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Free-range duck and tangy ice cream
ChristmasCuisine

Free-range duck and tangy ice cream

Restaurant Nokka fuses organic Finnish ingredients into distinctive Christmas gourmet, with chef Marko Palovaara at the helm (includes two recipes).

Tagged in Cuisine
Challenging ham with herring
ChristmasCuisine

Challenging ham with herring

Challenging ham with herring: Antti Ahokas, the chef at Juuri in downtown Helsinki, has his own approach to Christmas cuisine (includes two recipes).

Tagged in Cuisine
Finnish education apps: More than a game
Rovio, Angry Birds, SkillPixels, SmartKid Maths, Math Elements, 10monkeys, mathematics, Finland, Finnish education, PISA, educational apps, Angry Birds Playground, CICERO Learning Network
Business & innovationEducation

Finnish education apps: More than a game

Finnish expertise in tech and gaming unites with the country’s excellence in education to form a winning combination.

Tagged in EducationTechnology
Stuck on the feeling
ChristmasEmojis

Stuck on the feeling

ThisisFINLAND Christmas Calendar 2015

Tagged in Christmas funEmojisFinnishnessModern ChristmasTechnology
Finnish Paralympians aim at golden future
Paralympians Leo-Pekka Tähti, Timo Piispanen, winter and summer Paralympics, London, Sochi, Athens, Finland, wheelchair racing, sprints, disabled sports
Life & societySports

Finnish Paralympians aim at golden future

With major events coming up, Finland’s top Paralympian, Leo-Pekka Tähti, advocates even more support for “disabled sports.”

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Top 10: Your favourite Finnish books
A postage stamp with an illustration of seven shouting boys.
Arts & cultureLiterature

Top 10: Your favourite Finnish books

Finnish literature translated around the world: Here are ten of your favourite Finnish books, as selected by thisisFINLAND readers.

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Finnish families get to grips with trash
A woman dropping a glass jar into a recycling container.
Life & societyEnvironment

Finnish families get to grips with trash

Finland, a leader in bottle and paper recycling, sets bold goals to cut the amount of household waste sent to landfills.

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