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.

The collection exhibition presents beloved artworks from the collections of the Aine Pictorial Art Foundation and the Aine Art Museum, exploring themes of architecture, space, shared environments, and mindscapes.

The exhibition delves into northern public art, reflects on humanity’s place and responsibility in our shared environment, celebrates the 100th anniversary of Reidar Särestöniemi, and highlights visual artists working in the service of architecture.

Featured artists include Nils Nilsson Skum, Reidar Särestöniemi, Marja Helander, Susanne Gottberg, Vilho Lampi, and Tyko Sallinen, Anitra Lucander.

Welcome to hear more about beer and beer brewing on the Tornio Valley Museum and Tornion Panimo (Tornio Brewery) joint special tour!

On the Oh Beer tours, you will first get acquainted with the exhibition Oh, Beer – An exhibition about beer and beer brewing in Finland and Tornio at the Tornio Valley Museum and then you will immerse yourself in beer brewing through Tornion Panimo’s brewery tour and beer tasting. A guided tour package takes a total of 2 hours and includes a 40-minute guided tour at the Tornio Valley Museum, a 20-minute self-guided transfer from the museum to Elämystehdas Lappari, a 30-minute guided brewery tour and a 30-minute beer tasting at Paja restaurant.

Special tours are organized both for groups and as open public tours. You can choose a suitable tour and register yourself or your group via the links below. The price for the tour is 35 €/person and the tour is carried out if there are at least 10 participants. Payment is made at the cash desk of the Tornedal Museum before the tour. Group tours are also organized for groups of less than 10 people, but the minimum charge is for 10 people, 35 €/person. Group tours can be booked in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Individual registration for open tours (only in Finnish): https://link.webropol.com/ep/oispakaljaa

Group registration: https://link.webropol.com/ep/oispakaljaaryhma

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.

Animated film for the whole family.

Note! The film has Swedish language speech and subtitles.

Tickets: from Haparanda Folkets Hus. Finnish-speaking staff will be present.
Age limit: K-7 years. Younger children can watch the film with an adult.

DanceDirection offers a dance performance where smaller children born between the years 2016-2022 dance, different age groups dance at different times. The performance is a collaboration between associations, municipalities and county councils in northern Sweden. Welcome to the show!

Free entry!

Artist Ilta is coming once again to the Grand Hotel Mustaparra Ballroom for a Christmas concert.

The concert includes an intermission and is open to all ages.

Tickets from €35, on sale at Mustaparra Päämaja and Lippu.fi.

The music school’s wind instruments perform, free admission.

Music School students perform, free admission

Set during the French Revolution, Giordano’s epic tragedy follows the idealistic poet Andrea Chénier, sung by Piotr Beczała. He reunites with Sonya Yoncheva, who plays his beloved Maddalena.

Giordano’s great tragedy combines the verismo style’s focus on the raw emotions of everyday life with the brilliance of historical grand opera. The marriage of music and text is exemplary.

WhileAndrea Chénier demands superb performances from his lead actors to succeed, the central characters are also set within a wider musical framework that reinforces the impressive solo performances rather than relying on them alone. Andrea Chénier had his world premiere at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1896.

Baritone Igor Golovatenko plays Carlo Gérard, a political activist who decides their fate. The Met’s chief guest Daniele Rustioni conducts this dramatic performance.

Note! This is a live opera performance from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, USA. The original language of the opera is Italian, with subtitles in Swedish.

Tickets.

Prices: normal price SEK 290, under 26s SEK 218 and members of the Theatre Association SEK 261.

At the Christmas Market you can find local handicrafts, Christmas decorations, pastries and other wonderful treats! The Christmas market is open from 10am to 3pm.

Forget stiff concert halls and sit-down parties – this is a Christmas evening that pulses with life and a sense of celebration from start to finish. Säkenöivä offers an evening that combines great choral music, live band energy and the best of the Christmas season in one evening – the perfect combination for friends, businesses and communities.

The age limit for this event is 18 years.

Doors open at 18:00.

The choir is led by Samuli Kakko

The band includes:
Piano: Kari Hautalampi
Bass: Juhani Hägg
Drums: Tuomo Jakku
Voice/Vocals: Ahti Kortelainen/Sami Päiväniemi

Samba La Fuente entertains during the interval

Tickets at lippu.fi or MobilePay at Grand Hotel Mustaparra

Join the PAW Patrol puppies on a new adventure in this Christmas special.

When Christmas is canceled in Adventure Bay, Mayor Humdinger heads to the North Pole to collect all the presents. Rubble and the rest of the PAW Patrol must make a sacrifice to stop Mayor Humdinger from ruining Christmas!

Note! The movie is shown with Swedish speech.

Tickets: To be purchased on site at Haparanda Folkets Hus. We have Finnish speaking staff on site.
Playing time: 66 min
Age limit: None

Swedish speech and subtitles.

Family film

Tickets: Haparanda Folkets Hus. Haparanda Haparanda Haparanda Haparanda, with Finnish speaking staff.
Age limit: 7 years and older. Younger children can watch the film with an adult.

Something mysterious is happening in the sea outside Småköping. Even though the weather is beautiful, large waves are created that wash over the harbor, the pier and the small town. What could be causing such strong waves that boats are washed ashore and pirates end up in a spruce top? Meanwhile, at the Eken preschool, Mini-Hopp starts playing the violin. It’s not going well. It just squeaks. No one thinks it sounds nice. Everyone just laughs. Never has Mini-Hopp felt so alone as when he sadly kicks gravel on his way down to the water and stands on the edge of a cliff to be alone with his violin. But suddenly, as he puts the bow to the strings, the water below the rock starts to bubble and something very big rises from the sea.

Note! The movie is shown with Swedish speech.

Tickets: To be purchased on site at Haparanda Folkets Hus. We have Finnish speaking staff on site.
Age limit: None

Swedish speech and subtitles.

Drama, comedy

Tickets: Haparanda Folkets Hus. Finnish-speaking staff on site.
Age limit: Not specified.

Swedish speech and subtitles.

Family film

Tickets: Haparanda Folkets Hus. Haparanda Haparanda Haparanda Haparanda, with Finnish speaking staff.
Age limit: 7 years and older. Younger children can watch the film with an adult.

Swedish speech and subtitles.

Drama, comedy

Tickets available at Haparanda Folkets Hus. Finnish-speaking staff on site.
Age limit: Not specified.

Note! Speech in Swedish.

Animated film for the whole family.

Tickets: Haparanda Folkets Hus with Finnish speaking staff.
Age limit: 7 years and older. Younger children can watch the film with an adult.