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Last updated January 2014

Show me the way to the next pikkujoulu (Finnish pre-Christmas party)

In the weeks before Christmas, Finland seems overrun by party fever. It’s the pikkujoulu (pre-Christmas party) season.

Life & society Society

Trams carry the future in Helsinki and elsewhere in Finland

From the hum of the motor to the clatter of the tracks, people connect Helsinki’s trams with modern daily life and historical memories. This mode of transport will play a central role in the future of the capital and other cities in Finland.

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Finnish Christmas spirit brightens Helsinki streets for holiday season

As the winter days grow shorter in Helsinki, the city bursts into light, and the Christmas season brings warmth, music and thousands of twinkling bulbs.

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Finland enjoys a golden age of Northern Lights

Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory might seem like a bunch of humble buildings in the middle of nowhere. However, a team of top scientists works there to unravel the mysteries of the Northern Lights. The director, space physicist Eija Tanskanen, has good news for aurora spotters: the active years have just started.

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Show me the way to the next pikkujoulu (Finnish pre-Christmas party)

Trams carry the future in Helsinki and elsewhere in Finland

Finnish Christmas spirit brightens Helsinki streets for holiday season

Finland enjoys a golden age of Northern Lights