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American Finns stretch music traditions
Ricky-Tick Big Band, Mopo, Dalindèo, Valtteri Pöyhönen, Paleface, Tommy Lindgren, Redrama, Linda Fredriksson, Kallio, summer festivals, jazz, rock, rap, Helsinki, Finland
Arts & cultureMusic

American Finns stretch music traditions

Music duo Kaivama gains fans with a new spin on traditional tunes while building US-Finnish connections (watch video).

Tagged in Music
Finnish National Theatre transcends the language barrier
Finnish National Theatre, surtitles, Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl, Orpheus, Sofi Oksanen, Tero Saarinen, WHS circus, Helsinki, Finland
Life & societyPerforming arts

Finnish National Theatre transcends the language barrier

Words from above: Surtitles open the National Theatre’s performances to non-Finnish speakers.

Tagged in ArtLanguagePerforming arts
Diving for Baltic Sea secrets in Finland
Finnish Inventory Programme for the Underwater Marine Environment, VELMU, Baltic Sea Action Group, Gulf of Finland, Archipelago Sea, Bothnian Bay, Helsinki, St Petersburg
Life & societyEnvironment

Diving for Baltic Sea secrets in Finland

Finnish divers and marine biologists make exciting discoveries in a new underwater survey of the Baltic Sea (slideshow).

Tagged in Baltic SeaEnvironment
In Finland, metal music rocks churches
metal mass, Haka Kekäläinen, Finnish heavy metal music, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Helsinki, Turku, Finland
Arts & cultureMusic

In Finland, metal music rocks churches

Lutheran pastor Haka Kekäläinen holds metal mass – mass for heavy metal music fans – in churches around Finland.

Tagged in Heavy metalMusic
Meals get real at Helsinki preschools
organic food, City of Helsinki, local food, daycare, preschool, farming, Finland
Life & societySociety

Meals get real at Helsinki preschools

If the City of Helsinki has its way, then 50 percent of the food in its preschools and daycares will be organic by 2015.

Tagged in FoodSociety
Spanish nurses bridge the gap in Finland
employment, Spanish nurses in Finland, Pori, Honkajoki
Life & societySociety

Spanish nurses bridge the gap in Finland

We check in with some Spanish nurses working in Finland as they settle in and hurdle over the language barrier.

Tagged in SocietyWork
Forests support innovative bioeconomy
Finnish forest industry, wood-based bioenergy, biofuel, biogas, biodiesel, bio-oil, wood construction, Onbone casts, composites, nanocellulose, UPM, Stora Enso, Metsä Group, microfibril, Green Fuel Nordic, Fortum
Business & innovationBioenergy

Forests support innovative bioeconomy

The Finnish forest industry is focusing on sustainability with biofuels and new, amazing, wood-based materials.

Tagged in BioenergyForestry
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