Arbis is the City of Helsinki's Swedish-language adult education centre, offering courses primarily in Swedish across a wide range of subjects - from languages and arts to crafts. It has served Helsinki's Swedish-speaking community for well over a century.
😴 Nothing scheduled here in the near future.
concert11:30Piano music in the café at Arbis during Swedish Week, a relaxed midday concert series on two consecutive days.
lecture17:00Professor Camilla Lindholm lectures on easy Swedish in Finland as part of Swedish Week. Learn what easy language is, who needs it, and how we can make our communication more understandable for everyone.
lecture18:05A lecture on Vienna's music and culture. Wiener Blut reflects an Austrian way of life where joy, melancholy, and charm intertwine.
lecture17:00Three Swedish authors discuss their new novels about family, grief, sibling bonds and generational questions at this literary evening.
lecture18:05A lecture on Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo - a politically engaged theatre maker whose masterpiece was the "giullarata" Mistero buffo, where he performed ancient texts in a unique theatrical language rooted in Commedia dell'Arte.
lecture18:00Author Kjell Westö discusses his new novels with librarian Johan Lindberg at Arbis.
lecture18:05Anders Mård describes how Russia changed during the war: the country's isolation from the West, growing authoritarianism, and propaganda's impact on people's everyday lives.
lecture15:30Scholars from the French Academy and the Academy of Athens discuss Europe's meaning and identity in the contemporary world. The conversation is held in French with simultaneous interpretation into Finnish.
other10:00Lu Priace Michavila leads a Deepdance session, a method developed by Carol Villalón that combines body work, free movement with eyes closed, meditation and music. The session is open to everyone, no dance experience required.