Arts & culture Archives

Finnish band PKN storms punk’s final frontier

We talk with Finnish punk band PKN about how it feels to be an unusual entrant in the kitsch-laden Eurovision Song Contest.

Director Jalmari Helander’s new film, Big Game, drops a Hollywood superstar into the middle of the Finnish forest.

Sibelius, Gallen-Kallela and Halonen, all born in 1865, helped form the Finnish identity. Now two of them post on Facebook.

This year’s Finnish band in Eurovision is unique in several ways – and is creating a media stir around the globe.

The Finnish national epic Kalevala leans on Christianity – how about another Kalevala based on bear cults and shamanism?

We visit Finnish clothing designer Samu-Jussi Koski, who runs the Samuji label, known for quality and timelessness.

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

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