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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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We’re all members of the same tribe
Life & societyWebpick

We’re all members of the same tribe

“Finland to me is, above all, the Finnish language; one of the world’s richest and most expressive languages – my brush, my instrument and my toolbox”, writes Finnish rapper Karri ‘Paleface’ Miettinen.

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