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Helsinki’s new Music Centre garners rave reviews

Helsinki has been awaiting a real concert hall since composer Jean Sibelius put Finland on the map as a music nation.

Three Nordic funds in Helsinki battle climate change and Baltic Sea pollution by financing projects at home and abroad.

Helsinki citizens prepare for celebrations to mark Helsinki Day by cooling off in the city’s parks and heading for the beach.

Foreign students are attracted to Finland for many reasons.

Finnish cuisine’s natural flavours put Finland on the gastronomic world map. Take a tasty tour, complete with recipes.

What could be better than brunch? We tour the capital’s best brunch locations, from the traditional to the edgy.

We visit the Finnish Language Office to see how new words enter Finnish – and how Finnish words travel the world.

Absolutely amazing acoustics attract audiences and artists to a gorge in Lapland for the unique Pyhä Unplugged Festival.