Savo-Karjala Excursion 2025 Joensuu

29.04.2025 - 29.04.2025 |Joensuu

Savo-Karjala Excursion is one of the most famous and popular May Day celebration traditions of the Student Union (ISYY). The first Savo-Karjala Excursion was organized in 1990. During the Savo-Karjala Excursion, students circle around Eastern Finland (North Savo and North Karelia regions) on buses on a predetermined route, which will remain a secret until the buses start their journey, and enjoy refreshments in different bars and restaurants along the way (please note that the event is intended for adults only). The buses will stop at different locations giving students a chance to enjoy some refreshments and at one location food (the refreshments/food are not included in the price of the tour). 

In Joensuu, there is not an organised queuing and queuing is only allowed on the morning of the ticket sales day.

The stops during the Excursion last around 30 minutes each and there is one longer stop in the middle of the trip so that participants can eat. The whole event lasts for approximately nine (9) hours after which there is an official afterparty at BePop. The price of the ticket includes the official overall badge of the event, the bus trip and the afterparty. You can get to the after-party by showing the event's overall badge!

Tickets and registration

Ticket sale starts on Thursday 4 April at 11 am at Kide.app and ISYY office. Ticket price is 20 €. There is a limit of two tickets per bus/person so you can register yourself and one friend. The tickets cannot be returned, but tickets bought in Kide.app can be sent to another user.

All tickets are sold per bus and the bus departure times are listed below. At the departure time, you must be in front of Carelia no later than 10 minutes before the departure time of your own bus.Buses don't wait for latecomers.

Busses and departure times:

• Bus 1 - Departure time at 11.00 am. Bus executives: Kaapo Kesälä & Ella Kaurahalme (Sointi)
• Bus 2 - Departure time at 11.30 am. Bus executives: Emma Virto & Samuli Alho (Tombolo)
• Bus 3 - Departure time at 12.00 pm. Bus executives: Miro Matero & Elias Pusa (Kotex)
• Bus 4 - Departure time at 12.30 pm. SKRIPTI&SUSTEK-bus (tickets for this bus are sold through Skripti and SusTek)
• Bus 5 - Departure time at 01.00 pm. Bus executives: Vilma Sorvari & Moona Huittinen (Echo & Sointi)
• Bus 6 - Departure time at 01.30 pm. OPTIMI-bus (tickets for this bus are sold through Optimi)

Meal Tickets

You can buy advance tickets for Excursion’s buffet dining from Thursday 3 April to Sunday 20 April. You can buy meal tickets at the ISYY office or on kide.app. Advance tickets cost 8€. After that the meal tickets cost 10€ and you can buy tickets until the evening of the trip. It is also possible to pay your meal directly to the restaurant when you arrive, but we highly recommend buying the meal ticket in advance to minimize queues at the restaurant.

This year’s Excursion’s menu includes for example veggie “meat”balls, meatballs, tofu and vegetables in satay sauce, basmati rice, country-style potato wedges and vanilla-wild berry mousse. All special dietary needs will be taken into consideration for those who buy the meal ticket either at the ISYY office or from Kide.app by Sunday 20 April. Even though you can pay your meal at the restaurant, we recommend buying the meal ticket by Sunday 20 April to make sure there will be enough food.

Read more:

Facebook.com, opens in a new tab: Joensuu Savo-Karjala excursio 2025 Facebook event
Kide.app, opens in a new tab: The event and ticket sales on Kide.app
Kide.app, opens in a new tab: Meal ticket sales on Kide.app

Further information:

Eveliina Scharin, Community Coordinator, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), yk(at)isyy.fi, tel. +358 44 576 8408

Nox Herranen, Executive Board member, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), nox.herranen(at)isyy.fi