Gulf of Finland

In Finland they love and can hold music festivals. In the country with a population of half-Moscow (5.5 million people), with short and rainy summer, dozens of them are held every season, almost more than throughout immense Russia. Sometimes they are arranged in such deaf places that you are amusing, who needs a festival at all - not beaver and moose living in local reserves. The oldest and largest festival of Finland - the third ten years have been held on the island near Turku Ruisrock and is the second most old -fashioned Openare in Europe after the Danish Roskilde .

Finnish festivals are distinguished by the quality of the organization and a high level of production. Getting into the festival and getting out of there is not difficult. Planning zones, logistics and navigation are made wisely. No queues on food courts and toilets. People who buy VIP tickets really get a feeling of chosenness and a higher level of comfort for them, and not, as often happens in Russia, just a bracelet of a different color. On the already mentioned Ruisrock , for example, VIP -giving a river tram, while everyone else is forced to stomp from the automobile parking lot to the entrance. A more privileged position on Ruisrock only in people with disabilities who are transported directly to the entrance.

A Finnish -exposed Finnish fan of annealing can collapse next to you on the grass, but in flight he will try to apologize.

The quality of production and organizations at Finnish festivals sometimes overshadows the level of musical content - still the budgets of local festivals are incomparable with European giants like Sonar and Exit : as a rule, you will not meet 200 groups in 10 scenes, world superstars or witty groups (with the exception of the Helsinki Flow Festival ), but there is a plus in this - attention is not sprayed, excess energy is not spent. There is no need to choose between good and the best, you can safely visit a couple of performances, enjoy food, drinks and other festival entertainments and simply relax in a well -groomed nature, since in Finland festivals are arranged in park and even protected areas.

In Finland they do not know how to drink; At least, the Russians believe, who, from the school years, summarize the rules of “not to interfere” and “not to lower the degree”. It is possible that so - however, strangely enough, it is at Russian festivals that dragon measures act to ban alcohol and force visitors to show miracles of ingenuity and resourcefulness, but in strict Finland, where there is a state monopoly for the sale of alcohol, there is no problem with buying a glass of beer or a glass of wine for Openaire: specialized specialized ones: for this, special The zones where the personality certificate will be asked for a too young client. The Finns, by the way, break off at festivals, diving with their heads into the alcoholic bay - however, surprisingly, the atmosphere of Openayers does not deteriorate from this, does not become aggressive, ill -owned. A Finnish -exposed Finnish fan of annealing can collapse next to you on the grass, but in flight he will try to apologize.

In Finland, guests from Russia are warmly waiting for their festivals - Russians here are treated without fear and distrust. For lack of a worthy domestic proposal, especially for residents of the North-Western region of our country, Finnish Openayers are the most economically attractive option: this is an opportunity to go to the European festival and not spend too much.

Next are the three Finnish summer festival for a different musical taste that we can safely recommend for a visit.