Sustainable sustenance: As Helsinki’s Flow Fest returns, food venders feature menus without meat
Arts & cultureFestivals

Sustainable sustenance: As Helsinki’s Flow Fest returns, food venders feature menus without meat

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, Flow came back in August 2022 with two things its many fans have come to expect: an outstanding lineup of major artists and an emphasis on sustainability that extends all the way to the food venders.

2005

The year Helsinki Design Week, Scandinavia's biggest design fest, was founded

1970

The year Ruisrock, Finland's oldest (and Europe's second-oldest) rock fest, was founded

Finland’s Moomin stories pop up at multilingual Read Hour event in Reykjavík, Iceland
Arts & cultureLiterature

Finland’s Moomin stories pop up at multilingual Read Hour event in Reykjavík, Iceland

The Finnish initiative Read Hour takes place on UN International Literacy Day. We visit a Read Hour event in Reykjavík, Iceland, where Sophia Jansson, niece of Moomin creator Tove Jansson, talks about the famous characters and reads aloud from one of the stories.