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Step back in time to the year 1413 of Our Lord, and enjoy a day out at the Turku Medieval Market.

During the Medieval market in the Old Great Square history becomes vivid again. The vendors and the craftspeople create the medieval atmosphere. Entertainment is guaranteed as more than a hundred actors, various musicians, merry fools, and brave knights take us back to the Middle Ages.

In the activities area, you can put your knight skills to the test or witness an exciting jousting event. In the work exhibition area, you can experience the unique feel of hardened leather, see the blacksmith work by his forge, and smell the aroma of medieval beer.

Tags: history , other events , turku , western finland

Now here's a Championship anyone can take part in! The Air Guitar is all about the joy of music and feeling like a rockstar. Or maybe not. The organizing body says the following about the meaning of the Air Guitar: 

"The purpose of the Air Guitar World Championships is to promote world peace. According to the ideology of the Air Guitar, wars end, climate change stops and all bad things disappear, if all the people in the world played the Air Guitar. This is why the whole universe is invited to play the Air Guitar for the world peace at the end of the competition."

Playing air guitar is a form of dance and movement in which the performer pretends to play rock or heavy metal-style electric guitar solos. Playing an air guitar usually consists of exaggerated strumming and picking motions and is often coupled with loud singing or lip-synching. Air guitar is generally used in the imaginary simulation of loud electric guitar music.

In the competition use of props, like an actual guitar or other instruments is strictly forbidden. As are the use of a backup band or other performers. It's just you, the music and your Air Guitar.

Tags: air guitar , crazy events , crazy videos , northern finland , oulu , summer