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Beer Floating

Kaljakellunta

An unofficial event usually held the last weekend of July or the first weekend of August since 1997. The participants (yup, mostly males in their 20s) gather in Vantaa with rubber boats, rafts or whatever they can find that floats and travel downstream towards the Vanhankaupunki rapids while indulging beer – of course without life vests. This event has no official arrangers that could be held responsible if something happens and the date of the event just spreads in social media. If you think watching the spectacle isn't enough, remember that you're doing it on your own risk!

Address
on Vantaa river

Listing from Wikivoyage: Helsinki/Northern suburbs, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.