Today Havis Amanda Gets Her Student Cap…

…at 6pm but hours before that she was already wearing something.

Once she gets a wash and her cap from university students, the big crowd around her puts their white student caps on as well to mark the official start of May Day Eve celebrations.

HS has posted a gallery of Helsinki May Day photos starting from 1891 (click “katso kooste >>” below the photo to start the slideshow). Many of the decades old photos look surprisingly familiar for Helsinkians of today.

Klara vappen!

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  1. 1 CDP Theme Day 2010 / May: Statues « Helsinki According to PPusa Trackback on May 1, 2010 at 12:04 am

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