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New York sings a Finnish Christmas tune

Each year, traditional Christmas songs bring together New York’s dispersed Finnish community (includes Top 5 playlist).

What Westerners weren’t supposed to see

Finnish Estonian author Sofi Oksanen causes a stir with the subject matter and success of her novel “Purge,” which has won just about every prize it possibly can.

Christmas Christmas fun

Finnish Christmas: Good, bad and ugly

Like many good things, Christmas in Finland is not without its foibles and nuisances. Here’s a light-hearted list.

Business & innovation Environment

Forests form the trunk of Finnish trade

Would there be wealth in Finland without forests? Check out where the industry came from and where it’s heading.

Life & society Society

How to survive winter in Finland and enjoy it

Life is about enjoying yourself, not just surviving, and this goes for Finland in winter as well. Coffee, clothing and snow play key roles.

Life & society Design

Illustrating a multitextured Helsinki

See how Yellow City, a book project in Helsinki’s year as 2012 World Design Capital, portrays urbanity (slideshow).

Arts & culture Music

Finnish vocal miracle still strong at 80

Legendary soprano Ritva Auvinen, 80, continues to delight opera-goers. What’s the key to the Auvinen vocal miracle?

Life & society Education

Peace grows from mutual respect

Peace education and conflict prevention are cooler than you think! Finland and its schools are focusing on them for Ahtisaari Day.

Arts & culture Music

Finnish band hammers out visual music

With fans worldwide and its sixth album just out, Alamaailman Vasarat plays “fictional world music” at summer festivals.

Arts & culture Music

Finnish soul-jazz supergroup rules

Who are the Northern Governors? How’s their debut album? And what does a Finnish band have to do with Nigeria?

Life & society Slideshows

Helsinki’s autumn colours come alive

We relish the crisp fall air, bringing you eye-catching photos of a city where green leaves are turning red, orange and yellow.

Arts & culture Performing arts

Tero Saarinen takes the right steps

Tero Saarinen Company’s unique choreography is transporting audiences with performances in Europe, Asia and North America (article includes video clip).