DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS ON WAPPU?
WAPPU - THE HAPPIEST DAY FOR STUDENTS!
Wappu is a wonderful time of the year in all
people’s lives, but especially for the students!
Families kickstart the grilling season, Aalto-students pass out before midnight, Soc&
Kom students drink sparkling wine, Hankeiter
drink champagne, and those both old and
young at heart raise their glasses at Kauppatori and gaze as SHS once again has the
honor of capping Havis Amanda.
When the weather allows people usually
gather at bigger places, for example parks,
to enjoy a picnic together with friends and
family. Maybe pop a bottle of bubbly, eat
a grape or two and enjoy the biggest student event of the year. The most important
rule to remember is this; it’s always nice to
drink bubbly, but even nicer to drink it in the
company of others!
To avoid a worse fate than having no overall
at Wappu, we’ve gathered some suggestions
of places where you can find a friend or two.
It would be crazy to list them all, so we’re listing only the places where we ourselves have
been during the last few years. The truth is
that every student is likely find old or new
friends wherever they go during Wappu.
Warning! Do not feed the seagulls
,
not even as a joke.
WHAT HAP
SHS WAPPU PICNIC
This year an awesome picnic will be
organized in the Observatorieparken
at 12-17. The event is open for everyone and there will be some snacks.
Bring your overall, something to drink
and a good mood and come and enjoy Wappu the Hanken way!
HAVIS AMANDA
The tradition of student unions placing
a student cap on Havis Amanda is a
long standing student tradition that
will be arranged by SHS this year. Be
there in time to get a good view of it –
otherwise you will notice when Havis
Amanda has received her cap when
people start cheering and put their
own caps on.
THE WAPPU PARTY
A party that’s arranged in Maxine.
Here you’re sure to meet a Hankeit or
5. You can find the event on Facebook
under the name “Wappenfesten 2017”.
PENS ON W
APPU?
ZILLIS IN KAJSANIEMI
Bring your own food, listen to some
choir song at 9.30, and have some
bubbly in the company of good friends.
At 12.00 the famous May-Day race will
be held. The race decides which of the
schools in the Helsinki region, is best at
drinking – a sport we students are very
good at.
FIRST OF MAY PARTY
Casa Nostra arranges traditional afterparty at the first of May. The party is usually quite messy, it’s after all “just” an afterparty. Remember that all Hankeits can
bring one avec, not more. The security
guards have hearts of gold but do not
tolerate people trying to sneak in.
HAVIS AMANDA
Havis Amanda, what’s that? The capping of Havis Amanada, a famous statue in central Helsinki, is an old studen tradition for all students in
Helsinki. Helsinki’s very own mermaid has been
crowned with her own student cap since 1909
every Wappu. At first, the crowning was done at
midnight and without permission, you could say
even slightly illegally. However, in 1951 the city
authorities gave official permission for the student tradition. After a while the time of the capping was moved from midnight to 18:00 and
ever since then the tradition has been a public
favorite, drawing in over 50 000 viewers on a
yearly basis.
The student unions in the metropolitan area take
turns on the capping and this year, it is SHS, the
Student Union of Hanken School of Economics,
that has the honor to continue the tradition. The
capping is preceded by cleaning the statue at
17. After the statue has been cleaned, the student cap is placed on her head at exactly 18
and the Wappu-celebration begins. The capping is impossible to miss, you’ll know when the
time has come from the cheering of the crowd
and suddenly finding yourself in a sea of white
student caps. After that, all that remains is to find
a way out of the crowd and continue on with the
night’s celebration.
TAG ALONG AND
The traditional version
En Hankeit, en Hankeit,
det är en man som luktar sprit
Och luktar mannen inte sprit, så
är det ingen Hankeit,
en hankeit, en Hankeit,
det är en man som luktar sprit
For the Hanken ladies
En Hankeit, en Hankeit,
det är en tjej som luktar sprit
Och luktar tjejen inte sprit,
så är det ingen Hankeit,
en hankeit, en Hankeit,
det är en tjej som luktar sprit
SING
Inne på Casa
(melody: Uti vår hage)
Inne på Casa vi dansar så här
Kom kära sprit
Kom till hångelväggen så trä as
vi där Kom vodka och tequila,
kom absint och borovička
Kom ljuva whisky, kom salmari
Inne på Casa vi sitsar tjohej
Kom kära sprit
Kom till garderoben
sen går vi till mig
Kom guinness och bacardi, kom
brandy och smirno
Kom ljuva kahlua, kom martini
’S &
DO N’TS
DO
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Dress up with your overall.
Always have your overall tightened around
your waist, or you will look like a Teknolog.
Do not put on your student cap before
18.00, or when it is on Havis Amanda’s
head.
Find the other Hanken students in the Observatorieparken. This is where the party is
at.
You may only wash your overall in the Havis Amanda fountain.
Drinking from your student cap is allowed,
sometimes even recommended if you want
a nice, yellow and smelly cap.
Drink a lot of water, and try not to confuse
this with Koskenkorva.
Do not get drunk too fast, no one likes a
partypooper who is sleaping at 16.00.
1.5
Try to avoid direct sunlight before
showering. It is recommended to take
a drink of your choice before heading
out, to alleviate the hangover.
Be in Kajsaniemi no later than 9.30 to
hear some singing and eat meatballs.
May-day race at 12pm in Kajsaniemi.
Do not miss the after-party at Casa the
1st of May.
WAPPU QUIZ
Below you can see eight questions regarding Wappu and its traditions in Helsinki.
Sharpen your mind, team up with friends if necessary, and find out how much you
really know about Wappu. Good luck!
1. Who is the artist that made Havis Amanda?
2. Which name celebrates name day on the 1st of May?
3. When did SHS last have the honor of placing the student cap on Havis Amanda?
4. What choir traditionally performs on the first of May in Kaisaniemipuisto?
5. At what time do the engineering students (teekkari, the ones with a black tassle
on their cap) put on the student cap during Wappu?
6. Are you allowed to wash your student overall?
7. What kind of animal stands at the base of the Havis Amanda fountain?
8. Which two parks in Helsinki are mainly filled with party people during the first of
May?
(Answers: 1. Ville Vallgren, 2. Valborg (Valpuri/Vappu in Finnish), 3. 2013, 4. Akademiska
Sångföreningen, 5. At midnight, 6. No!, 7. Sea Lions, 8. Kaisaniemi & Kaivopusto)
PRO TIPS FOR A THIRSTY HANKEIT
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You don’t have to buy a
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anyway!
What to drink on Wappu? Sparkling wine! It
rates high in drinkability and has bubbles.
DIY: Print out a Dom Perignon
label and put it on your own
sparkling wine bottle. You
save over a hundred euro
per bottle!
The best mead: Homemade! However,
if you haven’t started brewing already
it’s too late. Sorry!
Drink something
good because it
tastes better.
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Hydrate.
Editors
Christina Schauman
Alina Anderson
Fanny Karlsson
Jan Sarasvuo
Mia Palmgren
Translation
Karri Lumivirta
Christina Schauman
Alina Anderson
Illustration
Sonja Ingman
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Photo
Kaisa Rautaheimo
Mia Palmgren