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Senior Citizens' Day, launched by the Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged, has been celebrated on the first Sunday in October since 1954. Senior Citizens' Day marks the start of Senior Citizens' Week, whose theme this year is Happiness grows in communities – Lycka växer i gemenskap. During the week, a wide range of events will be held in Tuusula, and in the middle of the week, there will be a celebration in Väinölä.

This autumn, the JHL trade union is launching an annual professional day dedicated to school assistants, which will be celebrated on the last Friday of September. The aim is to raise the profile and appreciation of this important professional group.

Jatke Toimitilat Oy has published a weekly update on the Särmä business and service centre construction site for week 40, starting on 29 September. The removal of the trench support elements, which has been carried out over the past few weeks, is now complete, and construction is now focusing on facade and interior work, among other things.

Municipal engineering work on Hyryläntie and Koskenmäentie roads, which is linked to the construction of the Särmä business and service centre, began at the end of August. The work is expected to affect traffic arrangements in the area for longer than originally estimated, until the end of November.

On Saturday, 27 September 2025, Uusimaa Defence Day will be celebrated at the Tuusula Sports Centre. The parade included in the event programme will close Kilpailukuja, Kilpailutie and Kuntoilijantie to traffic from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The municipal council convened on Monday, 22 September 2025.

Children's culture takes centre stage at Tuusula's Skidiviikko festival from 3 to 9 November 2025. There will be 21 performances during the week. This autumn's Skidiviikko will feature theatre, puppet theatre, dance, magic, children's music and even opera for children. The family-oriented children's opera Cinderella will be performed on Thursday 6 November at 6 p.m. at the Monio Cultural Centre.

Tuusula's seventh participatory budgeting round will kick off on Monday, 29 September with a call for ideas, and this time it is aimed at children and young people.

23 September marks the 160th anniversary of Pekka Halonen's birth. Halosenniemi will celebrate the artist's life and career with a new exhibition, "Far Away from the Land – In the Painter's Landscapes," starting on Wednesday, 24 September. It will feature Halonen's paintings from his home region of Lapinlahti, his travels in Finland and the surroundings of his studio home in Halosenniemi on the shores of Lake Tuusulanjärvi. Known as a portrayer of the Finnish people and nature, Halonen focused particularly on depicting the immediate surroundings of his home in Tuusula. The paintings convey the changes in the seasons and weather conditions.

Draft visions have been drawn up as a basis for further work in the development project for the Tuusulanjärvi lake and Tuusulanjokilaakso valley area. Comments on the drafts can be submitted until 30 September.