Events

Save the date for Lekafest on August 15th 2020! There will be beer, thrills, special offers, live music, competitions, tastings, food trucks, beer, armoured vehicles... the usual.

Due to this current plague, all ruck marches, and field exercises have been canceled, at least here in Finland. So we decided to launch our very own Varusteleka's Remote Military March (VRMM). See the event on Facebook. Plain and simple, each individual warrior executes their march according to our guidelines and shares the fun on social media. This way we can keep our rucking condition in top shape and bring some good vibes to these grim times.

ESA Finland and Varusteleka present a four-day CQB course in Poland at the ESA facility. The course is directed at Finnish reservists.

It's Go time! GoExpo is on 28.2.-1.3. in the Helsinki Messukeskus and we will be there with our container shop! Come check out our special offers, newest products and seasonal gear at stand 6k30!

Come to Sotima on Valentine's Day and bring your friends as well! Free chocolate, coffee and sweet buns available! At 6 p.m. we will start our SINGLE'S NIGHT*!

Ladies and gentlemen, Varusteleka presents: THE WEEK OF DARKNESS - STOUT AND METAL MUSIC

A piercing, almost music like noise dashes through the store. Behind the counter the bartender gazes upon its prey with one hand tapping the table and the other hand ready to pour a cold one for anyone willing to come close enough... yes indeed, it's the official pre-Christmas party of Varusteleka & Sotima!

In honor of Finnish Father's day... Free kahvi and pulla (look it up) from our bar Sotima on Saturday 9.11.2019 at 12-19! Please take note that on Sundays the store is closed.

The most proletarian and laid-back city of Finland gets a visit from us again, as our container crashes the gates and drops into Tammelantori square in the end of October.

Witness the newcomer to the field of modern combat footwear: Based on the acclaimed Z-8N (pronounced "Zatan", probably) with modifications requested by us to make it the Lowa Z-8N GTX Särmä TST M19 Combat Boot.

Can't get enough of "The Bay City", Lahti. We're coming again to please and piss off everyone on the market square, offering good stuff for sale and peer support for those in need.

We weren't on time to dance to jazz tunes but in October the container shop will open up in Pori!

For once, the people of Savonia will carry their responsibility, as our container shop is brought smack in the middle of Kuopio Square from Thursday to Saturday in late September.

The Tammisaari Fair will have a remote Varusteleka shop as well, because our pop-up container is brought in in the midst of the night.

We'll take any excuse to visit Kouvola to escape the all-too vibrant colours of everywhere else (Except former DDR and Poland). In the midst of concrete and various shades of grey you'll find us at Kouvola's security event near the city hall!

H2H Training Day by Antti Nurmi & Petteri Kantola

EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. American self-defence instructor Ryan Hoover is coming to Finland in September to train self-defence for security personnel and civilians. We managed to get him to visit our store and give out a free one-hour lesson on basic self-defence

Africa’s recent history from the ’60s and ‘70s was controversial and grim times, which impact on the continent is still visible today. One of the most controversial conflicts from that era is undoubtedly Rhodesian bush war, which eventually led to perishing of Rhodesia and birth of Zimbabwe. From a military history point of view, the Rhodesian conflict has been significant for the development of modern special forces and heliborne operations.

This class provides a strong foundation and understanding of combat tracking. Students learn fundamentals of tracking an individual, work together as a tracking team, and basic visual tracking techniques. Students who complete all courses In this series will be capable of conducting tracking team techniques to find, fix and report information and locate their quarry based on mission.

The proper way to kick-off our upcoming two weeks of intense fun is to have a meet & greet on wednesday 7th of August!

It's been a while, but now, War Fleamarket is coming!

The whole Polenar Tactical team is coming to Finland! If you don't know who these guys are, you should check out these links below. Proper good shit!

The whole Polenar Tactical team is coming to Finland! If you don't know who these guys are, you should check out these links below. Proper good shit!

Not just any bunch of Slovenians but Polenar Tactical itself! If you've always wanted to meet this trio, Žigan, Samo, and Manca, now is the chance - they're arriving to Finland!

Here we go again! The roadshow adventure begins anew and kicks off at GoExpo, Helsinki.

Wait, didn't we just participate Desert Brutality 2018? Oh man, time flies!

Kalevala Jewelry is an old Finnish maker of precious metal things. They happen to reside just upstairs, so it's only natural to say hello now and then. So, we decided to try this Shop-in-Shop thing: they're right in the middle of our store for a few weeks. Come and say hello if you're around!

Join us at our pre-christmas party at Sotima! Age restriction 18 years. Event starts on friday 7th December at 20:00 and carries on until 02:00.

Haix and CPE representatives will land right in the middle of our store on 17.11.2018. Come and talk about picking the right shoe in the right size, body armour or life in general! Also available a display of shot-out body armour, free coffee mugs and refills at our bar!

Measuring one's feet and explaining shoe fit is probably among the most mysterious things known to man. Jalas (Ejendals Ltd) arrives in our store on 10.11.2018 with a FootStopService scanner, which analyzes your complete sole profile, and you don't even have to take socks off to do this.

Halloween, what a wonderful excuse to get together, wear awesome costumes and drink wet and intoxicating liquids at Varusteleka's Bar Cafe, Sotima.

Measuring one's feet and explaining shoe fit is probably among the most mysterious things known to man. Jalas (Ejendals Ltd) arrives in our store on 1.11.2018 with a FootStopService scanner, which analyzes your complete sole profile, and you don't even have to take socks off to do this.

Location: Hankasuontie 11 A Date: SAT 11th of AUG 2018 Time: 10:00-02:00 Free admission! You'll find the event on Facebook - Click "interested" or "going" to get notifications!

Oh boy what a day!

The Finnish M05 camo will be commercially available on the 26th of September 2016! This is fantastic news, until now (then) it has been copyright protected by the Defence Forces and all commercial production and sales have been prohibited. So what better way to celebrate than by holding a little release party? What does this mean for you, our customers and fans? Well, it means that you can buy M05 gear! Not just any old issue gear, but our own improved versions, so oven fresh that they are still in the plastic! Could this get any better? Yes!

A crazy party is coming! We put our heads together with Savotta and decided to make this proper good event for Saturday, 3.6, here in our Ruosilantie premises!

Varusteleka's amazing super event is here again, and this time we are celebrating the big 1-0! We'll have some great sales, so this is something you definitely won't want to miss! Or shop is going to be open as usual, 10.00 – 18.00, and our bar will stay open until 22. During the day we will have a load of interesting stuff: a tank, some contests, a band, great food, airsoft shooting range, and some other stuff, too. Come for the sales, stay for the show!