Alppipuisto

This guide to Alppipuisto, a nineteenth-century woodland park in Helsinki, centers on the amphitheater that has hosted an annual psytrance festival every July since 2011, and the wider fight over live music culture it represents. You'll hear about ELMU, the organization defending Helsinki's right to loud, unlicensed music for nearly fifty years, and the Afrojazz Club marking a decade performing here. Away from the amphitheater, the park turns gentle again, with a three-part pond, footbridges and pavilions tucked against the bedrock.