Arts & culture Archives

Sounding exactly as Sibelius intended

Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä, who helped the Minnesota Orchestra win a Grammy, talks about his high standards.

Finnish design is for everyone. A family in Finland shows how world-famous design items form part of daily life.

Craftsmanship, organic forms and incomparable wow factor are helping Finnish jewellery make waves all over the world.

Finnish literature translated around the world: Here are ten of your favourite Finnish books, as selected by thisisFINLAND readers.

New lifestyle choices: A Finnish family builds a home where several generations can live comfortably under the same roof.

Pioneering projects in Finnish architecture are earning global attention and setting new trends.

In Finland, kids’ music is fun, educational, exportable – and reptilian. Hevisaurus gets heavy metal to the under-ten crowd.

Finnish comics are gaining recognition abroad and the respect for Finnish education know-how extends to the field of comics as well.