Helsinki’s streetheart: Minna Parikka Arts & cultureDesign Helsinki’s streetheart: Minna Parikka Ask Finnish shoe designer Minna Parikka what a typical day in her life looks like, and you won’t get a straight answer.
Scenic Finnish retreat inspires artists Arts & cultureVisual arts Scenic Finnish retreat inspires artists What is life like for international artists in the picture-perfect Finnish landscape at the Arteles Creative Centre?
Aalto’s Stool 60 has legs Arts & cultureDesign Aalto’s Stool 60 has legs While the name Alvar Aalto is synonymous worldwide with innovative architecture, it is also closely associated with exceptional furniture design. Chief among these is the quintessential functionalism of his Stool 60.
Photographer speaks fluent Finglish Arts & cultureVisual arts Photographer speaks fluent Finglish Dreams, utopias, homesickness: Photographer Vesa Oja’s Finglish reveals modern Finnish North America (slideshow, video).
Finland’s superwoman of glass art Arts & cultureDesign Finland’s superwoman of glass art Anu Penttinen likes cityscapes, loud colours and expressive forms. Finland’s new generation of glass artists is here.
American Finns stretch music traditions Arts & cultureMusic American Finns stretch music traditions Music duo Kaivama gains fans with a new spin on traditional tunes while building US-Finnish connections (watch video).
In Finland, metal music rocks churches Arts & cultureMusic In Finland, metal music rocks churches Lutheran pastor Haka Kekäläinen holds metal mass – mass for heavy metal music fans – in churches around Finland.
Finland launched my music career Arts & cultureMusic Finland launched my music career French American Kevin Kleinmann came to Finland for a Helsinki Festival summer job and ended up founding a record label.
