Arts & culture Archives

Envisioning Helsinki beyond our dreams

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

Minna Hepburn may be the only designer with a war studies degree. Nowadays she creates ecologically sustainable fashion.

Marking her 150th birthday, Finnish museums honour Helene Schjerfbeck, a bold artist who was ahead of her time.

The Helsinki-based creative duo, known as COMPANY, has been successfully designing, exhibiting and touring since 2000.

The Midnight Sun Film Festival, held in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland each June, is an event that all film lovers should experience in their lifetime.

At the very centre of Helsinki, urban gardening sprouts amid disused railway tracks.

Director Aku Louhimies offers a grimy view of Finland, yet says his film Naked Harbour is more about hope than despair.

Exclusive interview: Einojuhani Rautavaara’s first opera, suppressed during the Cold War, now goes to the Grammies.