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7th April 2024, Kumppanuuskeskus The third General Meeting in the history of SPPF was held this year next to the SPPF office in Kumppanuuskeskus to discuss the most important issues regarding the Association of Poles in Northern Finland. During the meeting, the financial report and report on the activities of the association for 2023 were presented. […]

Sunday March 17, 2024, Kumppanuuskeskus Easter workshops have already become a permanent event in the SPPF spring calendar. This year we organized it together with the Association of Ukrainians of Northern Ostrobothnia – Pohjois-Pohjanmaan Ukrainalaisten Yhdistys. On this Sunday afternoon, workshop participants had the opportunity to decorate eggs using the scratching method and using poured […]

March 15, 2024, Pekuri Library in Oulu In the intimate and friendly atmosphere of the Pekuri library, for the second time in the history of SPPF, an event organized by SPPF members took place – Let’s read to children – Luetaan. This time the first chapter of the book Winnie the Pooh by A. A. […]

February 25, 2024, Kumppanuuskeskus Beautiful costumes, smiling faces and an afternoon full of games, competitions and music – this is how we can sum up the first ever SPPF Costume Party! The afternoon was full of various activities! First, during art workshops, we made beautiful carnival masks. Then, two brave young magicians performed a small […]

February 10, 2024, Kumppanuuskeskus This is the third time when the Association of Poles in Northern Finland celebrated Fat Thursday together (but on Saturday). This year, our event was divided into workshops – cooking together, and tasting – eating delicious fresh donuts and faworki. As in previous years, there were plenty of helpful hands, both […]

December 7, 2023, room 222, Kumppanuuskeskus After several months of preparations, thanks to the wonderful donations of our SPPF members and friends and joint volunteer work, our office was officially opened! The SPPF office in Kumppanuuskeskus – Kansankatu 53, Oulu, room 222 offers Polish books for children and teenagers, information materials about Poland and a […]

2 December 2023, Aleksinkulma This year our Polish Christmas Party was extremely busy! Both children and adults participated in workshops and prepare amazing Christmas cards and decorations. We played games, sang Polish carols, and the tables were full of Christmas delicacies. This year, our traditional Santa Claus visited us, and everyone who participated in the […]

Studio Valve’s Oulu Cinema, 26,28,30 November & 1 December 2023 Suomi-Puola Yhdistysten Liitto ry once again invited everyone to Polish Film Weeks 2023 / Puolan Elokuvaviikot 2023. This year, Studio Valve’s Oulu Cinema has screen the following films: Sunday 26.11.2023 LABIRYNT Poland 1962 Damian Kocur: BREAD AND SALT (Chleb i sól) Poland 2022 Cast: Tymoteusz […]

November 18, 2023, Aleksinkulma A table full of Polish delicacies such as: Russian dumplings, dumplings with meat, dumplings with lentils, sauerkraut, patties, borscht, beetroot juice, chokeberry juice, freshly baked bread, stuffed eggs, and sweets such as apple pie, honey cheesecake , Shwardzwald cake, rum cake, cheesecake, pullas with raisins… These were the delicacies that reigned […]

November 10, 2023 Aleksinkulma What an evening it was!!! Full of Chopin’s wonderful music played on the piano by Emma Ylitalo and Vera Małkova, a student of the Music School in Raahe of Ukrainian origin, wonderful performances by our youngest reciting and singing Polish poetry and singing patriotic songs together among old and new friends […]