Magical ice-skating video from northern Finland wows viewers
Photographer Esko Liukas and figure skater Tiina Pakkanen created a video in which she appears to be gliding across the water of a lake in the Finnish far north.
In Finland and abroad, Slush and its startup community bravely adapt to a new world
Young companies and Slush, a Helsinki-based global entrepreneurship organisation and community, continue to find innovative ways to work together during the Covid-19 era.
Fresh air and quiet: App finds best Helsinki routes for bikers and hikers
See how Green Paths, a prototype app from the University of Helsinki’s Digital Geography Lab, helps cyclists and pedestrians in the Finnish capital area choose routes with the cleanest air and the least noise.
Fleeting fame: Finland’s “centre of population” exists in the middle of nowhere
Why are two people putting up a monument in the woods? They’re attempting to pin down Finland’s centre of population as it moves slowly south through the quiet forests outside the city of Hämeenlinna.
Helsinki’s renovated Olympic Stadium launches into a new era
The Olympic Stadium was unveiled four years after extensive renovations began. Its 1930s functionalist architecture and design have been meticulously preserved and enhanced with 21st-century technology and facilities (see photo show).
A next-level Finnish language experience: Discovering dialects
Whether or not you’ve mastered Finnish, dive with us into its different dialects, as deep as you dare. You’ll get a closer look at the essence of the language.
Filming the unusual story of Moomin creator Tove Jansson in Helsinki
We speak to director Zaida Bergroth about a film that shows viewers a new side of Finland’s Tove Jansson, the much-loved writer and artist who created the world-famous Moomin stories.
Three Finnish companies at the forefront of reducing and reusing waste
In “re” life: See how Finnish innovations and companies are contributing to responsibly recycling, replacing, reducing, repurposing and reusing plastic and other materials.
How Finland’s Moomins moved from beloved books to coveted mugs
The first Moomin book, in 1945, introduced a cast of characters that gained international fame. We talk to the designer behind one of the most unusual Moomin success stories: the mugs that you can find in almost every Finnish household. They’re so popular that someone even wrote a master’s thesis about them.
The Finnish summer ice hockey article you didn’t even know you were waiting for
Why talk about ice hockey during the summer? Funny you should ask. The answer has to do with Finland, climate change, a group called Save Pond Hockey, the NHL and more.
New audiences continue to find Finland’s number one painter, Helene Schjerfbeck
Early in 2020, record-breaking attendance at Helsinki’s Ateneum Art Museum and the release of a feature film signalled that artist Helene Schjerfbeck is getting much-deserved attention from audiences of all ages. We talk with actor Laura Birn and curator Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff.
