Arts & culture Archives

Rock in a hard place at Pyhä Unplugged

Absolutely amazing acoustics attract audiences and artists to a gorge in Lapland for the unique Pyhä Unplugged Festival.

Arts & culture Literature

Readers flock to New Finnish Grammar

Imagine our surprise when a novel called New Finnish Grammar appeared at the top of the Guardian bestseller list.

Arts & culture Music

Leaving our comfort zone

Don’t fear what is different – look at what we all have in common, writes singer Emma Salokoski (includes video clip).

Arts & culture Literature

Finnish contemporary literature: A wealth of voices

Finnish literature is going further than ever. Join our tour of prose, poetry and publishing (and Finland-Swedish books).

Arts & culture Art

Begin the year brightly

Light shows shower Helsinki landmarks and parks with colour, texture and contrast as 2011 gets started.

Arts & culture Film

A wildly different Christmas movie

This one is not for kids: Rare Exports turns the concept of the Christmas film – and of Christmas itself – on its head.

Arts & culture Music

Signmark does what he wants

The world’s first deaf rapper, Signmark raps in sign language, taking a stand on issues that matter – in New York’s Washington Square Park, among other places.

Arts & culture Architecture

Steel, glass, wood and Kalevala spirit

New building on Seurasaari in Helsinki: An American-led team uses architecture to explore Finland’s national epic.

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