Riihimäki Day

On Riihimäki Day, Monday 11.9.2023 September XNUMX, Riihimäki-ness is celebrated

Come and enjoy Riihimäki Day on Monday 11.9.2023 September XNUMX in the library yard, where the program includes the unveiling of Aaro Vakkur's author plaque, a concert and sing-along event by Anssi Känsälä and Jani Paulamäki, and a lecture by Juho Haavisto in the Paronen hall of the library: Riihimäki – Tavallan tavallinen. There is an open stage organized by the Riihimäki Society in the library yard, where everyone who wants to can perform.

Kiertokapula also organizes a playful sorting competition in the library yard at 15.30:XNUMX p.m., where MP Aino-Kaisa Pekonen and city manager Jouni Eho will compete. In the sorting challenge, the representatives of Kiertokapula's owner municipalities have been challenged to show their sorting skills against other municipalities. The contestant with a better result in the race gets to represent Riihimäki in the final result table.

On Riihimäki Day, there is also free entry to the Finnish Glass Museum, as well as the art and hunting museums between 10 a.m. and 16 p.m.

Riihimäki's local transport buses and rental of city bikes for less than an hour are free all day.

Riihimäki Day is celebrated as Riihimäki's birthday. Riihimäki became Finland's first crossing station with the completion of the Riihimäki-Pietari line in 1870. It influenced the growth of the station village and its further development into an independent municipality and eventually a city. The track was inaugurated by Russian Emperor Alexander II on the name day of September 11.9.1870, XNUMX.

Riihimäki Day 11.9.2023 September 16 in the library yard, Kauppakatu XNUMX

The program

15–20 Kiertokapula point

15.30 Kiertokapula's sorting contest, where MP Aino-Kaisa Pekonen and mayor Jouni Eho are competing

16.00 Open stage / Riihimäki-Seura

16.30 Unveiling of the memorial plaque of the late writer who spent his childhood and youth in Riihimäki

17.00 Juho Haavisto's lecture: Riihimäki – In a normal way / Paronen hall

18.00–19.30 Concert and sing-along, Anssi Känsälä and Jani Paulamäki / Library courtyard

The Riihimäki Day event at the library is free of charge.

Lisaksi

10-16 Riihimäki Art Museum, The Finnish Glass Museum ja Finnish Hunting Museum open and free admission to museums

Riihimäki's local transport buses and rental of city bikes for less than an hour are free all day.