The joint events calendar for Tornio and Haparanda, launched in June, will soon be expanded with a leisure activities section. The new section will open on Monday, 5 October, bringing leisure activities across Tornio and Haparanda together in one place where they are easy to find.
The leisure activities calendar is part of the shared calendar platform for Tornio and Haparanda. Through this cooperation, the cities aim to make activities easier to find and to support the health and well-being of residents in Haparanda and Tornio.
The calendar is open to all associations, organizations and clubs in Tornio and Haparanda. Adding activities to the calendar is easy and free of charge.
The new calendar gives local organizers greater visibility, while residents can conveniently find leisure opportunities across the area in one place.
Leisure activities section launches on 5 October
The leisure activities calendar will launch on Monday, 5 October. Users can search for and filter suitable activities by category and age group.
Courses offered by Tornion kansalaisopisto, the local adult education centre, will also be included in the calendar, making them more visible and easier to find. For the time being, the course listings will appear only in the Finnish-language version of the calendar because the courses are taught in Finnish. Residents of Haparanda are nevertheless welcome to join the courses if their Finnish skills are sufficient to follow the teaching.
A recorded user training session for the leisure activities calendar will soon be published in Finnish and Swedish on the cities’ websites. The calendar itself also includes easy-to-follow video guides that make it simple to add activities and use the service.
Shared calendar supports well-being and local visibility
Tornio and Haparanda are building the shared calendar platform so that events, leisure activities and opportunities to participate are within everyone’s easy reach. A varied and up-to-date selection encourages people to be active, learn new things, meet others and take part, thereby supporting residents’ health and well-being.
We hope that as many local organizers as possible will take this opportunity to showcase their activities in the leisure activities calendar. The more organizers take part, the better the calendar will become!