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Three Finnish companies with solutions that make a cleaner planet

How can we turn the tide of plastic waste? New, sustainable materials from Finland are taking over some of the functions plastic used to have.

Life & society Lifestyle

Get your season tickets now – from a Finnish library

Finnish libraries are full of surprises: electric drills, snowshoes, a rowboat – and now season tickets for cultural and sporting events. Oh yes, and books.

Life & society Equality

“Only in Finland”: A story of banknotes, post-it notes and social media posts

What happens when a cleaner in a Finnish office building finds five euros on the floor?

Days of midnight sun in northern Lapland

Business & innovation Research

Genome research in Finland is cracking the code

Genetics researcher Mark Daly wants to stop cancer in its tracks, and says the best place to do it is Helsinki.

Arts & culture Music

Coaching conducting: Finland possesses prowess on the orchestral podium

The most prestigious orchestras in the world of classical music recruit young Finnish conductors. How does Finland achieve such success in this field?

Christmas Christmas fun

That time Santa Claus visited Finland’s Twitter chat

Santa Claus himself took part in ThisisFINLAND’s Twitter chat just a short while before Christmas, and you can still read his posts online.

Business & innovation Webpick

Finnish atmospheric scientists investigate complex climate connections of particles in Arctic

Four researchers from the University of Helsinki on board the German research vessel Polarstern are analysing the Arctic atmosphere and the processes that take place there, with the aim of creating increasingly accurate climate change models.

Business & innovation Innovation

Finnish AI for the real world

Artificial intelligence isn’t just science fiction. These Finnish projects are using AI to solve pressing problems right now.

75%

of Finnish land area is forest

Source: Natural Resources Institute Finland

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