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A co-operation conference of the Nordic sister cities, Bodø, Jönköping, Kuopio and Svendborg, is held every two years. This year, Kuopio was responsible for organizing the conference. Due to the pandemic situation, it was decided to organize the conference in a virtual way on September 21-22, 2021. The focus of the cooperation is on children and young people, business and know-how, art, culture, leisure and sports.

By the decision of coronavirus coordination group of Northern Savo by September 20th Kuopio is in a spreading phase now, but the rest of Northern Savo is in an intensification period of the pandemics. The whole situation is good however, so there is no need for new restrictions.

ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival takes place in Kuopio between 14th and 19th September 2021. As usual, the festival participates in various topical discussions and shakes our notions on the human, the society and the arts.