The Helsinki University Science Fiction Club

The Helsinki University Science Fiction Club (HYSFK) was founded on October 13th 1987. The club’s mission is to promote science fiction and fantasy at the university and to function as a meeting place for scifi and fantasy fans.

We hang out at the club every Thursday and some of our other activities include organizing movie and board game nights, running our reading group and writing group and publishing our own magazine Marvin. The club also participates in organizing Finncon and other scifi and fantasy events that take place in Helsinki.

Stay up to date on all our events by following our announcement channels (mailing list, Discord, Instagram, Facebook).

Upcoming events in the early autumn of 2025

(Held at our club room “Cat” at Mechelininkatu 3D unless otherwise specified.)

Thu Sept 4th 6 pm Star Trek Day
Sun Sept 7th 3 pm Geek Societies Introductory Party
Thu Sept 11th 6 pm Newcomers’ Night
Thu Sept 18th 6 pm Sun and Moon fantasy movie night
Wed Sept 24th 4-8 pm Fresher Adventure checkpoint
Thu Sept 25th 6 pm Book Club: “Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer (link)
Thu Oct 9th 6 pm Book Club: Darkome by Hannu Rajaniemi
Thu-Sun Oct 23rd-26th Book Fair at Messukeskus
Sat Nov 1st Geek Societies Halloween Party

We also have writing group meetings every Wednesday at 6:30 pm on the HYSFK Discord, and our regular club nights every Thursday starting at 6 pm at the club room. More irregularly we have movie nights, game nights, writing retreats, presentations, excursions and other cool stuff. We will continue coming up with more events throughout the autumn, so stay up to date by following our regular announcement channels (mailing list, Facebook, Discord).