Virtual Culture Activities
Most places, which offer culture experiences, have had to close down for now due to the Corona outbreak. Luckily, many museums, orchestras and websites offer a lot of different culture online. See a list with culture tips from Israel and Finland collected by the embassy staff members.
TIPS FROM ISRAEL
Music
- Israeli music in live concerts, internet: Walla live performances https://e.walla.co.il/category/272(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Israeli music in live concerts, TV: co-operation of Zappa Club with Keshet broadcast company, live concerts every night at Channel 12, Mako website, N12 website and the digital pages of Zappa.
- Jazz: Israeli jazz musician, pianist and composer Guy Mintus is sharing live jazz sessions via his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/guymintusmusic/live/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, classical music concerts: https://www.ipo.co.il/en/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Camerata Chamber Orchestra, classical music concerts: https://www.jcamerata.com/en/live(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
Movies
- Herzliya Cinematheque is screening movies every evening via their watsup-link or telegram, more information: https://www.facebook.com/pg/hcinema.org.il/events/?ref=page_internal(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
Dance
- Dance lessons of GAGA / Batsheva, several lessons every week, for beginners and professionals: https://www.gagapeople.com/en/gaga-online/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Cyber Dance Party: An online workshop and dance party for people from all backgrounds. Every Saturday 7:30 PM Israeli time, live streaming from Yafo Creative https://my.israelgives.org/en/campaign/zoomdance(Link to another website.)
- Dance performance of Israeli dance company Batsheva from the year 2017: Ohad Naharin: VIRUS 2017 https://www.marquee.tv/watch/batsheva-naharinsvirus(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
Arts, History
- Arts and crafts workshops for kids and adults by The Israel Museum, Jerusalem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04RXei5P9Yc&list=PLhKTXmBvmUjSvvVG5_hmoJ2Y-QkmL_qtK(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Virtual tours in The Israel Museum, Jerusalem: https://www.imj.org.il/en(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Haifa’s cluster of museums, virtual tours: https://www.facebook.com/Haifa.Museums/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Virtual guided tours in Hebrew, Ben Gurion’s home in Negev https://www.ben-gurion.co.il/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Exhibition together with artist Liliana Orbach: https://www.art-projects-unlimited.com/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
TIPS FROM FINLAND
Concerts
- Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra https://yle.fi/aihe/rso-english(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- The Finnish National Opera and Ballet: https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Sibelius Academy of Uniarts Helsinki: https://www.youtube.com/c/UniartsFi(Link to another website.)
- April Jazz Festival: Live streaming brings top Finnish jazz to everyone to watch, tickets 9,90 euros https://www.lippu.fi/artist/april-jazz/april-jazz-2744146/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
Museums
- Finnish museum available virtually https://museot.fi/en.php(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Visual Arts: https://taide.art/exhibitions(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Amos Rex: https://amosrex.fi/en/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Ateneum Finnish National Gallery: https://ateneum.fi/art-collections-online/?lang=en(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Finnish Air Force Museum: https://ilmavoimamuseo.fi/virtualmuseum/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Helsinki City Museum: http://www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi/en/pictures-objects-helsinki/verkkoaineistot/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- Studio of Alvar Aalto: https://bit.ly/2xdXVuT(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- The Finnish Museum of Photography:https://www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/en/collections(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
Outdoors
- Suomenlinna: http://fmedia.fi/suomenlinna/history_of_buildings.html(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- WWF Wildlive: https://luontolive.wwf.fi/en/(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
For Finnish speakers, lots of ideas collected by Helsingin Sanomat – newspaper: https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000006481802.html?share=9772c98028ed269cdc0e20578a101cc7(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
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