How a Finnish music fest creates a singular sense of community
Globally renowned performers rub elbows with their audience in shops, cafés and even saunas during the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, held in a tiny town in eastern Finland.
From Finland with laughter: Ismo turns cultural quirks into comedy gold
Finnish comedian Ismo Leikola translates humour across cultures, making comedic observations about even the most mundane exchanges. His newest endeavour brings music into the act.
Open your eyes to the daring, quirky world of Finnish circus
Amaze! Tales and Magic of Circus, an exhibition at the Theatre Museum in Helsinki, traces the history of Finnish circus through danger, dark humour, endurance and the thrill of doing the impossible.
Finland’s Aalto Works joins Unesco World Heritage List
Finland has gained its eighth Unesco World Heritage Site after Aalto Works, a collection of architectural landmarks designed by Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto, was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage List.
Alvar Aalto’s Finland: Architecture designed for people
Widely regarded as Finland’s most influential architect, Alvar Aalto transformed modernism with a human-centred approach to design. Today, his work is nominated for the Unesco World Heritage List.
Tracing the trail of an extinct sea giant, Finnish novelist finds literary success
An extinct sea cow, a museum skeleton and a fascination with scientific history inspired Finnish author Iida Turpeinen’s internationally acclaimed debut novel Beasts of the Sea.
Many early jazz gigs on Finnish soil took place in gritty sailors’ bars. Jazz went on to earn a fervent following. The century-long history of jazz in Finland inspires a cavalcade of special events in 2026.
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