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Trams roll into Tampere, Finland in time for the city’s carbon neutrality goals

Tampere’s long-anticipated Ratikka tramline brings a new element to the cityscape while helping cut carbon emissions and contributing to the local economy.

Arts & culture Environment

Finnish film industry features carbon-neutral production

Reduction of carbon emissions is trending in the film industry. We visit an island off the coast of Finland to see what it takes to make a carbon-neutral movie.

Business & innovation Arctic

Climate change doesn’t erase the need for Finnish icebreaker innovations

While climate change is increasingly visible in the decreasing extent of sea ice in the Arctic and the Baltic, conditions are still harsh, and icebreaking ships remain as relevant as ever. We check in with Finland’s Aker Arctic, a major name in the world of icebreakers, to see what it really means to break the ice.

in the EU in quality of export products

Source: European Commission

Business & innovation Technology

Search engine giants find innovative energy for data centres in Finland

Finland’s stable society, high-tech fluency and Nordic weather attracted Google and Yandex to set up data centres with inventive energy solutions. We visit them about half a decade after Yandex arrived and almost a decade after Google moved in.

Business & innovation Startups

In Finland and abroad, Slush and its startup community bravely adapt to a new world

Young companies and Slush, a Helsinki-based global entrepreneurship organisation and community, continue to find innovative ways to work together during the Covid-19 era.

42,936

Finland's GDP per capita, euros

Source: Statistics Finland

Life & society Sustainability

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?