Youth Porvoo

Youth Services will organise a trip to Arctic Lights Comic Con in Helsinki on Saturday 16.5.2026. Come with us to experience, experiment and share your passion for pop culture in the most anticipated Comic Con of the year! 🧙‍♂️🧜‍♂️👨‍🚀🦄

Where: Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, Messuaukio 1, 00520 Helsinki
When: SAT 16.5.2026 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Price: 30€ incl. trips to Porvoo-Helsinki-Porvoo, tickets to the event
Age limit: over 12 years
Everyone in the area moves independently. If you want to shop at the event and go to dinner, you should make money.

During the summer, Youth Services offer a wide range of activities for young people of different ages. In addition to camps, the program includes workshops, excursions, and events. The selection includes both free and paid activities, and some activities require advance registration.

The Zentra Youth Center is open three days a week throughout June. In addition to open activities, there will be weekly creative themes and workshops. Come and try something new and spend time with your friends!

Registration for summer activities begins on Tuesday, April 14 at 9:00 AM. More detailed information and registration instructions can be found in the description of each event.

Stay up to date with summer activities by following us on social media, as well as on the city’s website.

Ideas will be collected from 2 to 22 February, and all Porvoo residents may submit ideas, but the ideas must be aimed at young people aged 13–18. Young people in particular are encouraged to participate actively in the ideation process.

Young people can submit ideas in three different ways:

• through the electronic system available on the city’s website
• in workshops organized by the city’s youth services
• during ideation sessions held in schools

After the ideation phase, experts from different sectors of the city and young people will evaluate the ideas together. Voting will take place in April, and the ideas selected in the vote will be implemented during the latter part of the year. A budget of 50,000 euros has been reserved for the 2026 participatory budgeting projects.        

Read more and propose an idea:

The City of Porvoo’s Integration through Hobbies project helps immigrant-background children and young people find local hobby activities and become familiar with leisure opportunities. All immigrant families, their children, and young people up to age 29 can join.

The project provides information on available hobbies in Porvoo

• accompanies the family or youth when exploring activities
• helps with registration forms
• supports understanding and integration into hobby groups.

The activity offering will be published from August 13 in the Hellewi registration system.

Registrations start on August 18, 2025. As clubs are confirmed, new ones and their registrations will be added.

School year calendar:
Autumn term 8 September–12 December 2025
Spring term 12 January–15 May 2026.

The new hobby page helps residents find various activities more easily. This web service is part of Porvoo’s ongoing work to promote residents’ well-being. The idea for a similar overview has appeared for three years in participatory budgeting and other feedback channels.

On the porvoo.fi/hobbies page you can search for different types of hobbies, such as sports, music, visual arts, or social hangouts. You can also filter by target groups or by language. Each hobby has a short description and a link to the provider’s page. The hobby page is available in Finnish, Swedish, and English. Providers can now submit activities via a submission form for one-year listing; instructions and tips are available.

The Youth Work Basic Plan (Nups) describes the forms of youth work in Porvoo and how they are implemented, including values, guiding documents, and regulations. With this plan, Porvoo’s youth work responds to its mission to create equal opportunities for young people to participate, develop, experience, and demonstrate different skills and activities. It is goal-oriented educational work focusing on prevention and experiential learning, providing opportunities, methods, and spaces for youth. The plan was developed by Porvoo Youth Services staff.