HS Vantaa | A couple from Lahti got married in Helsinki-Vantaa

Anna and Jukka Aalto were married at Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

At the airportin the non-Schengen area next to Gate 52, said Give it and Jukka Aalto “I will” to each other.

The dedication ceremony was held in a quiet room on the field, with only two witnesses present.

“A small and perhaps modest occasion, but extremely intimate”, describes Jukka Aalto.

The wedding at the airport was not the original plan of the couple from Lahti. The couple, who got engaged in 2017, first thought of organizing a more traditional celebration and already had time to look at suitable places and caterers.

However, the corona pandemic changed the plans, and when the party was finally allowed to be organized, the idea no longer felt right. They wanted to get married, not just throw a party.

“For us, the important thing seemed to be buried under the organization of it,” says Anna Aalto.

Running away to get married started to attract more and more, because the party itself was not the main point of getting married for a couple who had been together for a long time.

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A year after changing, the plans became clearer. The Aaltos had booked a two-week vacation in Khanom, Thailand for March, the same place where they got engaged years before.

They decided to get married on the same beach. Despite the searches, however, the officiant could not be found, so the wedding in Thailand had to be forgotten.

The solution was found at the point that separates a traditional Finnish wedding and elopement to Thailand, Helsinki-Vantaa airport. It would suit a couple who enjoyed the waiting atmosphere at the airport.

Aalto contacted Finavia, where the idea was given the green light. The marriage could be done in a quiet room. The room is open to everyone who needs a moment of silence from the hustle and bustle, regardless of religious belief. Papppikki was found on the field from his own back, when airport chaplain Hanna Similä had just started his job.

Security influenced the arrangement of the wedding. Decorative flowers had to be ordered through Finavia. The couple going on vacation had to pass through security and continue on the flight, so they had to be careful with their outfits. The witnesses were not leaving for the flight, but they still had to have their passports with them.

If you are dreaming of a big family celebration, you should not consider the airport as your wedding venue.

“You can’t take 120 relatives there and take Karelian roast with them,” points out Jukka Aalto.

On the wedding day at the beginning of March, only the wedding couple, the priest and two witnesses were present in the quiet room at the airport. Aalto was lucky, because there were no flights departing from the adjacent gates at that time and no announcements.

The event was exactly what the wedding couple had hoped for: calm, intimate and focused on their union.

“A short, but really warm occasion”, Anna Aalto sums up.

“It couldn’t have gone any better.”

The consecration took place according to a short formula, without hymns or long speeches. There was still no lack of atmosphere, the priest’s touching speech to the wedding couple also made sure of that.

There was no cake at this wedding, but the newlyweds still had time to chat in the airport restaurant before going to the gate and boarding the plane for twelve hours.

“We sat next to each other and looked at each other,” says Jukka Aalto.

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