We're in! Europe's biggest Craft & Design Fair with over 700 exhibitors will be held in Tampere Exhibition & Sports Centre (street address: Ilmailunkatu 20) on 15-17th November 2024. Opening hours are: Friday 10am - 6pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-5pm. You can find Paapero's booth from hall E, place 810. See you at the fair!

Finnish Craft & Design Fair in Tampere 15-17 November 2024

Most Anticipated Craft and Design Event of the Year Within Finland and All of Europe

The Finnish Craft & Design fair is the largest handicrafts and applied arts industry fair in Europe. The fair is an inspiring event and meeting place for those who enjoy the joy of handicrafts and original Finnish design. More than 700 exhibitors and craft professionals will bring the latest materials, products, inspirations and ideas within the reach of craft enthusiasts and people who value and enjoy Finnish design. This is the place to find the spark for your own crafts, learn and find unique presents to put under the Christmas tree.

Be Yourself Boldly!

The 2024 theme of the craft fair is "Be Yourself Boldly!" and it celebrates the personality, individuality and distinctive styles of the artisans. Fabric, thread, paint, clay or wood come to life in the hands of each craftsman in a different way and get a touch of the craftsman's personality. Crafting is a different journey into the world of creativity each time, and the resulting piece remains part of its own story. Join the journey of discovery in the Finnish Craft & Design Fair and experience the unique stories and products of the artisans!

We are in!

To the delight of Paapero's customers, fans and friends in the southern Finland and Tampere region, we are happy to announce that we will participate the Finnish Craft & Design Fair, held in Tampere on 15-17th of November 2024. You will find us in the Fashion & Design Hall (Hall E) at the booth #810. For us at Paapero, this annual event is one of the highlights of the year and we can hardly wait to be able to meet you face to face, share the latest news and have a warm chat with you. If you live or are staying at or near Tampere, book this weekend in your calendar now and come to meet us at the fair (and bring your friends too!). You're warmly welcome to visit us at our booth!

Introducing New Products at The Fair

To give you something to be excited about in advance, we are happy to tell you that in our booth we will introduce new products, which there will be plenty of! You can already get a sneak peek at some of the new arrivals in our webstore.

For children aged 0 to 10 years, take a look at our new Kamut (engl. "Pals") collection. In the child-friendly and fairytale-like Kamut-design, three animal friends (bear, fox and wolf) are having fun together. Keeping in line with the child-friendly theme, our popular HAU (Woof!) design has gotten an update: In the new Pikku-Hau (Little Woof!) design, the cartoonish dog puppies are now a bit smaller in scale, so more of them can fit in a small t-shirt or onesie. These are but a couple of examples of the novelties that you find at our booth.

For women, we will be bringing lots of dresses, tunics and scarves to this year's fair. Earlier this year, we held a customer poll at our store in Kemijärvi where our customers chose 3 of their favorites from 22 new fabric designs for women's clothes. We counted the votes (hundreds of them in total) and chose the most popular designs (7 out of 22 designs), ordered fabrics and created our new women's clothes collection out of the winning designs. You will be happy to discover these designs at our booth in the Tampere Fair and perhaps find a new favorite piece of clothing for yourself!

These are only a few of the novelties you will find at our booth in Tampere Crafts Fair. Subscribe and stay tuned at our social media channels to find out more of the upcoming novelties!

Come spend a weekend with us in the Craft & Design Fair!

With many years of experience participating in the Finnish Craft & Design Fair, we can say with confidence that the Tampere Fair is an extraordinary event for all lovers of handicrafts, Finnish design and beauty, guaranteed to deliver a wonderful and enjoyable experience. The 2023 event gathered almost 42,000 visitors and over 700 exhibitors. According to a poll conducted among the visitors of the 2023 fair, 96% of the visitors were happy with their experience and 92% said they would visit the fair again.

Finnish Craft & Design is the place to meet others who love crafts and to do shopping from hundreds of exhibitors. There will be new products and services, new innovative materials and ideas for hobbyists, exhibitions, workshops, fashion shows, presentations and top performers. If you're looking for top Finnish quality, don't miss out the Finnish Craft & Design Fair - this unique mall is open only three days a year!

See you at the fair!