You can find the advance polling stations in Finland from the page of Finnish Ministry of Justice: Advance Polling Stations. During the advance voting, you can vote in Kuopio campus, at the ISYY Office (Studentia, C-Door), 29.-31.5. and 3.-4.6. from 10 am to 4 pm.

The SYKETTÄ Kuopio's newest newsletter is published

1 – Give us feedback
2 – Summer 2024 timetable
3 – Apply for a regular shift for summertime and season 2024-2025 (in Finnish)
4 – Kilometrikisa is a light-hearted cycling competition for workplaces, departments, associations, clubs or any other teams.

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Oppari opening hours during summer 2024 in Kuopio

1.6.-19.6.2024

• Monday-Friday 8-14

Midsummer

• Thursday 20.6.2024 10-13
• Friday 21.6.2024 closed

24.6.-2.8.2024

• Monday-Friday 10-14

5.8.-23.8.2024

• Monday-Friday 8-15

Starting 26.8.2024 normal opening hours

Library services during the summer

Kuopio and Joensuu Campus Libraries' opening hours 1.6.–31.8.

• Monday–Tuesday 8–16 (Customer Service 10–16)
• Wednesday 8–18 (Customer Service 10–18)
• Thursday–Friday 8–16 (Customer Service 10–16)
• Saturday–Sunday closed

The Library 24/7 self-study facilities are open normally.

KUH Medical Library opening hours 1.–30.6. and 1.–31.8.

• Monday–Thursday 10–15
• Friday–Sunday closed

Exceptions in the library services:

Midsummer

• Thursday 20.6. customer service is open 10–13 (Kuopio and Joensuu: the doors will open at 8), chat is open 10–13 
• Friday 21.6. customer service and chat are closed

KUH Medical Library is closed 1.7.–1.8.

Interlibrary services are closed 1.7.–26.7.

In Kuopio, due to transformer maintenance, campus library's self-study facilities are closed from Mon 8.7. 4 pm to Tue 9.7. 10 am. Tue 9.7. library facilities and customer service will not open until 10 a.m.

On Monday 3.6.2024, Kuopio's public transport will switch to summer timetables

Summer timetables are valid from 3.6.2024 to 7.8.2024. You can check the summer timetables on the Vilku website.

Printed line-specific timetable brochures will be available at the customer service desk in the City Council House/Valtuustotalo, the main city library, in the Travel Center/Matkakeskus and in local libraries. The timetables at bus stops will be changed the week before the changeover to summer timetables.

A new bus line 25 will start operating between the centre of Kuopio, Matkus and Hiltulanlahti, with the final stop in the new residential area of Hiltulanlahti. The bus will run at 30-min intervals during the day. In addition, services 25A and 25X will serve the Postal Centre and the North Savo College on weekdays.

 Silent Forest art exhibition, 14.5.-9.6. at Puijon Maja's cover path 

The art exhibition by Johanna Järventaus and Laura Leskinen, photography students at Ingmanedu Cultural Vocational College, consists of photographic works, poems and thoughts on forest themes. The exhibition opens along the accessible 200 m long nature trail at Puijo. It is open 24/7 until 9.6. and free.

Guided nature walks

Regional environmental protection services, welfare promotion services and the Kuopio Museum of Natural History organise guided nature excursions and volunteer events during the summer and autumn. Join us to discover the local forest and its animals, flying squirrels, birds and bats. You will also learn to identify wild herbs, plants, lichens and mushrooms. This summer, you can also try coloring wool yarns with combed lupine and play a forest mystery game.

The excursions are open to all and free of charge, with no need to book in advance (except for a few boat and bus trips). In May, the programme includes:

• Tue 21.5. Birding trip to Väinölänniemi Park at 18-20
• Thu 23.5. Flying squirrel excursion at 18-20
• Mon 27.5. Litter trip at 15-17
• Tue 28.5. Naturalists in action 17.30-19.30
• Thu 30.5. Trip to Katiskaniemi at 10-11

For the full programme of excursions until September, please visit the website via the link below.

Event calendar

• Sat-Sun 24.-25.5. Summer happening at the Kuopio market square in the city centre

ISYY Clubs' meetings at Lukema (Studentia, C door)

• Mon 27.5. starting at 17:00 Lautapelikerho Kärmes (board game club)
• Sun 2.6. at 13-15 UEF Student Bilble Club

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If you would like to have something featured in the Weekly Feed, please send a short (max. 500 characters including spaces), informative description of the event/activity in English to either kv.kuopio@isyy.fi (Kuopio events) or kv.joensuu@isyy.fi (Joensuu events).

Please include at least the following information: date, time, place, admission fee and the event website/link for more information. If you want to include pictures, the optimal size is 270 x 270 px.

Weekly Feed is the English language newsletter of the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY). You are receiving this letter on your email because you are a member of ISYY and are studying at Kuopio campus or because you have joined the mailing list yourself.

Weekly Feed provides you with current information on matters related to the Student Union, UEF or other organisations close to students, such as FSHS. In addition, the newsletter provides you with information on events taking place at campus or the campus city.

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