Starting over out in the country, Finnish farmer believes cricket cuisine could help heal the climate
Business & innovationCuisine

Starting over out in the country, Finnish farmer believes cricket cuisine could help heal the climate

Roope Päivänen leaped from his home and his job as a film director in Helsinki to a new life as a cricket farmer (yes, that’s a thing) in the Finnish countryside. Visit the farm with our video.

Finnish futurist sees new ways of looking at people’s career paths and skills
Business & innovationLifestyle

Finnish futurist sees new ways of looking at people’s career paths and skills

We meet multitalented futurist, inventor and composer Perttu Pölönen, who helps people navigate the ever-changing labour market. He believes continual technological progress will increase the need for uniquely human skills.

2008

The first time international startup event Slush was held

951 million

euros invested in Finnish startup companies in 2020

Source: Finnish Venture Capital Association

Inventors of next-generation DNA sequencing receive Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki
Business & innovationTechnology

Inventors of next-generation DNA sequencing receive Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki

Technology Academy Finland awards one million euros to two scientists who developed a faster, cheaper way to sequence DNA – a system that led to huge implications for genomics, medicine and biology. They were just looking for “something exciting to explore,” they say.

38%

of the total energy use in Finland is renewable energy

Source: Statistics Finland