The University of Lapland, together with the Lapland University Consortium, organizes informal Café Lingua meetings for those interested in different languages and cultures. The idea is to bring together native speakers and people who study foreign languages or are otherwise interested in them.

Café Lingua meetings offer an excellent opportunity for creating multilingual and multicultural evenings right in the centre of Rovaniemi. The casual atmosphere of Café Lingua allows people to chit chat in Chinese, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish or Scandinavian languages while enjoying a nice cup of coffee.

Café Lingua meetings will be organized as follows:
– Scandinavian languages every other Tuesday at 16–17: March 13, March 27, April 10, April 24
– Russian every other Tuesday at 17–18: March 13, March 27, April 10, April 24
– Chinese every other Tuesday at 17–18: March 20, April 3, April 17
– Spanish every other Wednesday at 16–17: March 14, March 28, April 11, April 25
– Italian every other Wednesday at 17–18: April 11, April 25
– German every other Thursday at 17–18: March 22, April 5, April 19, May 3

All Café Lingua meetings take place in Café Linna (address: Lordi Square, Koskikatu 14–16, Rovaniemi).

All interested in languages and cultures – such as Finnish and international students, locals, tourists and tourism operators – are warmly welcome to join.

Schedule for Café Lingua meetings online

For more information, please contact:
Ms Annukka Jaakola, Coordinator, Language Centre, Lapland University Consortium, tel. +358 40 484 4441, annukka.jaakola(at)ulapland.fi
Ms Päivi Martin, Secretary for International Affairs, University of Lapland, tel. +358 40 484 4465, paivi.martin(at)ulapland.fi
Chinese: Mr Zhongxing Zhou, Lecturer, zhongxing.zhou(at)ulapland.fi
German: Mr Jörn Severidt, Senior Lecturer, jorn.severidt(at)ulapland.fi
Italian: Mr Claudio Panno, Part-time Teacher, cpanno(at)ulapland.fi
Russian: Ms Valentina Katainen, Lecturer, valentina.katainen(at)ulapland.fi
Scandinavian languages: Mr Lars Dohlen, canor(at)co.inet.fi
Spanish: Mr Gabriel Chávez, Lecturer, gabriel.chavez(at)ulapland.fi

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