Dear friends, Helsinki Pride is here again! Let’s celebrate diversity, march for human rights and equality at the Helsinki Pride parade and enjoy a park picnic together afterwards.
- Saturday 28 June 2025, Helsinki
- We’ll meet at 12 in front of the main entrance of the National Library (Unioninkatu 36)
Join us to march for diversity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people, and bring along your friends, too! This year’s theme is “Pride without Borders” underlining that everyone must have the right to freedom, pride and self-determination, no matter where they’re from.
In Maailmanvaihto’s international volunteering programmes, young people from all over the world interact with new people, cultures, and societies. As part of this, they – as well as other actors in the international volunteering field – face and perhaps live the reality of LGBTQIA+ people in different parts of the world, including the challenges they face.
We want to promote global responsibility, peace, and a more equal world through intercultural learning. As part of this, we want to be increasingly sensitive to gender and sexual diversity and the challenges faced by gender and sexual minorities in Finland and elsewhere in the world.
What?
Helsinki Pride is the largest human rights and cultural event in Finland. June is the official Pride month, culminating in Helsinki Pride week from 23–29 June 2025, with the traditional parade and Kaivopuisto picnic on Saturday June 28. Read more on the Helsinki Pride Community website: https://pride.fi/en/.
Where and when?
The parade starts from the Senate Square. We will meet on the side of the square, in front of the main entrance of the National Library (Unioninkatu 36) at 12. We will join at the end of the parade. Most probably, it will take some time for the parade to get going, so it is advisable to consider the weather conditions!
The parade route: Senate Square > Aleksanterinkatu > Mannerheimintie > Pohjois- Esplanadi > Fabianinkatu > Eteläinen Makasiinikatu > Kasarminkatu > Neitsytpolku > Kaivopuisto Park. The route of the parade is about 2,8 km long. On the website of Helsinki Pride, you can find instructions and accessibility information.
Our picnic will take place in Kaivopuisto park, where the parade ends. There we will settle down after the walk to enjoy snacks together. If you wish, you can bring a small vegan dish or drink to share. We will bring a small blanket, but bringing your own blanket or mat is also recommended.
Join us!
Welcome people of Maailmanvaihto and friends of our organization! If you would like to join us, we hope you will let us know in advance at harjoittelija@maailmanvaihto.fi so we know who to expect.
If you cannot find us, you can call or text our office intern Nicole: +358 50 346 0965. Please note, though, that it is expected that many people will join the parade and the picnic in general, due to which the connection and the audibility may be weak.