Programme

Saturday 16.7.

Arrival starting from 15.00

Dinner

Get together and programme at the bar

Sauna

 

Sunday 17.7.

Opening Ceremony

Country photos

Programme

Contact member meeting

Evening programme

Bar and sauna

 

Freshmen PARTY! Overalls, jumpsuits… You name it. Get into your gear and come have fun with us!
Upgrading IFYE 202.2 is not only enjoying sauna and making your own “yo-lakki” (student cap). It is also having fun with the unusual, yet somehow familiar style! Student overalls are the “thing” in Finland. They are used in all the best and the wildest student parties, get-togethers and homecomings.
On Sunday we will have “Fuksiaiset” (a welcoming event for freshmen), where you will wear your overalls! Overalls might be your student overalls, work or safety overalls or some unrecognizable outfit with lots of decorations, patches, toys, stuffed animals, flags etc.
Be prepared!!

Monday 18.7.

Tours

Country meetings

Evening programme

Bar and sauna

 

Tuesday 19.7.

Workshops

Contact member meeting

Evening programme

Bar and sauna

 

Wednesday 20.7.

Tours

Country meetings

Austria presents the World IFYE conference

Evening programme

Bar and sauna

 

Thursday 21.7.

General assembly

Lunch

Sauna village

Evening programme and bar

The Finnish Sauna Day has been celebrated annually on the second Saturday in June since 1986. In our Conference we will have our own Sauna Day too: on Thursday 21st July we will spend the whole afternoon in a village of saunas!
Sauna Village, located in Jämsä, just around 15 minutes away from Alkio-opisto, is the center of living sauna culture in Finland. There are 24 historical smoke saunas from different parts of Finland, and around 10 of the saunas are still in use. The oldest sauna is from the late 1800s, the youngest from the early 1900s. Truly an unique experience!

We will have guided tours with our sauna enthusiastic guide Saija. Her fascinating and almost like magical stories about saunas and the history of sauna will take you to another world for a while. The Finnish IFYEs know – we have experienced this!

The Sauna Village is reserved for us for the whole afternoon. The smoke saunas, beautiful landscape, nature just next to you and lake Päijänne will upgrade your level of relaxation.

Friday 22.7.

Minitours/freetime/shopping time

Lunch

Graduation ceremony

Farewell dinner

Bar and party time

 

Saturday 23.7.

Breakfast and goodbyes