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Forecast fair for weather expertise exports

The Finns know weather – they experience quite a bit of it – and now Finnish meteorological know-how is in global demand.

Arts & culture Art

Begin the year brightly

Light shows shower Helsinki landmarks and parks with colour, texture and contrast as 2011 gets started.

Business & innovation Innovation

Choking off cancer cells

We’re one of the first nonspecialist publications to hear how professor Kari Alitalo and his team are breaking ground with a new procedure to limit or even halt a cancer tumour’s growth.

Life & society Education

Knowledge, skills – and time to grow up

At Finnish daycare Satusoppi, kids play to learn. They also visit world-famous designer Eero Aarnio to share ideas and draw.

Life & society Travel

Allegro speeds up Saint Petersburg line

The new, high-speed train Allegro cuts more than two hours off travel time between Helsinki and the former city of the tsars.

Life & society Education

Finns score high again in PISA

In the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Finland maintains a place near the top of the tables in all categories: reading, mathematics and science.

Christmas Cuisine

Beginning to taste a lot like Christmas

By Peter Marten, December 2010 Chef Hans Välimäki of Finland’s undisputed number one restaurant, Chez Dominique, teams up with Helsinki design hotel Klaus K…

Arts & culture Film

A wildly different Christmas movie

This one is not for kids: Rare Exports turns the concept of the Christmas film – and of Christmas itself – on its head.

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