Thousands of people visit the Scandinavian Community Centre every year to celebrate the traditions and festivities of Scandinavian Midsummer, and this year is no different! June 25 & 26th is the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival at the Scandinavian Community Centre in Burnaby.
The Midsummer Festival has always been proud to host a life-size Viking Village on the festival grounds where Vikings live, work, eat and play all weekend long. The Vikings share their Viking life, arts & crafts and culture – you never know what else may happen in the village! Traditional Scandinavian entertainment continues throughout the weekend with folk dancing, choirs, and cultural displays. Enjoy a salmon BBQ and Scandinavian foods such as Swedish meatballs and Danish smørrebrød and at the end of the day, put up your feet and cool off in the Valhalla beer garden. There’s lots of fun kids activities throughout the weekend with carnival games, an Amazing Nordic Race, storytelling and much more!
And in the olden days, in small town Finland, there was no social networking or internet dating – if a man wanted a woman from a neighbouring village he had to go and take her! This show of worthiness and determination – together with rumours and hearsay – evolved into the Wife Carrying Contest, where a “husband” carries a “wife” through an obstacle course for a prize. Be the fastest team to complete the course and win the wife’s (or partner’s) weight in beer! Read all the details here.
If this sounds up your alley, enter to win a VIP Package for 4 people from the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival including:
4 entry tickets, 4 salmon BBQ tickets, 4 beer garden tickets and entry for 2 couples in the wide carrying contest.
See all the details about the festival at scandinavianmidsummerfestival.com
