Event Calendar

The Museum of Torne Valley showcases Torne Valley culture and history on both sides of the Finnish-Swedish border. We specialize in the local way of life and border region phenomena. Our permanent exhibition highlights the traditional means of living, the history of Tornio and Haparanda, border trade, smuggling and marriages across the border.

Visitors can also listen to local languages and dialects. The past comes alive through original artifacts and abundant picture and film material on display.

14.11.2025-2.8.2026

The exhibition introduces visitors to the stages of beer production and the factors that influence it. The exhibition also explores the role of beer in people’s daily lives, celebrations and beliefs, and looks at society as a regulator and structurer of beer-drinkers. Photographs, objects and advertisements from different eras will provide an introduction to beer memories of the past.

Exhibition loan from the Finnish Hotel and Restaurant Museum. The exhibition is complemented by a section on the history of brewing in Tornio.

The exhibition and its accompanying programmes are organised in cooperation with Tornio Brewery. During the exhibition, group guided tours will be organised, starting with a visit to the museum to learn about the history of beer, followed by a visit to the Tornion Brewery to taste the beers.

14/11 2025-2/8 2026

The exhibition provides a perspective on the mythology of beer, from its creation to the death of folk beer. Visitors will learn about the processes of beer brewing and the factors that influence it. The exhibition also highlights the role of beer in people’s everyday lives, celebrations and beliefs, and explores how society has been both a regulator and a structure creator for people who drink beer. Photographs, objects and advertisements from different eras lead visitors into the beer history of the past.

Exhibition loan from the Finnish Hotel and Restaurant Museum. The exhibition is supplemented with sections on the history of the Tornio brewery. The exhibition and its accompanying program are organized in cooperation with Tornion Panimo. During the exhibition period, group tours will be offered, where participants will first learn about the history of beer at the museum and then go on a brewery tour and beer tasting at Tornion Panimo.

The 28th edition of Tornion SUURPILKIT, the largest fishing event in the Lapland, is back. Sea Lapland wakes up from its winter sleep and gathers the nation at Nordberg Möljä to go fishing and enjoy a comprehensive free programme for two days.

Photographer Jaakko Heikkilä talks about his work and his exhibition And I Became a Human.

The exhibition will present a broad spectrum of Heikkilä’s work, spanning the early 1990s to the 2020s, and will be on display at Aine Art Museum from 8 March to 30 August 2026.

Heikkilä’s photographs often provide an insight into various communities, minority cultures, and the related phenomena. His images are deeply human, touching, and often with a soft hint of humour. The subjects of his photographs include Venetian aristocrats, Armenians, Wallachians, and Pomors, as well as some of Finland’s wealthiest people.

The language is shaped by the audience. The themes vary every artist talk.

Free admission

A warm welcome!

The rhythm knocks. On doors, in the chest, through the floor. It speaks before we have words, it moves us before we understand.

In Knocking, Horácio Macuacua lets the rhythm become a body: a language of muscles, sweat and breath. It is both gravity and liberation, weight and play.

The Norrdans ensemble is thrown into this current, carried away by its inexorable power, falling, rising, breathing to the same beat. Here rhythm becomes a universal alphabet. It merges us into one body, one space, one now. Rhythm is not just a simple accompaniment, but a language of its own. Rhythm is always there. It is in the music, in the footsteps, in the space, in the breath. Rhythm is a feeling.

Expect a thoroughly physical dance experience that will keep you leaning forward in the salon.

More info about the work and tickets can be found here: https://norrdans.se/sv/koreografier-event/2026/knocking/

The Masters of Hietaniemi is a dramatic concert featuring Päivi Heikura’s compositions to poems by well-known Finnish poets. The musicians are Päivi Heikura, Maria Hägg, Jani-Petteri Hägg, Adam Huuva, Elina Haapaniemi, Marko Haapaniemi, Juhani Hägg, Mirja Tapio, Jenni Witick and Matias Torvinen.

There will be two concerts: on Saturday 28 March at 18:00 and on Sunday 29 March at 18:00.

The concert is part of the Oulu2026 Capital of Culture year.

Tickets €20 at the door, snack €5.

Organised by the Hietaniemi Masters working group in cooperation with the Tornio Cultural Office.

COSTEE,ON HIS SPRING TOUR IN RESTAURANG UMPIT TUNNELI ON EASTER EVE 2.4.2026!

