Tips for organising activities
On this page you can find suggestions for activities you can organise to help and celebrate the Baltic Sea.
Organise
Maritime activities
Do a sea‑related action and organize a small event for a group that matters to you: joint bike maintenance for commuting cyclists, a lunchtime litter‑picking session, a Baltic Sea quiz on the intranet, a webinar… anything that celebrates the sea! Below we’ve gathered tips to help you find ideas for celebrating Baltic Sea Day.
Whatever fun you come up with, you can register it as a Baltic Sea Day action or share the atmosphere on social media with the hashtag #balticseaday. Different challenge campaigns, Baltic Sea lessons at educational institutions and other similar activities that are not aimed at the general public are also registered as Baltic Sea Day actions.
Suggestions
And Tips
We’ve gathered ideas for Baltic Sea Day activities. Use the tips or come up with your own!
- Set up a wellness day – head out to shores or waves of the Baltic Sea or another waterbody. Paddle on SUPs, row or sail, cycle or walk along the shoreline. At the end of the day you can take part in the Baltic Sea Day Plunge. Remember to treat nature well amid the day’s bustle.
- Clean beaches of litter. Remember to ensure proper disposal of the collected litter. Tips for cleanup events can be found on the Siisti Biitsi site. If you want up the challenge for your cleanup event: try to clean up trash directly from the sea or other nearby waters.
- Cook a Baltic Sea-friendly lunch together or encourage your favourite restaurant to offer a Baltic Sea-friendly menu. Food choices are one of the most effective ways to help the sea! Recipes and instructions for a Baltic Sea-friendly diet.
- Make a donation for a pro-enviroment group, association or organisation.
- Make an Baltic Sea pledge and sign your organization up for the free Baltic Sea Challenge’s Network.
- Dive into maritime culture. Visit a sea-themed exhibition or watch a marine movie. Ideas.
- Set up a photo contest for your staff or members.
- Share your maritime memories with eachother or in social media #balticseaday.
- Organise a book club for marine-themed books. Book recommendations.
- Organise invasive species volunteer events or ask about opportunities to take part in volunteer events. Volunteer events are organized, among others, by WWF, local local branches of the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, and by cities and municipalities.
- Explore Baltic Sea protection tips and consider a voluntary challenge for staff, such as a vegetarian-food month or a campaign encouraging commuting by bicycle.
- Municipal education authorities can encourage comprehensive schools and upper secondary schools to order suitable movies or similar materials to go through during classes. Examples to get started can be found here.
- Showcase swimming skills and the benefits of being active in the water at the city’s beaches and swimming halls. You can also organize a public Plunge.
- Make an Baltic Sea pledge and sign your city, town or municipality up for the free Baltic Sea Challenge’s Network.
- Organise a Baltic Sea themed art exhibition or a photo contest.
- Set up an event or an exhibition for sharing facts about the Baltic Sea.
- Organise an event where people can come share their thoughts and discuss about the Baltic Sea.
- Organize a sea-themed book exhibition in libraries.
- Share your sea-themed reading recommendations on social media.
- Organize a sea-themed book club.
- Hold a sea-themed poetry contest.
- Put informational posters on the library wall about different marine conservation measures and create a ‘Promise to the Baltic Sea’ wall where library patrons write the action for the Baltic Sea they plan to carry out in their everyday lives.
- Organise an event where people can come share their thoughts and discuss about the Baltic Sea.
- Share on social media maritime cultural tips for Baltic Sea Day.
- Create a Baltic Sea-themed installation inside the museum or in its courtyard that museum visitors can also participate in.
- Organise an event where people can come share their thoughts and discuss about the Baltic Sea.
- Make an Baltic Sea pledge and sign your museum up for the free Baltic Sea Challenge’s Network.
- Set up an event or an exhibition for sharing facts about the Baltic Sea.
- Organise an event where people can come share their thoughts and discuss about the Baltic Sea.
