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The Hot Event in the Cold North

Business & innovationTechnology

The Hot Event in the Cold North

Slush 2015: Slush is the focal point for startups and tech talent to meet with top-tier international investors, executives and media.

Pop the scientists’ bubbles!

Business & innovationUniversities

Pop the scientists’ bubbles!

Helsinki University is using a competition, the Helsinki Challenge, to develop and fund scientific research. The winners will receive €375,000.

The headbanger throws his phone away and goes to sauna

Life & societyFinnishness

The headbanger throws his phone away and goes to sauna

This year our Christmas calendar is full of Finnish emotions (is there such a thing?). The first three emojis of the Finland sticker set are here!

Tom of Finland: From the fringe to the mainstream

Arts & cultureVisual arts

Tom of Finland: From the fringe to the mainstream

After decades in the shadows, the world is finally ready for Finland’s icon of erotic art, Tom of Finland.

Shine with facts about Finland

Facts, stats and infoFacts

Shine with facts about Finland

Your friends cannot fail to be impressed with all the facts you’ll know about Finnish geography, history, people and economy.

The common language of football

Life & societyFinland

The common language of football

Finns have started to independently help asylum seekers integrate on the football field. Sports unite people: everyone wants to play towards the same goal.

Brewed in Helsinki

Life & societySlideshows

Brewed in Helsinki

Looking for a nice café in Helsinki? Check out the suggestions we filtered for you!

When the sun doesn’t rise in northern Finland

Life & societyWebpick

When the sun doesn’t rise in northern Finland

The Polar Night Counter shows how long kaamos, the season with no sunrise, lasts in northern Finland. It also shows how long is left before the winter solstice.