After finishing the successful Cult of costee club tour in the fall, costee will embark on an extensive tour around Finland next spring. The 15-city spring tour will kick off in early February. Tickets for the tour are on sale now.

In 2025, Costee has confirmed its position at the forefront of Finnish alternative pop. During his eight-year solo career, he has reached over 100 million streams, released four successful albums and played sold-out shows, most recently on his Cult of Costee tour in the fall of 2025 at Tavastia in Helsinki, Teatro in Turku and Lutako in Jyväskylä. In early 2025, the single Sekaisin, which impressed with a great stage show at UMK, also became the second most listened to song on Spotify and received extensive radio play.

The Cult of costee club tour in the fall of 2025 took the artist’s live performance to a new level. Costee is a lifelong music enthusiast and a charismatic and energetic performer who captivates audiences with his mysterious presence and spectacular visual show.

ELLINOORA IN RESTAURANG UMPITUNNELI ON SATURDAY 11.4.2026!

Hox! With band, not an unplugged performance.

Ellinoora is an artist and songwriter who has won the Emma Award four times. Over her 10-year career, she has combined organic pop music, a determination to go her own way and her big voice to create a successful career. Ellinoora has released four successful albums: the double-platinum Wild Child and Pink Revolution, the platinum-selling Last Romantic, which won Album of the Year, and most recently the critically and fan acclaimed Melancholic Songs Club, which went platinum before its release. These albums contain many timeless hits that are known across the country, such as Elephant’s Weight, The Lion King, Bäng Bäng Stupid Heart and Dinosaur’s Heart, which was the most played radio song in 2021 and was named Radio Song of the Year at the Radio Gala. Ellinoora’s songs have been streamed over 200 million times on Spotify.

Ellinoora is one of Finland’s most popular artists and performed her first solo arena concert, Ellinoora 4ever – 10 years of pop music, at Nokia Arena in Tampere in November 2025, making her the youngest Finnish solo artist to perform at Nokia Arena. Known for her powerful live show, the artist has created many musically and visually spectacular concepts throughout her career. In 2024, the artist celebrated her birthday with the Ellinoora 30 tour, which included 18 sold-out shows, including three nights at Tavastia. In the spring of 2026, Ellinoora will embark on the first acoustic ELLINOORA UNPLUGGED tour.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s intense and dramatic String Quartet in F minor op. 95 “Serioso” meets Franz Schubert’s dramatic and profound String Quartet in D minor No. 14 “Girl and Death”. The concert takes the listener to the edge of extreme emotions, inner tensions and human destiny.

L. van Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor no. 11 Op. 95 “Serioso”
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F. Schubert: String Quartet in D minor no. 14 “Girl and Death”

The concert will last approximately 80 minutes including intermission.

Free admission

The legendary The Animals will arrive at the Grand Hotel Mustaparra Ballroom in Tornio in spring 2026.

The original line-up will include co-founder John Steel. Danny Handley, Barney Williams and Norman Helm will also play in the band.

“House of the Rising Sun”, “We Gotta Get Out of This Place”, “Don’t Let Me Be Understood”, “It´s My Life”, “I Put A Spell On You”, “Boom Boom” and “Bring It On Home To Me”. On this hit list, The Animals are undoubtedly one of the most influential bands in the world. Among its prominent fans is Bruce Springsteen.

In 1964, a wave of energetic rock and roll swept over the world’s youth, with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones – and of course The Animals, founded by John Steel and Eric Burdon – riding on its crest. The band got its name from its wild stage presence.

Although The Animals have since slowed down on stage, the band, soon to celebrate their 60th anniversary, are still going strong and the legend is growing. Recently, Classic Rock magazine included the band’s debut album in its “50 Albums That Built Blues Rock” list.

Music School students perform at the end of the year ceremony. The event is open to all

Welcome to northern Sweden’s most fun race offering courses for everyone, regardless of experience or age. A race and experience for the whole family with the joy of running in focus.

Discover Seskarö’s fantastic trails and the wonderful nature of the Haparanda Archipelago. Have you just started running or never tried trailrunning before? Then the 3 km course is perfect for getting started. For those who want bigger challenge, there is a 7 km and a 12 km courses. Here at the Seskarö Trails outdoor arena you´ll run on winding paths of various kinds – forest, gravel, pebbles and sand.

But of course the whole family should join in. That´s why we offer courses even for the little ones: 500m, 1000m and 2km on asphalt and trail. Perfect for the youngest to experience the thrill of competition.