What could you do, in the night, in Varkaus?

In the evening, there are three establishments frequented by students: The Next Step, the Harrisson and the Z-one. We have to walk 30 minutes to go to the Next Step then 15 minutes more to go to the Z-one or the Harrisson. Sometimes, we took taxi (if we are many, each one has to pay only two euros).



These are the places where you can speak with foreigners outside university.

You can taste finish alcohol: Salmiakki (liquorice, sugar and vodka), Mustikka (alcohol, cream and blueberry), White Russian (vodka, coffee liquor and milk) and Long Drink that you can find only in Finland or some regions of Sweden. Alcohol is expensive but there are sometimes student concessions or price cut for special days.




There are also karaokes. It is very practiced in Finland in every pub. We could see a finish people sing alone then return drink and speak with his friends. It is not like French karaoke where people come especially to sing and often with friends or family just for fun. Furthermore, Finnish karaoke is free! There are even karaoke in nightclub.


It permits us to discover finish songs. One of most sing is “Levoton Tuhkimo” a song from Dingo, a finish rock band. It is very liked by Finish people. Every week, we sang this song. The song says that we have to live our life day by day. Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ynOiwXVUM

Sometimes, there are concert in Next Step or Z-one. It permits us to know finish music. There were The Teflon Brothers (a hip hop and rap group), Brädi (a Finnish hip hop artist) and Cheek (a Finnish rapper) and others metal groups.