Come and meet old friends and make new ones. The City of Turku and the organising committee warmly welcome the conference participants to a Welcome Reception. Join to meet colleagues and network with new acquaintances over a glass of bubbly.
(Included in the conference participation fees, but pre-registration is required).
Date: Wednesday, 11 June
Time: 18:00
Venue: Arken, Tehtaankatu 2 (Fabriksgatan 2)
Dress code: Casual
Can you recognize the biggest Nordic radio hits of past decades, when performed in Finnish? Have a try! Join the fun at Club Dynamo – a famous nightclub and indie music venue in a building from the 19th Century.
Date: Wednesday, 11 June
Tickets: Free, registration required
Time: 20.00
Venue: Club Dynamo, Linnankatu 7 (Slottsgatan 7)
Join us for the Conference dinner at the charming restaurant Grädda and spend a memorable evening in good company! Grädda is located in a beautiful garden setting on the eastern bank of the River Aura, a stone’s throw from the conference venues.
Date: Thursday, 12 June
Time: TBA
Tickets: 85€ (incl. VAT 25.5%)
Venue: Grädda, Piispankatu 15, (Biskopsgatan 15) Turku
Dress code: Smart casual
Conference Dinner After-Party at Brewery Restaurant Koulu. Open to all, no registration needed. Come as you are! Drinks at one’s own expense.
Date: Thursday, 12 June
Time: TBD
Venue: Restaurant Koulu, Eerikinkatu 18 (Eriksgatan 18)
Dress code: Casual
Enjoy a traditional Finnish sauna on the island of Ruissalo (Runsala), followed by a refreshing swim. The island of Runsala is a stunning nature destination right near the city. It is a popular spot for leisure activities, with its scenic nature trails, and its groves in Ruissalo form Finland’s most valuable protected oak forest area.
Snacks and a non-alcoholic drink included, transport at own cost (bus no. 8 takes you from the city center directly to the camping ground).
Please bring a bath towel and your swimming gear!
Date: Friday, 13 June
Tickets: 17€ (incl. VAT 25.5%)
Time: About 18.30–22.00
Venue: Ruissalo Camping
Dress code: Casual – please bring your bath towel and swimwear
Explore the preserved blocks of traditional wooden houses that survived the Great Fire of Åbo in 1827! The guided tour of Klosterbacken Museum tells the stories of people living and working in Luostarinmäki and Turku in different times.
Date: Saturday, 14 June
Ticket: 5€ (incl. VAT 0%)
Time: 10.00–13.00
min 15 max 25 participants
Join Dr. John Björkman, a newly appointed Doctor of Philosophy in Nordic Folkloristics, on a guided tour of mystical sites in the nearby Finnish forests—places explored in his dissertation.
Bio: John Björkman (Ph.D.) is a postdoctoral researcher in folkloristics at the University of Turku, specialized in sacred sites of folk belief. His doctoral dissertation “Healing Springs and Haunted Woods. Sacred sites of folk belief and spatial order in Southwest Finnish village societies” (https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/190033) studies the locations of 120 sacred natural sites in their 19th century village contexts. He is currently working on a 3-year research project, “The Sacred Forests Around Us”, with the aim to chart the development of sacred forest sites in Finland from prehistory to current times.
Date: Saturday, 14 June
Tickets: 12€ (incl. VAT 25.5%)+ local transport fees at one’s own cost
Time: 10.00–13.00
min 12 max 20 participants
The beautiful island of Seili (Själö) is known for its history as home to Finland’s best-known leper hospital and mental asylum in the 1600s and 1700s. Seili church and surrounding graveyard still remind of the destinies of Seili’s patients. The mentally ill were treated on Seili until 1960s, when the former asylum was converted for the use of the Archipelago Research Institute, Centre for Environmental Research of the University of Turku.
Price includes sea trips on M/s Norrskär, guided tour on the island, buffet lunch and coffee, coffee on board, sweet or savoury snack on board. Departure at 9.30 at Läntinen Rantakatu 37 and return at 18.15 to the same place.
Date: Saturday, 14 June
Tickets: 85€ (incl. VAT 25.5%)
Time: 9.30–18.15
min 20 max 50 participants
Paimio Sanatorium designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto in the early 1930s is one of the most internationally renowned buildings in Finland. The half-day excursion includes a guided tour, lunch and an optional forest walk. We begin with a guided tour (90 min) about the architecture, innovations, and everyday life of the former tuberculosis sanatorium. After this we will have lunch at Restaurant Toivo at the Sanatorium. We will end the excursion with a walk (2,6 km) in the surrounding pine forest. The forest with its’ mossy rocks and clear-water creek is an essential part of the Sanatorium. Transportation to and from the Sanatorium will be arranged. https://paimiosanatorium.com/experiences/guided-tours/
Date: Saturday, 14 June
Time: 9.00–15.00
Venue: Paimio Sanatorium
Tickets: 90€ (incl. VAT 25.5%)
min 10 max 25 participants
The 36th International Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference takes place in Turku, Finland. Scholars are invited to discuss contemporary perspectives on culture, identities, and socio-cultural shifts in the Nordic region and beyond, and to explore approaches to everyday life, traditions, history, and the future in these times of change.
Den 36:e Nordiska etnolog- och folkloristkonferensen äger rum i Åbo, Finland. Forskare välkomnas diskutera samtida perspektiv på kultur, identiteter och socio-kulturella förändringar i och utanför Norden, samt att utforska sätt att närma sig vardagsliv, traditioner, historien och framtiden i dessa föränderliga tider.
