Life & society Archives

Illustrating a multitextured Helsinki

See how Yellow City, a book project in Helsinki’s year as 2012 World Design Capital, portrays urbanity (slideshow).

Peace education and conflict prevention are cooler than you think! Finland and its schools are focusing on them for Ahtisaari Day.

We relish the crisp fall air, bringing you eye-catching photos of a city where green leaves are turning red, orange and yellow.

New businesses appear as Finland’s autonomous Åland Islands revisit local culinary heritage (includes pancake recipe).

Finland leads a major international exercise testing readiness to clean up oil spills in the Baltic Sea.

See summer life in Helsinki with a local guide on our whirlwind video tour. (Photo: Niklas Sjöblom/Taivasalla)

Our videographer discovers how much the Finns love the samba, at a colourful and rhythmic annual parade in Helsinki.

Video coverage: The Helsinki Cup, first held in 1976, forms one of the largest junior football tournaments in the world.