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Bringing up new designers

Helsinki Design Week presents design from a number of fields as well as fashion, architecture and urban culture, also for children.

Arts & culture Music

Flow Festival 2015 – Top 9 Finnish acts

Helsinki’s Flow Festival in August is THE festival for urban music lovers. Here are our local picks for 2015.

Arts & culture Music

Heavy metal pilgrim hits Finnish festival

The first time I heard heavy metal music, I knew I had to visit Finland. The dream comes true with a trip to Helsinki’s Tuska Festival, where I connect with Finnish people and culture through a common love of metal music.

Arts & culture Music

Now trending globally: Finnish metal music

Why are Finnish heavy metal bands so popular around the world? It originates in the music’s complexity and rich emotional content.

Arts & culture Cuisine

Exploring the Finnish affinity for coffee

Did you know that the Finns are among the biggest coffee drinkers in the world? We ask a few of them why that is.

Arts & culture Music

Finnish punk music is alive and kicking

We look at the surprisingly colourful, rude story of Finnish punk, from the 1970s to the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest and beyond.

Arts & culture Visual arts

An artist’s mark on the story of Finland

From political paintings to modern-day tattoos: We explore artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s great influence on Finnish society.

Arts & culture Literature

Finnish author writes memories of the future

With elements of sci-fi and mystery, Emmi Itäranta’s book Memory of Water takes place in the future but comments on the present.

Arts & culture

Bringing up new designers

Flow Festival 2015 – Top 9 Finnish acts

Heavy metal pilgrim hits Finnish festival

Now trending globally: Finnish metal music

Exploring the Finnish affinity for coffee

Finnish punk music is alive and kicking

An artist’s mark on the story of Finland

Finnish author writes memories of the future

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