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Finland’s pop-up carnival of good taste

Restaurant Day lets anyone set up a pop-up resto. The Helsinki idea has quickly spread in Finland and abroad.

A group of leading travel bloggers tour Finland to discover the country’s most exciting activities and cuisine.

Multicultural Finnish director Dome Karukoski’s films blend European and US sensibilities to win audiences over.

Runeberg Day is February 5: Can our New York reporter re-create Runeberg cakes and convey their significance to the Americans?

Keep active and fit during the Finnish winter with ice skating, ice swimming, Nordic walking and even bicycling.

Finland’s 188,000 lakes offer leisure activities all year round and show how the country invests in the environment.

So you want to learn Finnish? Start here and now!

Sibelius’s 150th birthday: Find out how the composer’s own piano sounds, and what he and heavy metal have in common.