sTYYlish May Day Eve 2026
May Day is coming again, are you ready?!
Get your mead brewing, find your student caps from the dusty shelves, sew all your patches, fetch you picnic blankets from the summer storage... It's time for May Day to start again!
May Day or "Vappu" is the Finnish version of Labour Day that we celebrate to honour working people. It is also the biggest student festival of the year, bringing together tens of thousands of students and other citizens of Turku.
May Day Eve starts with TYY and organisations giving out punch around the campus area. TYY's own Punch Stand is at the University Hill. Please check your own organisation's punch times below. You can also hear the kick-off of the sTYYlish Ticket Hunt at the University Hill at noon. Spot a TYY board member in a Vappu suit on campus and win tickets to various cultural events in the Turku area.
At 16.45, a traditional May Day Parade leaves from the University Hill towards the Turku Art Museum Hill, where the whole city gathers to listen to music and a speech from the Chair of the TYY Executive Board. At 6 sharp, we all put on our student caps (ylioppilas- or teekkarilakki). The moment when thousands of students and alumni with their caps have gathered at Aurakatu is by far the most impressive part of Vappu, so you definitely don’t want to miss this moment!
After the "capping" (Fin. "lakitus"), Vappu celebration continues in the Runeberg Park where dental students will wash The Lily of Turku statue and give Lily a student cap. At 19.00 the Technology students of Turku give Paavo Nurmi a teekkaricap on the other side of the road as well.
WHAT: May Day Punches, the Ticket Hunt, flag parade and the "cappings" of May Day
WHEN: 30.4. ~11-19.30
WHERE: University campus (outside spaces), Turku Art Museum Hill and The Lily of Turku statue
Schedule:
11.00–13.00 TYY's own May Day Punch stand @ University Hill
12.00 sTYYlish Ticket Hunt @ Campus area
16.45 May Day Parade leaves from the University Hill
17.30-18.00 Student caps on and a speech from the TYY executive board chair @ Art Museum Hill
18.30-19.00 Washing and giving the student cap to the Lilja statue @ Runeberg park (Itäinen Rantakatu 8)
19.00 Teekkarikomissio (technical students association) give a cap to the Paavo Nurmi statue @ Aurakatu x Hämeenkatu
NOTE! Here you will find the times and places where different organisations give out punch. This section will be updated before the punches. So keep an eye on this page until May Day Eve the latest!
1. Educarium yard
| Collegium Musicum Turku ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Dialectica ry | 12.00-14.00 |
| Fobia ry | 11.00-14.00 |
| Index yhteiskuntatieteet ja kasvatustieteet ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Opex ry | 10.30-14.00 |
| Putex ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Soihdunkantajat | 10.30-12.00 |
| Sosiaalitieteiden Klubi ry | 10.00-13.00 |
| Spektri ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Suomen Yhteiskunta-alan Ylioppilaat SYY-Turku ry | 10.00-13.00 |
| TAGS ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Taotao CEAS Student Club Ry | 12.00-14.00 |
| TurAus | 11.00-13.00 |
| Turun akateeminen eläinoikeusseura ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Turun Demariopiskelijat | 10.00-14.00 |
| Turun Kasvatustieteiden Klubi Katko ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Turun vihreät nuoret ja opiskelijat | 11.00-14.00 |
| Turun yliopiston Politiikan tutkimuksen klubi ry | 12.00-14.00 |
| Turun yliopiston Vihreä vasemmisto | 11.00-14.00 |
2. Arcanum yard
| Affekti ry | 10.00-13.00 |
| Anglica ry | 10.00-14.00 |
| Forum Romanum ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| F-Piste ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Germanica ry | 9.00-14.00 |
| Humanitas ry | 10.00-13.00 |
| ISHA-Turku/Åbo ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Kanta ry. | 10.00-12.00 |
| Kinokopla | 11.00-13.00 |
| Kritiikki ry | 9.00-14.00 |
| Kutu ry | 10.00-14.00 |
| Kääntöpiiri ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Mañana ry | 10.00-14.00 |
| Mimesis ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Mingbai ry | 10.00-13.00 |
| Museion ry | 9.30-14.00 |
| Palladion ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Pappagallo ry | 9.00-14.00 |
| Sugri ry | 9.00-14.00 |
| Taloustieteen Klubi ry | 10.00-13.00 |
| TYRMY ry | 11.00-14.00 |
| Vare ry | 9.00-14.00 |
3. University Hill
| Adaptus ry | 10.00-13.00 |
| Asteriski ry | 13.37-14.30 |
| EGEA Turku ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Hybridi Turku ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| In Vitro Aboensis IVA ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Loimun Opiskelijat - Turku ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Pulterit ry | 12.00-14.00 |
| Skandica ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Synapsi ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| Turun Korkeakoulujen Reserviläiset ry | 10.00-13.00 |
| Turun Wappuradio ry | 12.00-15.00 |
| Turun Yliopiston Kemistit TYK ry | 10.00-14.00 |
| Turun yliopiston matemaattisten ja fysikaalisten tieteiden opiskelijoiden yhdistys Delta ry | 10.50- as long as it lasts |
4. Ylioppilastalo B
| Akateeminen Aurajokilaivuriyhdistys ry | 8.59-9.47 |
| Terrakoti ry | 11.00-13.00 |
| TPO, Turun yliopiston Pohjalainen Osakunta | 10.00-14.00 |
| Turun yliopiston Satakuntalais-Hämäläinen Osakunta ry | 10.00-13.00 |
| Turun yliopiston Satakuntalais-Hämäläinen Osakunta ry | 10.00-14.00 |
| Turun yliopiston Satakuntalais-Hämäläinen Osakunta ry (SHO) | 10.00-14.00 |
| Turun yliopiston Savo-Karjalainen Osakunta | 12.00-15.00 |
5. Tuomiokirkkotori
| Asklepio ry | 11.30-14.30 |
| Digit Ry | 11.00-14.00 |
| Efficio ry | 11.30- as long as it lasts |
| Fermentus ry | 11.30-14.00 |
| Machina ry | 11.30-15.00 |
| Materiaalitekniikan kilta Adamas ry | 11.00-14.30 |
| Nucleus ry | 11.30-14.00 |
| Optima ry | 11.30-15.00 |
| Technica ry | 11.30-14.30 |
| Teekkarikomissio | 12.00-15.00 |