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29.11.2024
The Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY) will organise an Independence Day Torch Parade in Kuopio on 6 December 2024, starting at 6 pm.
The Torch Parade is one of the oldest and most beautiful academic traditions of the Student Union.
–We welcome all citizens to follow the traditional Independence Day Torch Parade and the Student Union's Independence Day's speech. This honoured tradition brings us together to respect Finland's independence and remind us that we need each other, says the Chair of the ISYY Executive Board Mirka Nieminen.
The Torch Parade departs at 6 pm at Sotku (Suokatu 42). The Parade will lay a wreath at the soldiers' graves in Sankaripuisto and then arrive along Tulliportinkatu to the front of Kuopio City Hall. The Chair of the Executive board, Mirka Nieminen, will give a speech on the steps of the City Hall, followed by a joint Finnish National Anthem.
ISYY welcomes the public to follow the Parade along Tulliportinkatu and listen to the speech in front of Kuopio City Hall.
The Student Union will also organise an Independence Day Torch Parade at the Joensuu campus.
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Mirka Nieminen, Chair of the Executive Board, The Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland, tel. +358 44 576 8400, puheenjohtaja(at)isyy.fi
Eveliina Scharin, Community Coordinator, The Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland, tel. +358 44 491 6529, yk(at)isyy.fi