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Finnish Capital Has Been Serving Free Meals to Kids For 75 Years

Finnish Capital Has Been Serving Free Meals to Kids For 75 Years
Helsinki has spent every summertime for the last 75 years making sure that their young residents are given a free hot meal for lunchtime.

Finland's capital city of Helsinki is celebrating its 75th summer of serving hot free meals to their young residents at public playgrounds.

The city's 71 public parks and playgrounds have consistently served nutritious meals to kids ages 1 to 16.

Since most of the kids have parents who are at work during the day, the parks and playgrounds provide a valuable space for them to play.

Additionally, volunteers, mothers, and works supervise the children with games, activities, singing, and dancing, which creates a tangible community spirit amongst the youngsters.

The city just celebrated the 75th anniversary yesterday with rainbow trout soup with rye bread.

Helsinki will continue serving free summertime meals until August.

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