Save-the-dates for this spring

Jan 25, 2023 | News

Our Spring Programme is on fire this year and we can’t wait to share all the details with you in our upcoming February Newsletter. In the meantime here are some SAVE-THE-DATES to add to your calendars for February and March.

The Grapes of Reason by the Finnish director and novelist Saara Turunen will be performed at De Singel in Antwerp, 10 & 11.2, a first for Belgium! The performance is supported by the TelepART Mobility Support Platform.

The 8th of March brings the annual Women’s Day Breakfast organised together with the Nordic diplomatic representations and cultural institutes in Brussels. This year the focus will be on gender equality in the performing arts and will take place at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU.

In connection to Women’s Day we will also be supporting Belgian-Moroccan singer Laïla Amezian’s participation in the Women – Music – Futures Symposium at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The session Chaabi Habibi: Popular Female Moroccan Musicians in Belgium Searching for their History and Building their Future, will be run together with Hélène Sechehaye, on Friday, 10.3.2023.

We are excited to be working together again with the Finnish visual artist Aaro Murphy whose work will be exhibited at the National Glass Museum in Leerdam, the Netherlands this March, more details coming soon.

Teo Ala-Ruona and the Enter Exude performance group will be in residency at the Arts centre BUDA in Kortrijk, Belgium, 29.1-11.2. The work premieres in Kiasma, Helsinki, 24.5.2023, tickets are available now!

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Institute office closed for summer break: 18.7–16.8.2026

Our office will be closed from the 18th of July to the 16th of August. You can still email us, we’ll reply after we return. Happy summer!

Ella Prokkola selected for Zoöp Connections residency with Kunstfort Vijfhuizen

The residency takes place 15 September–13 October 2026 in Vijfhuizen as part of EUNIC Netherlands’ networked knowledge exchange programme.

Start learning Finnish in Brussels or online this September!

Start your Finnish language journey with the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux. Classes are open to everyone, no matter where you are based. Registration closes on 28.8.2026.

Vilma Vanhanen selected for Zoöp Connections residency with Buitenplaats Brienenoord and Nieuwe Instituut

The residency takes place 1–30 September 2026 in Rotterdam as part of EUNIC Netherlands’ networked knowledge exchange programme.

EXPRMNTL 4 revisited: Belgian avant-garde legend to be screened at Cinéstesia

Cinéstesia, a new initiative exploring the intersection of film and visual arts at the Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, 21–30 August 2026 in Espoo & Helsinki.