- Go on a nature trip to the Baltic Sea or another body of water. Before the trip, discuss how to treat nature with care. During the trip, observe the environment and enjoy nature. What you experience on the trip can later be applied in daycare play or school subjects. For example, you can write an essay about the day, do a craft project, or put on a Baltic Sea-themed play or create a piece of art.
- First, explore together various everyday ways to protect the sea. Children can make, for example, a comic strip, a poster, or a drawing of the protection method they choose.
- Ask your schools cafeteria (or parents) to cook a Baltic Sea friendly lunch for the school day. If your curriculum contains cooking classes, cook Baltic Sea friendly food during hte classes. Recipes and tips for cooking such food can be found here.
- Make an Baltic Sea pledge and sign your school or kindergarten up for the free Baltic Sea Challenge’s Network.
- Come up with an Itämeri-friendly dish and share its recipe on social media with the hashtag #balticseaday. Challenge other restaurants and chefs to create and share their own Baltic Sea recipes! Recipe inspiration and guidance for an Itämeri-friendly diet.
- Host an Itämeri contest for your customers and social media followers. For example, you can ask them to share on social media a Baltic Sea friendly recipe idea and/or a photo of an Baltic Sea friendly homemade dish. #balticseaday
- Share information on social media about an Itämeri-friendly diet and celebrate Itämeripäivä at the same time. #balticseaday
- Make an Baltic Sea pledge and sign your museum up for the free Baltic Sea Challenge’s Network.
- Offer at your restaurant food in line with the Baltic Sea Menu or create a takeaway menu bag. This implementation will be listed as an event.
- Tell your customers about Baltic Sea Day and promote trips in the spirit of Baltic Sea Day. For example, you can create an Accommodation & sea adventure package. Work with a local entrepreneur and package, for example, a SUP board rental with the accommodation, a Baltic Sea–themed walking tour, or tickets to a maritime museum.
- Promote to guests Baltic Sea Day events, many of which are free. Create an event roundup for the lobby and elevators, for example.
- Share on social media information about the uniqueness of the Baltic Sea and about the many picturesque destinations in and around the sea.
- Explore sustainable and regenerative tourism and consider how you could implement the principles in your own operations.
- Promote to your customers restaurants which serve food which is beneficial to the Baltic Sea or serve your own Baltic Sea themed food such as a:
- Baltic Sea Day breakfast — a Baltic Sea-friendly breakfast can be offered, for example, throughout August.
- Baltic Bites — a sustainable culinary journey, tasting portions or a full menu, and drink pairings from the Baltic Sea region.
- As part of the dining experience, avoid bottled water and favor tap water. Offer a water jug free of charge on Baltic Sea Day.
- Make a Baltic Sea pledge and register your organization to the free Baltic Sea Challenge network.
share information about the Baltic Sea
Celebrate Baltic Sea Day on social media and other communication channels. Share, for example, information related to the Baltic Sea, protection tips, or encourage others to join in celebrating Baltic Sea Day. You can use Baltic Sea Day’s ready-made communication materials or post on social media in your own style.
Let’s make the Baltic Sea a phenomenon by using the hashtag #balticseaday. On Instagram, be sure to tag the account @balticseaday. We’ll share messages and celebratory moments from friends of the sea on our account for others to enjoy!
Themes
Baltic sea activities for your maritime day
You can celebrate Baltic Sea Day by carrying out a Baltic Sea action. These four themes offer an easy and fun way to join the celebration wherever you are, alone or together.
Take a Plung
Take part in the communal plunge at 6 pm or for a dip with your flock at anytime you like.
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Cook a Baltic Sea menu
Celebrate the Baltic Sea by enjoying foods that are good for the sea – an easy way to help the sea.
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Setup a Baltic Sea Day for children
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Dive into marine culture
The Baltic Sea comes alive as music, stories, art and other cultural experiences.
Read moreWe encourage taking action for the Baltic Sea year-round! Inspire others by sharing your sea moments on social media with #balticseaday. Tag us on Instagram @BalticSeaDay