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Finnish summer festivals bring music to your ears
Arts & cultureMusic

Finnish summer festivals bring music to your ears

Five famous Finns reveal their festival faves. During the summer months in Finland, you can visit a different festival almost every day, and the events calendar continues into the autumn and beyond.

Tagged in ArtFinnishnessFunLifestyleMusicThisisFINLAND Magazine
Finnish footprints
Arts & cultureFinnishness

Finnish footprints

You might be surprised how often traces of blue-and-white Finnish influence can be spotted in places near and far.

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Finnish museum brilliantly leverages the art of Donald Duck
Arts & cultureSlideshows

Finnish museum brilliantly leverages the art of Donald Duck

See how Donald Duck became a vehicle for attracting new museum visitors to explore the world of art, beginning with Finnish classics, and find out why he’s so important to the Finns. (Article includes slideshow.)

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Sending Santa letters in Finnish Lapland
Santa Claus and some young elves sitting at a long table reading letters and cards from children.
ChristmasSanta Claus

Sending Santa letters in Finnish Lapland

Ever wonder where letters to Santa Claus wind up? We pay him a visit in Finnish Lapland at Santa’s Main Post Office.

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Finnish teens put art to the test
Arts & cultureEducation

Finnish teens put art to the test

A nationwide programme called Art Testers lets every single eighth-grader in Finland experience art – and express their opinions about it, too.

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Finnish arts education inspires action all over the Arctic
Life & societyEducation

Finnish arts education inspires action all over the Arctic

Inspiring children to be aware of climate change and its perils is a key aim of Green Actions, a Finnish project that involves schools and universities across the countries that make up the Arctic region.

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Design nation Finland also becoming illustration nation
Arts & cultureDesign

Design nation Finland also becoming illustration nation

Helsinki Design Week, September 7–17: Design means more than simply ceramics and other household items. We talk with Kustaa Saksi, one of many gifted Finnish illustrators you should keep your eye on.

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Sebastian Fagerlund – portrait of a composer from Europe in 2017
Arts & cultureWebpick

Sebastian Fagerlund – portrait of a composer from Europe in 2017

Composer Sebastian Fagerlund’s new opera Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata) got its premiere at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet.

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