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Circular fashion finds a good fit in Finland

From hip flea-market boutiques to luxury recommerce, Finland’s second-hand clothing scene signifies a shift toward a circular fashion economy.

Life & society Business

How a Finnish fish market stays afloat when Russian customers must stay home

Some eastern Finnish merchants normally get most of their income from Russian cross-border shoppers. To see how businesses are coping with the coronavirus situation, we visit a fish market where the parking lot is empty but the boss is already focusing on the future.

Business & innovation Webpick

Finnish innovation fund Sitra lists the most important trends of the 2020s

What will the 2020s look like? What trends will have the biggest impact on our future? What tensions exist between the various megatrends of our time?

1987

The year Design Forum Finland started promoting Finnish design

Life & society Equality

“Only in Finland”: A story of banknotes, post-it notes and social media posts

What happens when a cleaner in a Finnish office building finds five euros on the floor?

Business & innovation Research

Genome research in Finland is cracking the code

Genetics researcher Mark Daly wants to stop cancer in its tracks, and says the best place to do it is Helsinki.

2008

The first time international startup event Slush was held

Business & innovation Innovations

Finnish AI for the real world

Artificial intelligence isn’t just science fiction. These Finnish projects are using AI to solve pressing problems right now.

Business & innovation Startups

Dogs, bedbugs, games: Helsinki’s Maria 01 houses more than 100 startups

Maria 01, a former hospital recently repurposed as a startup hub, is still growing. We meet three companies: one designs online games specifically for women, another makes an app that trains puppies, and a third is putting bedbugs out of business.

Business & innovation Startups

Near Helsinki, Aalto University “A Grid” nourishes startups

“A Grid” is the Finnish home for 140 startups and a thriving entrepreneurship community.

466 million

euros invested in Finnish startup companies in 2014

Source: Finnish Venture Capital Association