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Highly valued Helsinki

It’s official: Helsinki places fifth on Monocle magazine’s Most Liveable Cities Index – for the third year in a row.

The nature of Helsinki

Our photos show that you don’t have to leave the Finnish capital to find greenery and peaceful scenery.

Inspiring children to play music

Violinists and fiddlers: Mauno Järvelä’s students bring a special energy to the stage every summer at the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival.

Business & innovation Entrepreneurs

Helsinki in an ice cream cone

The freshness, pure flavours and pastel colours of one ice cream company make it a mainstay in the capital, but that doesn’t mean life is easy.

Life & society Travel

Wilderness on the water

The future looks bright for wildlife and ecotourism in southwestern Finland’s Archipelago National Park after certification by PAN Parks.

Life & society Environment

Three environmental portraits

This selection of minisites zooms in on the Northern Lights, the seemingly endless Saimaa lake system and the underwater world surrounding Finland’s archipelago.

Life & society Travel

Night hiking in the Finnish Land of the Midnight Sun

A late-night climb to the scenic summit of Luosto Fell, 100 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, is a great way to experience the phenomenon of the midnight sun.

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