Finland
participants
The goal of the activity was to share the foods and food cultures of everyones own country, or a country they want to share about. The idea of the international dinner was to share the famous food culture or hidden treasures of everyones country and to taste and learn something new from one another. It was also a great chance for new people to get to know each other better. The goal was also to integrate international students with Finnish students, who could sauna together in addition to enjoying the dinner.
ESN Lapland's International dinner & sauna on Tuesday 26th of October. To attend the dinner, everyone has to prepare some typical food of their home country, or the country they feel connected to. Everyone brings it for other dinner guests while also enjoying all the food and sweets prepared by others. In addition to the dinner, everyone can relax and get to know each other, and go to the sauna. The event was held at DAS Kelo, which is a student apartment buildings common area, which also has a sauna for rental.
Participants had to sign up for the event through a sign up form as a precautionary measure due to Covid-19.