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Part 2: Hip-hop by the sea in Helsinki

Watch our video about Urban City Camp, where young Helsinkians immerse themselves in hip-hop and street art.

You don’t have to leave Helsinki to find a good beach. Grab your towel and your sunscreen, let’s go!

Minna Hepburn may be the only designer with a war studies degree. Nowadays she creates ecologically sustainable fashion.

Marking her 150th birthday, Finnish museums honour Helene Schjerfbeck, a bold artist who was ahead of her time.

Linus Torvalds has won the Millennium Technology Prize for developing the open source operating system Linux, used by millions of people worldwide.

The new, improved, swashbuckling Maritime Museum is open in Mariehamn, capital of Finland’s autonomous Åland Islands.

It’s healthy, ecological and cheap. Rediscover the benefits of cycling in the Finnish capital as a new bike path opens.

The Helsinki-based creative duo, known as COMPANY, has been successfully designing, exhibiting and touring since 2000.