Arts & culture

All-time top 12 Finnish design products

On our Top 12 list of Finnish design that contributes to wellbeing: sauna, Moomins, Marimekko and a few surprises.

What Westerners weren’t supposed to see

Finnish Estonian author Sofi Oksanen causes a stir with the subject matter and success of her novel “Purge,” which has won just about every prize it possibly can.

Arts & culture Music

Finnish vocal miracle still strong at 80

Legendary soprano Ritva Auvinen, 80, continues to delight opera-goers. What’s the key to the Auvinen vocal miracle?

Arts & culture Music

Finnish band hammers out visual music

With fans worldwide and its sixth album just out, Alamaailman Vasarat plays “fictional world music” at summer festivals.

Arts & culture Music

Finnish soul-jazz supergroup rules

Who are the Northern Governors? How’s their debut album? And what does a Finnish band have to do with Nigeria?

Arts & culture Performing arts

Tero Saarinen takes the right steps

Tero Saarinen Company’s unique choreography is transporting audiences with performances in Europe, Asia and North America (article includes video clip).

Arts & culture Architecture

Urban treasure hunting with an Aalto app

We try out a fun, new smartphone app for rediscovering landmark buildings by Alvar Aalto in the Finnish capital area.

Arts & culture Design

Envisioning Helsinki beyond our dreams

Hella Hernberg’s Urban Dream Management is into grassroots projects in underused settings. See what she’s talking about.

All-time top 12 Finnish design products

What Westerners weren’t supposed to see

Finnish vocal miracle still strong at 80

Finnish band hammers out visual music

Finnish soul-jazz supergroup rules

Tero Saarinen takes the right steps

Urban treasure hunting with an Aalto app

Envisioning Helsinki beyond our dreams

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