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A Finnish dose of good health via apps
Tiina Zilliacus, Gajatri Studios, Yoga Retreat, Nelli Lähteenmäki, Health Puzzle, YOU app, wellbeing games, Helsinki, Finland
Business & innovationWellbeing

A Finnish dose of good health via apps

We meet two Finnish women who are creating health apps and wellbeing games that pave the way for an active lifestyle.

Tagged in TechnologyWellbeing
Taste the summer in Finland
Finnish summer cuisine recipes, vegetable soup, kesäkeitto, midsummer pancakes, muurinpohjalettu, new potatoes, pikeperch, smoked fish, herring, nettles, sausages, summer cottage, Finland
Life & societyCuisine

Taste the summer in Finland

The Finnish summer means long days outside, summer cottages and fresh, seasonal cuisine (article includes recipes).

Tagged in Cuisine
Helsinki hip: Harbours become houses
Helsinki neighbourhoods, future, futuristic, development, housing, Arabianranta, Jätkäsaari, Kalasatama, construction, innovation, Loppukiri, Kallio, Sörnäinen, Finland
Life & societySociety

Helsinki hip: Harbours become houses

Three new neighbourhoods show how the Finnish capital is innovating to meet the needs of a growing urban population.

Tagged in DesignSociety
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
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.

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