Institute office closed for summer break: 21.7.–15.8.2025

Jul 16, 2025 | News

Group photo of the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux staff. Five women stand in front of a gallery window. They are looking at directly at the camera.

The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux will be closed from Monday, the 21st of July until Friday, the 15th of August.

In the meantime, you are very welcome to reach out to us via email and we will get back to you as soon as we return. You can find all our contact details on our Contact page.

We wish you all a wonderful summer!

That’s us posing in front of the exhibition Come As You Are that we visited earlier today at MAD Brussels, from left to right: Joséphine, Eppu, Laura, Malin and Ela.

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