Tangomarkkinat

July tango festival that turns Seinäjoki into Finland's great dance-floor city.

Tangomarkkinat is the event that gives Seinäjoki a second identity beyond Aalto architecture. Each July, the city fills with Finnish tango: competitions, concerts, street dancing, and the crowning of tango royalty.

It is worth timing a visit for if you are curious about the more populist side of Finnish culture. The atmosphere is earnest, social, and very Finnish, even when the music looks south to Argentina.

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