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Participant Guide Participant Guide 15th World Gymnaestrada 2015 Helsinki Table of Contents Welcome to the 15th World Gymnaestrada 2015 Helsinki . 5 Daily Newsletter: Saturday . 6 Daily Newsletter: Friday . 7 Daily Newsletter: Thursday . 9 Daily Newsletter: Wednesday . 11 Daily Newsletter: Tuesday . 13 The Daily Newsletter: Monday . 14 The Daily Newsletter: Sunday . 15 15th World Gymnaestrada 2015 in nutshell . 17 WG2015 Photo Book & DVD . 18 WG2015 EVENTS . 19 Programme . 20 WG2015 venues . 21 Walking routes . 22 Map of the Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre . 23 Messukeskus . 25 Map of the Olympic Stadium . 26 Olympic Stadium . 28 Opening Ceremony Program . 30 Midnight Sun Special Program . 31 Sonera Stadium . 32 Map of the Helsinki Ice Hall . 33 2 Helsinki Ice Hall . 34 FIG Gala Program . 35 Töölö Sports Hall . 36 City stages . 37 Get Together Area . 38 Workshops and gymnastics exercises . 40 USEFUL INFORMATION . 43 Programme Guide . 44 Info desks and lost items . 45 WiFi spots and electric device charging point . 46 Green Spirit . 48 Catering . 49 Tourist info & Excursions and tours . 51 Federations stands and exhibitors . 52 Discounts for participants . 53 Transportation . 54 Ticket sales . 55 Speaker’s Corner . 57 Running and biking tours of public art for the participants of the WG2015 . 58 Important numbers . 61 GREETINGS, ORGANISERS AND PARTNERS . 62 Greetings from the president of the Republic of Finland . 63 The World Gymnaestrada – a unique event! . 64 Let´s Make the Earth Move . 65 3 Local Organising Committee . 66 FIG Gymnastics for All Committee . 67 Thanks . 68 Participating Federations . 69 WG2015 partners . 70 4 Welcome to the 15th World Gymnaestrada 2015 Helsinki News will be updated daily during the festival week This is your official digital Participant Guide (WorldGymnaestrada’15) where you can find the most important infor- 4 mation about the festival week. You can find Instagram wg2015helsinki the greetings from the patron of the event (WorldGymnaestrada2015Helsinki) and the organisers at the end of this digital Participant Guide starting from here1. You will get Newsletter with daily digest and next day’s must-go tips of the WG2015 updated after this page every day during the event week. From the Newsletter you will find fresh greetings, pictures, stories and tips what you shouldn’t miss in the coming days. Let’s Make the Social Media Move! Share your best moments in social media with #WG2015 and #maketheearthmove! Facebook 15th World Gymnaestrada 2015 Helsinki 2 Twitter @wg_20153 1https://wg2015.mobiezine.fi/zine-article/welcome-words-from-president-niinisto/ 2https://www.facebook.com/wg2015Helsinki 3https://twitter.com/wg_2015?cn=cmV0d2VldA==&refsrc=email 4https://instagram.com/wg2015helsinki/ 5 Daily Newsletter: Saturday The 15th World Gymnaestrada has ended • Hold up to your 15th World Gymna- and the feelings all around move from gra- estrada 2015 Helsinki memories teful to sad and happy. It’s also time for our • When the time comes, book your flight last newsletter. to Dornbirn because that’s where we This day started with the Gymnastics Works- meet next time hops at the Messukeskus Expo and Conven- Thank you all for making the World Gymna- tion Centre. We hope that everyone had the estrada 2015 so special and have a safe trip chance to participate to these, because as a home! gymnast ever one of you should know that little stretching is good for your body befo- re long journey home. You can find pictures from the workshops from our Facebook pa- ge5. The last FIG Gala was also performed to- day morning at the Helsinki Ice Hall. You can watch the show afterwards from Yle Areena6. The main event today was naturally the Offi- cial Closing Ceremony at the Helsinki Olym- pic Stadium. It was an emotional happening and a spectacular end to a memorable fes- tival week. You can read more feelings from the Opening Ceremony here7. As it is the last day of our event we don’t have tips for you tomor- row. But we still have some tips to give you for the next four ye- ars: • Keep the Earth Moving by loving gym- nastics 5https://www.facebook.com/wg2015Helsinki 6http://areena.yle.fi/1-2649722 7http://www.wg-2015.com/news/unforgettable-event-ended-in-the-grateful-atmosphere/ 6 Daily Newsletter: Friday The 15th World Gymnaestrada 2015 Helsin- one hour before the show starts. ki is heading to its ending and this day was already a last day for many happenings. You can also enjoy the show afterwards by watching it from Yle Areena11. This festival week has gone so quickly. The City, Large Group and Group Performances were offered for the last time at the World Gymnaestrada venues. It was already a ti- Tips for tomorrow: me for the last National Afternoon and Italy had the honor