvös: The Sirens Cycle – Hungarian premiere The concert will be the album release concert of composer Péter Eötvös's new record, String Quartets, issued by BMC Records. Piia Komsi (soprano

Elina Grundström will be one of the plenary speakers at the annual conference of AIPCE taking place in Budapest this year. Grundström is president of the Council for Mass Media in Finland (JSN). The conference is organized for members of AIPCE. 11-13 October, 2017 National Association of Hungarian Journalists 1064 Budapest Vörösmarty u. 47/A

During the European Language Cocktail Bar event visitors will have the oppirtunity to learn some words in many European languages. Visitors also will be invited to participate playful language activities and games and through that learn a little of numerous languages. At FinnAgora’s table you can learn both Finnish and Swedish this year. European Language Coctail Bar will be held the 10th of October at the University pf Debrecen. The event is a collaboration between EUNIC members. European Language Cocktail Bar 10.10. 2017. 2-6 PM Debreceni Egyetem, 4032 Egyetem tér 1. The event is free http

Sibelius Academy lecturer Petri Prauda is one of the speakers at this year’s edition of Budapest Ritmo, where he will talk about the worldwide boom of folk music education. In recent years the demand for folk and world music education has grown steadily. Petri Prauda and the other panelists will discuss the reason behind this boom. Petri Prauda is a forefront figure in the Finnish folk music scene and frequently performs all over the world with his many bands and projects. Prauda is known for his diversity as a musician and has performed with many taditional folk bands, as well as with metal-

Szatyor Artspace turns into a pop-up store with Finnish design on Budapest Design Week. A collection of Finnish design products from jewellery to children’s clothing is available. The pop-up store is curated by Minna Särelä, the executive director of Design Destrict Helsinki . Opening hours: 5 th to 15 th October Mon to Sat: 10AM-15PM Szatyor ArtSpace Bartók Béla Boulevard 33 1111 Budapest

FinnAgora participates at the DOKK Digital Education Conference and Exhibition to be happening this weekend the 29-30 September, 2017 at the BME University of Technology and Education (Building I). The bustling event will feature lectures by renowned professionals, open lessons, workshops in parallel sections and new exciting tools will be shown to the audience, too. Visitors who register may get a foretaste of FinnAgora’s October 25 conference Learning Reloaded: strategic director of Hundred.fi, Kate Robinson will be sharing the brand new Finnish trends of education developmens and education

Continuity and flow experience. Active meditation. Dancing together. Isolation. Fluidity. Rhythm. Join a free dance lesson on Bartók Béla Street! The idea is simple. The Dancing Finland campaign invites you to feel the joy of dance by participating in a free dance lesson. You do not have to be a experienced dancer to participate – everybody can join. Although the campaign originally was meant for a Finnish audience, it spread fast through social media, and events are beeing organised all around the world. Now it’s time for Budapest. During 2017, over 300 000 people have attended the events of

Saunakansa (Sauna Folk) exhibition featuring photos by Finnish photographer Jussi Puikkonen opens at Szatyor Art Space in Budapest on the 22th of September. The sauna is both a sacred and a mundane place for Finns. There are 3.2 million saunas in Finland (whereas only 5.5 million people), which means there are more saunas than cars. There is a tolerant, non-judgemental climate in the sauna as we are all naked and we all sweat there, either alone or in company. Jussi Puikkonen's photo series Sauna Folk shows a wide and colorful spectrum of saunas. The sensitivity of his works displays the

Finland celebrates its 100th anniversary as an indepent state and is also in the focus of this year’s Eleven Autumn Street Festival hosted by bustling Bartók Béla Avenue of the XI.district. The avenue transforms into a live showcase of Finnish culture at the festival organized by the Bartók Béla Boulevard Association with the support of FinnAgora and the Embassy of Finland. The program features Jussi Puikkonen’s SaunaFolk exhibition, the Finnish dance challenge Dancing Finland, a mobile-sauna for public testing and much more. There will be Finnish films, glass art, design and architecture.

Matti is a Finn who appreciates silence, peace and his own personal space. He is not a fan of small talk, and in social situations he actually wishes he could become invisible. Matti is the main character of comic strip series Finnish Nightmares by Karoliina Korhonen which features the greatest social fears Finns can face. He set off from the Finnish Institute in Norway in the beginning of 2017 and arrives soon to Budapest at the invitation of FinnAgora to be the special guest of the Eleven Ősz Bartók Béla Street Festival. You can follow Matti’s travels in Hungary on Instagram: #Mattiutazik #

The Third International Masterclass Budapest for Conductors will be held between 27th of August - 2nd of September 2017, with the participation of the MAV Symphony Orchestra. Legendary finnish conductor Jorma Panula will be teaching masterclasses with a total of 9 participants. A selected few of the participants will also be conducting during the final concert at The National Museum. www.masterclassbudapest.com/ Maestro Jorma Panula's masterclasses: 27.8 - 2.9.2017 Final Concert: 2.9.2017, 16.00-18.30. The National Museum Hungary 1088 Budapest Múzeum krt. 14–16

Through Miranda's Eyes is a global, 18-month cross-disciplinary project dedicated to celebrating intercultural dialogue and reforming history education policies. TME raises awareness about the Roma Holocaust in WWII and promotes Romani arts and culture. In WWII about half of European Roma got killed in the Holocaust Topic still remains unknown to the general public. With growing number of refugees entering EU states, we need a platform for self-reflection: how to avoid repeating history? In 2001 Cultural Counsellor Veijo Baltzar, initiator of the project, interviewed Miranda, a Holocaust

FinnAgora's staff are on holidays in July, and because of that the office will be closed during 1.7.-31.7. During the holidays we will slow our pace in the social media sites. However, we'll return continue updating these sites in August, so be sure to follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram to keep yourself informed about FinnAgora's newest events and news. The first newsletter of the autumn will be sent in the beginning of September at the latest. Be sure to subscribe to the newsletter! Unfortunately our newsletter is available only in Finnish and Hungarian . We wish all our followers

Echoes – 100 Years in Finnish Design and Architecture exhibition celebrates the centenary year of Finland’s independence with an engaging exploration of Finnish design and architecture. In addition to Budapest, the exhibition will be shown in Bratislava, Warsaw, Prague and Berlin in the course of 2017. Echoes exhibition presents selected and beloved Finnish design classics alongside lesser-known gems and new works from young Finnish designers, creating a fascinating dialogue and story for international audiences. The exhibition is part of the official Finland100 centenary programme. The

Thanks to generations of devoted translators, Finnish literature has been available to Hungarian readers from the 19th century up until these days. As Finland is presently celebrating its centenary year, a project co-organised by Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum, the Finnish Embassy in Budapest and FinnAgora, and hosted in Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum, shall provide an overview of Finnish fiction and children’s literature in the last 10 years. The installation is part of “Finland 100”, Finland’s official series of centenary programmes. Open: 7.6. – 8.10.2017 facebook.com/margofeszt www.margofeszt.hu The book

The exhibition 100 Objects from Finland opened on 23rd March 2017 in Helsinki Design Museum. On the same day a virtual version of the exhibition will be published on the attached website, 100objects.fi . Thanks to the extensive co-operation of Finnish Embassies and cultural institutes all over Europe, the online exhibition will be accessible, in Hungarian as well as many other languages, until the end of 2017, Finland’s centenary year. 100 Object from Finland strives to describe the road that the Finns have taken to reach this day. The exhibition illustrates the past 100 years of Finland by