Where are your student overalls?
Student overalls bring back memories of Vappu celebrations and good times. Do you remember how to tune your overalls, or what it means to change a leg?
Pläy äpy, Luontoäpy, Shekki-Äpy, Tupla-Äpy and Julkku magazines
What would Wappu be without Äpy or Julkku? Published every other year, these May Day magazines are an essential part of students’ biggest celebration of the spring.
Äpy, published by the Finnish Äpy Magazine Association, is Finland’s oldest May Day magazine. It was first made by students in 1948 to raise money for the Teekkari Village in Otaniemi. The name comes from Apu, a magazine that people sold at the time to earn extra income.
Äpy and Julkku, founded in 1978, are published in alternating years: Äpy in odd-numbered years, Julkku in even-numbered years. Both are known for their student humour, which reflects the times.
Far from ordinary magazines
Äpy is known for its unusual formats. It has been published as playing cards (Tupla-Äpy), as coasters (Mustalaatikkoäpy), and even as a mix of a magazine, a vinyl record and a record player (Äpyfoni). In one edition, every copy was different, and another was packaged in a herring tin.
Julkku is made by a group of Aalto students and published by Teekkarikulttuurin Tuki ry. The magazine is known for its clever and playful humour. Money from sales supports student projects, events and activities, including student saunas, guild rooms and history projects. In one memorable stunt, the Julkku team sent the magazine 30 metres into the air using a self-built device, and it returned safely to the ground a few hours later.
Do you still remember the Wappu when you became teekkari?
Wappu is the biggest and grandest of student celebrations. The traditions of celebrating Wappu are honoured with care, all the way from the capping of the freshers, the declaration of the Wappu rowdiness and the capping of Havis Amanda. And the herring breakfasts are served in Ullanlinnanmäki in Kaivopuisto.
Täffä’s spaghetti since 1966
The student restaurant Täffä, run by the Swedish-speaking student nation at Aalto University, has been serving its legendary Wednesday spaghetti lunch for over half a century.
Paavo Nurmi rose from the sea in 1961
In the 1960s, Finnish technical students made an unprecedented master prank, which is still unparalleled today.
How Aalto are you?
Welcome for a trip down Aalto memory lane!