The herring market or herring fairPort of Helsinki: Baltic Herring Fair 2011
/ref> ( fi, silakkamarkkinat, sv, strömmingsmarknad) is an annual event held in various cities in

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, notably in

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in October. During the Helsinki herring market, many archipelagoans arrive in the South Harbour to sell

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and other archipelago products directly from their boats. The event is organised by the city of Helsinki. The first fair in Finland is considered to have been held in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

in 1636. The Helsinki event is also very old; it said to have first been held in 1743. In 1820 its place was settled as the South Harbour. The event has been forgotten from time to time, for various reasons, but in the 1980s it was revived and has become very popular. In addition to the Helsinki and Turku fairs, the fair held at Rauma is also notable.

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