As soon as the one and the only Santa, - Joulupukki -, landed on the Budapest Airport it started slightly snowing. The whole country rejoiced together with the children awaiting Santa. From this long awaited magical moment onwards, just as it had happened in the previous years, Joulupukki received the overwhelming attention of both children and the media. An army of adults and children waited for occasions to meet him.

Once again Finnish Santa visited Hungary bringing joy and Christmas Spirit to people of all ages. During his stay Santa visited several charity events around Hungary and in Budapest.

After its opening in 2010 at the Museum of Finnish Architecture the Finnish Architecture 0809 exhibition arrived to Hungary. The exhibition displays a number of future classics – a selection of works by Finnish architects from 2008 and 2009.

Finnish White Light is Anttila’s first-ever solo exhibition in Hungary. The exhibition concentrates on Anttila’s light-fitting designs for the Keraplast Interior collection. Also exhibited will be a wall panel from the Tuohi (‘birch bark’) product series. Tapio Anttila´s exhibition is part of Budapest design week 2011 program.

The Finnish White Light exhibition is made possible by an invitation from Finnagora. The exhibition will be held at the gallery of the Association of Hungarian Architects until 9.10.2011.

Finnagora, in cooperation with the Department of Romology of the University of Pécs and the Roma Education Fund, is organizing a seminar to promote international cooperation of experts on education of Roma children and networking of Hungarian and Finnish partners. The seminar will be held in Pécs 29-30 September.

Mix a Language Cocktail with the European Cultural Institutes and their partners in Budapest! Hosted by András Hajós!

European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC) in Hungary organizes the European Languages Cocktail Bar on the 22nd of September in Budapest (Gödör Klub, program starts at 3 p.m.) to celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe.