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Startups show Finnish innovation in Oulu
Netsono, Juha Torvinen, Breaking Ice Cube, KeepLoop mobile microscope, Midnight Pitch Fest
Business & innovationEconomy

Startups show Finnish innovation in Oulu

Each year at Midnight Pitch Fest in Oulu, innovative startups seek fame and fortune. We talk to some of the best.

Tagged in EconomyInnovation
Go local in Finnish market halls
Finnish market halls, Helsinki, Old Market Hall, Hakaniemi, Vaasa, Kuopio, Tampere, Turku, Finland, local goods, food, produce, vegetables
Life & societySlideshows

Go local in Finnish market halls

Photo show: Finland’s market halls form temples for local food and products. We capture their colour across the country.

Tagged in FoodSlideshows
Finnish industry: constantly adapting to a changing world
Blurred people riding up and down crisscrossing escalators.
Business & innovationEconomy

Finnish industry: constantly adapting to a changing world

Finland has gone from forestry-based to technology-based economy, and is now undergoing a further transition to service-dominated society.

Tagged in DesignEconomyTechnology
Think tanks see an even better Finland
Finnish think tanks, Demos Helsinki, Magma, sustainability, sustainable future, minorities, immigrants, Finland
Business & innovationMulticulturalism

Think tanks see an even better Finland

We ask two of Finland’s leading independent think tanks about the country’s future. And what do think tanks actually do?

Tagged in MulticulturalismResearch
Waiter, 200-year-old champagne, please
Life & societyCuisine

Waiter, 200-year-old champagne, please

On Finland’s autonomous Åland Islands, we taste champagne that spent nearly 200 years in a shipwreck on the floor of the Baltic Sea.

Tagged in Baltic SeaCuisine
Nordic Food Glossary: On-screen cuisine
Life & societyLanguage

Nordic Food Glossary: On-screen cuisine

On iPhone or internet, Nordic Food Glossary brings you all things edible in an array of Nordic languages.

Tagged in CuisineLanguage
Finnish women progress in games industry
Finnish female technology entrepreneurs, women in tech, games, gaming industry, Riitta Annala, Hawina Productions, Niina Tuikkala, Hertan maailma, Alpakka Media, Maija Itkonen, PowerKiss, Powermat, Tina Aspiala, eat.fi, Helsinki, Finland
Business & innovationTechnology

Finnish women progress in games industry

Several female tech entrepreneurs are household names in Finland, and more are on the way up. We meet two of them.

Tagged in Technology
Treasure trove: Finnish Unesco sites
Unesco World Heritage cultural and natural sites, Finland, Finnish, Kvarken Archipelago, Struve Geodetic Arc, Suomenlinna, Old Church of Petäjävesi, Sammallahdenmäki Bronze Age burial site, Rauma Old Town, Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
Life & societyHistory

Treasure trove: Finnish Unesco sites

We check out the unique Finnish cultural sites and natural features included on the famous Unesco World Heritage list.

Tagged in ArchitectureHistory
For goodness’ sake, Finland is number two!
World Cup 2014, Brazil, Finland, Euro 2016, Eagle Owls, Helsinki, football, soccer, Miiko Albornoz, Chile
Life & societySociety

For goodness’ sake, Finland is number two!

See why Finland places second on the global Good Country Index. It’s about the greater good of humanity and the planet.

Tagged in FinlandSociety
One of Helsinki’s newest and oldest islands
Lonna Island, Suomenlinna, Fregatti, mines, gunpowder, military, Second World War, restaurant, café, birds, Helsinki South Harbour, Finland
Life & societySlideshows

One of Helsinki’s newest and oldest islands

Slideshow: We take a look around Lonna, a small, inviting island near the famous sea fortress of Suomenlinna.

Tagged in Slideshows
Gulf of Finland Year brings new progress
Life & societyEnvironment

Gulf of Finland Year brings new progress

Gulf of Finland Year: See how Finland, Russia and Estonia are intensifying efforts to monitor and clean the Gulf of Finland.

Tagged in Environment
Celebrating the Finnish name of the day
Caterpillar-shaped bookmarks with different names written on them.
Life & societySociety

Celebrating the Finnish name of the day

People in Finland celebrate name days as well as birthdays. We look at a tradition that stretches back to medieval times.

Tagged in Society
Enjoying Midsummer the Finnish way
A bouquet of colorful wildflowers.
Life & societySociety

Enjoying Midsummer the Finnish way

An American recounts his many colourful memories of Midsummer in Finland, from heavy metal bands to seaside bonfires, and from barbecues to mosquito bites.

Tagged in FinnishnessFunSociety
Specialising in fierce Finnish liquorice
salmiakki, Salmiakkikioski, kiosk, salt liquorice, candy, sweets, lippakioski, Runeberginkatu, Helsinki, Finland
Life & societyCuisine

Specialising in fierce Finnish liquorice

A Helsinki kiosk with 91 kinds of salmiakki candy draws customers who just want to try it or who can’t get enough of it.

Tagged in CuisineFinland
Seven plus one: Finnish apps for summer
Finnish summer apps, Moomin, Tove Jansson, Spinfy, Sporat, trams, Beddit, sleep, Repix, photo enhancement, Skilltize, language learning, Omegawave, fitness, training, Yoga Retreat, Kiosked, online shopping, Finland
Business & innovationTechnology

Seven plus one: Finnish apps for summer

Summer means you get to catch up on reading, exercise, sleep and languages. Here are seven Finnish apps to help you along.

Tagged in Technology
Helsinki as you’ve never seen it before
Life & societyVideo

Helsinki as you’ve never seen it before

Watch it here: We talk to the creator of an amazing video and social-media hit that flies you over Helsinki with a quadcopter.

Tagged in ArchitectureVideo
Finland’s fine dining under the stars
Michelin stars, Helsinki restaurants, Ask, Demo, Luomo, Olo, Postres, Chef & Sommelier, Chez Dominique, Filip Langhoff, Linda Stenman-Langhoff, Jouni Toivanen
Life & societyCuisine

Finland’s fine dining under the stars

Helsinki now offers more Michelin-starred restaurants than ever, with chefs creating exhilarating, locally sourced flavours.

Tagged in Cuisine
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