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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
New national park to celebrate Finland’s 100 years of independence
Life & societyWebpick

New national park to celebrate Finland’s 100 years of independence

The Hossa area had an important role in the process of Finland gaining independence and in preserving it.

Tagged in Finland 100National parkNatureWebpick
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