Voices from the Plague, Audio Drama

Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2026

Old Church Park – Ruttopuisto

Bulevardi, 00120 Helsinki

Voices from the Plague – An audio journey through the graveyard in the autumn of 1710 – ECHOES audiowalk

Put on your headphones and step into the cemetery in the year 1710, when two thirds of Helsinki’s residents died in the plague.

The audio drama Voices from the Plague, produced by Yle Svenska, is available in Finnish, Swedish, and English through the free Echoes app. The use of headphones is recommended.

Different parts of the drama are activated as the listener moves through different areas of the Helsinki Old Church Park. The drama will be available continuously until the end of 2026.

Photo Clas Christiansen / Yle Svenska