Finland: Introducing Falun Dafa in Helsinki

(Minghui.org) Practitioners in Finland demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises and distributed introductory flyers in Sibelius Park, a famous tourist attraction on the western shore of Helsinki, on July 6, 2025. Their group exercises in front of large banners attracted many tourists, who learned about the persecution of Falun Dafa in China and signed a petition calling for it to end.

Practitioners did the exercises in Sibelius Park.

Tourists read the banners containing information about Falun Dafa.

A tour guide from Poland led more than 30 tourists to the Falun Dafa banners. He took off his hat, saluted the practitioners, and told his group why Falun Dafa practitioners held activities there. Many tourists talked with practitioners to find out more about the practice and the persecution.

The tour guide told practitioners, “Thank you for your hard work! I would be remiss if I didn’t introduce your activities to my group.”

A souvenir vendor in the park told practitioners that he loved Chinese culture, and he was able to speak fluent Chinese with tourists from China. Practitioners told him about the persecution they experienced and the Chinese Communist Party’s extension of the persecution to Finland. The man took out his cell phone and read the news report about two Chinese men attacking Falun Dafa practitioners in this park. He said to the practitioners, “What you are doing is very important!”

A tour guide from Taiwan talked with a practitioner for a long while. As soon as the practitioner mentioned that a tourist from China said that Falun Dafa practitioners were paid by the U.S. government, the Taiwanese tour guide said, “How is that possible? I know you are volunteers.” He also recognized the benefits of practicing Falun Dafa. “I know the exercises are effective. They regulate energy channels and give you more energy,” he said.