By Goya Dmytryshchak
It will be a Father’s Day extravaganza to Finnish them all.
People will be able to get a taste of Finland at next month’s Cherry Lake Market in Altona.
The Lions Club of Altona runs the fundraising market on the first Sunday of every month. However, the market falling on Father’s Day – Sunday, September 1 – will have a distinctively different flavour.
The Lions have partnered with the Finnish Society of Melbourne for a celebration of all things Finnish.
Market-goers will be able to experience Finnish food and culture while browsing all the usual stalls of trash and treasure, toys, clothes and homegrown and homemade goods.
There will also be specialty Finnish stalls with pulla sweet bread, salmiakki salty licorice, Nordic berries, gingerbread, kransky sausages, coffee and chocolates.
The Spirit of Finland choir and Tanhu Finnish folk dancers will perform, and there will be Finland tourist information for those thinking of visiting.
One lucky person will win a 90-minute sauna session for themselves and seven friends at the Finnish society’s sauna.
The Cherry Lake Market is on Sunday, September 1 from 8.30am-1.30pm at Altona’s Cherry Lake off Millers Road.
Anyone interested in running their own stall for $20 should call 0400 002 192.