to be the last performer at the • Gymnastics workshops12 at the Messu- Messukeskus Amfi hall. Pictures from Friday keskus Expo and Convention Centre. will be published soon to our Facebook pa- Be there! ge8, so remember to follow if there will be you or some friend of yours photographed in. • Eventful gymnastics week culminates to the Official Closing Ceremony13 of Gymnastics Workshops around Helsinki have the 15th World Gymnaestrada 2015 been in full swing the whole week. You can Helsinki at the Olympic Stadium. Show watch feelings from the workshops from he- starts at 15:00. Let’s all celebrate to- re9. gether for the last time in four years. Remember that gymnastics workshops for • Get Together Area14 is open after the participants will be organised at the Messu- Opening Ceremony. Show band spices keskus Expo and Convention Centre tomor- up the evening, while participants ce- row starting at 10:00. lebrate their final night of the week to remember. You know what they say, when something ends something new comes up. For us that • Official wg2015 photobook and DVD something new is the FIG Gala. The long ex- are sold at the info stands in Messu- pected gala has already been performed twice keskus. Go and grab the best memo- at the Helsinki Ice Hall. Read more about the ries with you when you leave Helsinki. 10 gala from here . If you still haven’t seen it, Remember that there’s still time to travel you have a chance yet tomorrow. The FIG around our official t-shirt adventure shirt. Gala will be performed the last time to- Read the instructions from here and remem- morrow starting at 10:00. You can buy ber to tag your t-shirt moments with the your tickets straight from the venue doors hashtag # WG2015tshirtadventure. 8https://www.facebook.com/wg2015Helsinki 9https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH1bWaE9iw 10http://www.wg-2015.com/news/the-fig-gala-charmed-helsinki/ 11http://areena.yle.fi/1-2649722 12http://www.wg-2015.com/participants/side-events-for-participants/ 13http://www.wg-2015.com/programme/closing-ceremony/ 14http://www.wg-2015.com/participants/get-together-area/evening-program-at-the-get-together-area/ 7 8 Daily Newsletter: Thursday The Next World Gymnaestrada Host to them? If you still need to pluck up courage is officially announced and we are watch this video18. happy to tell you that the 16th World Gymnaestrada will be or- ganised in Dornbirn Austria. Read more information from here15. Exotic winds were also blowing at our ve- Tips for tomorrow: nues. South Africa performed their cultural- ly rich National Afternoon show at the Amfi hall. You can read about their pre atmosphe- res from here16. • Go and see everything you haven’t by now: Group, Large Group and City Per- Tonight’s National Evenings at the Helsin- formances19 are performed for the last ki Ice Halls are presented by Pan-American time Continent and Japan. ”Let’s move it” is the title of Pan-American show and it wants to • It’s also time for the last National Af- spread music, culture, essence and fun, at the ternoon 20which is presented by lovely Latin and Anglo-Saxon style that characteri- Italy ze the American Continent. You can read the • FIG Gala21 is one of the must-see review of the show from here17. shows at the festival. Luckily it’s per- Japan delegation has delighted the specta- formed three times in upcoming days! tors at the Messukeskus with their amazing • Friday is the evening of the modern Group Performances and to day this great ta- rock at the Get Together Area22, so lent will be seen also on the larger scale at course your way there. their National Evening show. More feelings from the Japan’s Culture Café show coming Chop chop! Tomorrow is going to be the up on tomorrow’s newsletter. second last day of the World Gymnaest- rada 2015 so now is the time to make Gymnastics Workshops have moved people to most of this festival and experience around the city. Have you already participate everything that is on our programme. 15http://www.wg-2015.com/news/the-next-world-gymnaestrada-host-has-been-announced/ 16http://www.wg-2015.com/news/the-next-world-gymnaestrada-host-has-been-announced/ 17http://www.wg-2015.com/news/a-performance-straight-from-the-heart/ 18https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH1bWaE9iw 19http://www.wg-2015.com/programme/ 20http://www.wg-2015.com/programme/national-afternoons/italy-take-over-the-italian-dream/ 21http://www.wg-2015.com/programme/fig-gala/ 22http://www.wg-2015.com/participants/get-together-area/evening-program-at-the-get-together-area/ 9 10 Daily Newsletter: Wednesday Weather has treated us good today at Helsin- tion yesterday is now a public knowledge. We ki and so has the World Gymnaestrada prog- are glad to announce that the World Gymna- ramme.
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