🏳️‍🌈 Initiative FoReDi supports our friends from Queer Asylum: Finland and invites everyone to join their group at Helsinki Pride 2026. This year, the group is dedicated to people from Russia, Kazakhstan, and other countries where queer identities are persecuted by both the state and society. Many are forced to hide who they are, wear masks, and live according to rules imposed on them in order to avoid discrimination, violence, and persecution. During Pride, participants in the performance...

On 16 June at 18:00 in Helsinki, we invite you to a humorous poetry evening with writer Leonid Kaganov — a master of sharp and ironic words. The event will be held in Russian. In a warm and friendly atmosphere, Leonid will read his funny poems, which combine satire, absurd humour, irony and lyricism. Leonid Kaganov is a science fiction writer, poet, satirist and one of the wittiest authors of his generation. He is the author of dozens of books, the lyricist of several songs by Vasya Oblomov,...

The summer season for cleaning the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Bothnia is starting. Unfortunately, coastal waters are heavily polluted with floating waste and suffer because of people who treat nature irresponsibly. But each of us can contribute to cleaning the Baltic Sea — for example, by taking an eco-trip by kayak or boat. You can join the project free of charge in Helsinki, Espoo and Oulu — just choose a suitable location, day and time. After registration, you will receive detailed...