Colorful Restaurant – November 2023
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 […]
Polish Independence Day 2023
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 […]
Let’s read to children
November 2, 2023, Pekuri Library in Oulu In the friendly atmosphere provided by the library in Pekuri, a meeting organized by SPPF members took place – Let’s read to children – Czytajmy dzieciom – Luetaan. Together we listened to a fragment of Tove Jansson’s Moominvalley in both Polish and Finnish, and then the children eagerly […]
Mushroom picking in Rokua 2023
9th of September 2023, Rokua Mushroom-picking trips have become a tradition in the SPPF calendar of events. This year, we walked in the forests of Rokua National Park for the third time. Just like last year, the weather was perfect, but unfortunately, the harvest in the baskets was not as large as we would have […]
Trip To Raahe
August 19, 2023, Raahe The trip to Raahe, organized by the SSPF on this beautiful summer day, was aimed at both getting to know each other better and integrating the Polish and international community from the area of Oulu, but also promoting the natural, landscape, cultural, historical and tourist values of Northern Ostrobothnia, this time […]
An Evening of Szymborska Poetry
August 17, 2023, Kahvila Kiikku, Oulu For the first time in its history, SPPF took part in the Night of Art—Oulun Muusajuhlat. We had the rare opportunity to hear the lovely poems of Polish Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska, both in the original and in Finnish translation, in the lovely setting of Kahvila Kikku, surrounded […]
Värikäs Ravintola – Colorful Restaurant
May 20, 2023, Aleksinkulma For the second time, the Polish stand prepared by the Association of Poles in Northern Finland took part in the international event organized by the city of Oulu – Värikäs Ravintola – Colorful Restaurant. Once again, Polish delicacies such as pierogi – dumplings, Polish salad with bread and delicious cakes were very […]
Polish Party
Saturday, 29th April 2023, Kulttuurilaboratorio What a Party it was! Accompanied by the greatest Polish hits, we had the opportunity to talk and get to know each other better in this international group! The table was laden with delicious snacks, the music and atmosphere were wonderful and many of us had the courage to grab […]
General Meeting SPPF 2023
22nd April 2023, Aleksinkulma For the second time, we met to discuss together the most important matters concerning the Association of Poles in Northern Finland. During the meeting, the financial report and report on the activities of the association for 2022 were presented. They were accepted by all present without reservations. The auditor also confirmed […]
Painting and scratching color eggs – workshops
March 25th, 2023, Kumppanuuskeskus This year, for the first time, we organized Easter workshops during which we created together beautiful Easter eggs: pisanki and kraszanki. Everyone, big and small, rolled up their sleeves and got to work briskly. We learned how to color eggs with poured beeswax, scratching and inventive cheerful compositions which the children […]
