A cup of coffee and a cuddly cat create a purrfectly fancatstic café catsperience. We visit cat cafés in Tampere and Helsinki and come away with a whole slideshow of cute cat pics.
Finnish museum brilliantly leverages the art of Donald Duck
See how Donald Duck became a vehicle for attracting new museum visitors to explore the world of art, beginning with Finnish classics, and find out why he’s so important to the Finns. (Article includes slideshow.)
Star quality: Finnish surgeon heals world-famous athletes
Finland is famous in the field of sports medicine, and much of that reputation can be traced to one doctor. Elite athletes from all over the world seek treatment from Finnish surgeon Sakari Orava.
Slideshow: As Winter Olympic events opened to female participation in the early and mid-1900s, Finnish women athletes often acted as trailblazers. In Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018, Finnish sportswomen continue to compete for top results, as they always have.
Finland’s basic income may boost motivation to accept work
Finland’s basic-income experiment runs from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2018. A basic income is not a cure-all, but for 30–40-somethings with short-term employment contracts, it seems to be a perfect fit.
With first-round victory, Niinistö remains president of Finland
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö wins a second six-year term with 62.7 percent of the total votes, making a second round unnecessary. The result surprises nobody, but every election plays an important role.
This year Helsinki Design Week is looking for questions and answers, and has named its theme accordingly: Q&A. The annual design festival takes over the Finnish capital from September 7 to 17, 2017.
