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Diving for Baltic Sea secrets in Finland
Finnish Inventory Programme for the Underwater Marine Environment, VELMU, Baltic Sea Action Group, Gulf of Finland, Archipelago Sea, Bothnian Bay, Helsinki, St Petersburg
Life & societyEnvironment

Diving for Baltic Sea secrets in Finland

Finnish divers and marine biologists make exciting discoveries in a new underwater survey of the Baltic Sea (slideshow).

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In Finland, metal music rocks churches
metal mass, Haka Kekäläinen, Finnish heavy metal music, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Helsinki, Turku, Finland
Arts & cultureMusic

In Finland, metal music rocks churches

Lutheran pastor Haka Kekäläinen holds metal mass – mass for heavy metal music fans – in churches around Finland.

Tagged in Heavy metalMusic
Meals get real at Helsinki preschools
organic food, City of Helsinki, local food, daycare, preschool, farming, Finland
Life & societySociety

Meals get real at Helsinki preschools

If the City of Helsinki has its way, then 50 percent of the food in its preschools and daycares will be organic by 2015.

Tagged in FoodSociety
Spanish nurses bridge the gap in Finland
employment, Spanish nurses in Finland, Pori, Honkajoki
Life & societySociety

Spanish nurses bridge the gap in Finland

We check in with some Spanish nurses working in Finland as they settle in and hurdle over the language barrier.

Tagged in SocietyWork
Forests support innovative bioeconomy
Finnish forest industry, wood-based bioenergy, biofuel, biogas, biodiesel, bio-oil, wood construction, Onbone casts, composites, nanocellulose, UPM, Stora Enso, Metsä Group, microfibril, Green Fuel Nordic, Fortum
Business & innovationBioenergy

Forests support innovative bioeconomy

The Finnish forest industry is focusing on sustainability with biofuels and new, amazing, wood-based materials.

Tagged in BioenergyForestry
Finland launched my music career
Kevin Kleinmann, Finlandia Records, Helsinki Festival, Finland
Arts & cultureMusic

Finland launched my music career

French American Kevin Kleinmann came to Finland for a Helsinki Festival summer job and ended up founding a record label.

Tagged in Music
Finnish apps find your way in the world
Cabforce, taxi, Adfore, Tassa, local information, Finnish mobile apps, Helsinki, Finland
Business & innovationTechnology

Finnish apps find your way in the world

We check out Finnish mobile apps that get you a taxi and let you know what you can do at your destination.

Tagged in TechnologyTravel
Paola Suhonen designs art in fashion
Paola Suhonen, Pirjo Suhonen, Ivana Helsinki, fashion, design, cinematography, film, New York, Los Angeles, Helsinki, Finland
Arts & cultureDesign

Paola Suhonen designs art in fashion

Ivana Helsinki founder, designer and filmmaker Paola Suhonen says she designs art, not fashion.

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