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Finnish volunteers make a dent in Baltic Sea plastic pollution

Beach cleaners in the town of Hanko are helping to raise awareness about the perils of plastic and other waste in and around the Baltic.

Business & innovation Arctic

Finland’s icebreakers plough through Baltic ice

Although climate change, as noted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, is evident in Finnish winter temperatures, ice in the Baltic Sea remains an annual obstacle for sea traffic. A fleet of icebreakers clears the shipping lanes (slideshow).

Life & society Cuisine

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.

179,584

Number of islands in Finland

Source: Eupedia

Business & innovation Arctic

Finnish icebreakers clear a polar path

As international interest in the Arctic increases, demand for Finnish icebreakers and ice-strengthened cargo ships rises.

Life & society Environment

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).

Life & society Environment

Finland tests Baltic oil-spill readiness

Finland leads a major international exercise testing readiness to clean up oil spills in the Baltic Sea.

Life & society Video

Part 4: The boating life in the Finnish capital

Explore summer in Helsinki. Our summer video series: a look at life in the capital during the brightest time of the year.