Partying in Helsinki
January 14th 2010 10:49
Time:12:30pm Date: 14/01/2010 Location: My Apartment, Helsinki
So anyway, the other night we had the Erasmus Student Network 'Welcome to Exchange Students' party! It was awesome fun - seeing how people from all over the world party! This was the first time I had gone out in Helsinki because truth be told, the cold actually puts me off of exploring the night life. Questions creep into my mind such as: what should I wear? Thermals? But then I'll be dancing, won't I get hot? Where do I put my big jacket? I can't dance with that on...I'll become a sweat machine!! Therefore, I asked some of the locals before hand and they said, partying in Helsinki is all about layers! You take a lot of layers and then you can hang them up upon entry. Wearing thermals is hard though because you can't take them off as they are under your 'dress' clothes. I think next time, if it's not that cold, I will just suffer without my thermals outside but then be really comfortable inside.
I came home from uni at around 17:00pm and we had to meet my tutor group at the shops to buy drinks at 18:15pm. It was a mad rush! I live about 15 mins train ride from the city but getting all your layers and having something to eat is a long process. I managed to be out the door by 17:40pm and we got to Kamppi (the shopping centre in the city) on time. I wasn't allowed to buy any spirits because you have to be over 20 in Finland but beer and wine can be bought at 18. I tried some local Lapland Finnish beer and it was actually really nice! I can't remember what it is called but I'll let you know soon. We had pre-party at Stefi's house (a german girl) when we finally found it after walking around Helsinki in the cold for about 30 minutes!! Then the party started! The place was basically one large room with one massive dance floor! Drinks were quite cheap - 2,50 Euros for a beer which is around $4! No offence, but Helsinki music sucked! Well, it was mostly popular music but they weren't remixed so some songs were really hard to dance to but maybe it was just that DJ! Even the dutch girl I met said the music was really bad! However, it was a great night meeting so many people from around the world and dancing to crap music! We managed to just catch the last bus home at around 1:30am which was a struggle but we got there! I'm totally looking forward to Friday night where we are having a traditional 'Stiz' for Soc&Kom students (my school) which is a 3-course meal with lots of dancing, singing and vodka shots in between! Parting in Helsinki is the shiz!!
So anyway, the other night we had the Erasmus Student Network 'Welcome to Exchange Students' party! It was awesome fun - seeing how people from all over the world party! This was the first time I had gone out in Helsinki because truth be told, the cold actually puts me off of exploring the night life. Questions creep into my mind such as: what should I wear? Thermals? But then I'll be dancing, won't I get hot? Where do I put my big jacket? I can't dance with that on...I'll become a sweat machine!! Therefore, I asked some of the locals before hand and they said, partying in Helsinki is all about layers! You take a lot of layers and then you can hang them up upon entry. Wearing thermals is hard though because you can't take them off as they are under your 'dress' clothes. I think next time, if it's not that cold, I will just suffer without my thermals outside but then be really comfortable inside.
I came home from uni at around 17:00pm and we had to meet my tutor group at the shops to buy drinks at 18:15pm. It was a mad rush! I live about 15 mins train ride from the city but getting all your layers and having something to eat is a long process. I managed to be out the door by 17:40pm and we got to Kamppi (the shopping centre in the city) on time. I wasn't allowed to buy any spirits because you have to be over 20 in Finland but beer and wine can be bought at 18. I tried some local Lapland Finnish beer and it was actually really nice! I can't remember what it is called but I'll let you know soon. We had pre-party at Stefi's house (a german girl) when we finally found it after walking around Helsinki in the cold for about 30 minutes!! Then the party started! The place was basically one large room with one massive dance floor! Drinks were quite cheap - 2,50 Euros for a beer which is around $4! No offence, but Helsinki music sucked! Well, it was mostly popular music but they weren't remixed so some songs were really hard to dance to but maybe it was just that DJ! Even the dutch girl I met said the music was really bad! However, it was a great night meeting so many people from around the world and dancing to crap music! We managed to just catch the last bus home at around 1:30am which was a struggle but we got there! I'm totally looking forward to Friday night where we are having a traditional 'Stiz' for Soc&Kom students (my school) which is a 3-course meal with lots of dancing, singing and vodka shots in between! Parting in Helsinki is the shiz!!
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