Many interesting events took place on the Baltic Sea Day 2025

This year, museums organised a wide range of events for the public in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Poland and Lithuania. On the Baltic Sea Day, people were able to go on virtual dives both at the Lithuanian Maritime Museum in Klaipeda and in front of Helsinki In Klapeida, participants put on VR headsets, and in Helsinki, a diver was followed underwater through a live camera view. 

In Poland, the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences organised a joint event for the first time in the Old Town Park in Gdansk. Participants of all ages got to play and complete a variety of water-themed tasks. 

Several events were held in Tallinn, focusing on the cultural heritage of the Baltic Sea. The Finnish Institute, the Estonian Maritime Museum and the Gdańsk Baltic Sea Cultural Centre organised participatory activities for children at the Seaplane Harbour. The conservation of a cog found in 2022 was also explored by participants of all ages as the conservation workers opened the doors to the public and presented the Hanseatic ship and their work. 

Employees of the embassies and cultural institutes of the Baltic Sea countries in Tallinn presented folklore, legends, fairy tales and excerpts from children’s literature in Estonian and in their own languages. The common theme was the Baltic Sea and its heritage. The reading session began with Anatoly Lyutjuk, the host of the Ukrainian Cultural Centre, followed by storytellers from Estonia, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Lithuania, who read their stories about the Baltic Sea. 

The Baltic Sea Science Center at Skansen in Stockholm invited teachers and principals from secondary and upper secondary schools to the Baltic Sea Day evening event, which focused on the latest research on the pollution of the Baltic Sea.  

A lecture on the interconnections between forest, soil, and water was held at Kiviks Museum, located on the southeast coast of Sweden. The event was organised in collaboration with Samverkan för Hanöbukten, Biosfärföreningen för Österlen and Kiviks Esperöds Arboretum. 

A cultural discussion organised at the Helsinki Art Museum HAM was attended by representatives from Poland and all the Nordic countries. The event discussed the role of art as a maker and pioneer of change, and how art can inspire concrete actions for the benefit of the Baltic Sea.