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A next-level Finnish language experience: Discovering dialects
A person in a kayak paddles on a lake with a rocky cliff on one side.
Life & societyLanguage

A next-level Finnish language experience: Discovering dialects

Whether or not you’ve mastered Finnish, dive with us into its different dialects, as deep as you dare. You’ll get a closer look at the essence of the language.

Tagged in FinlandFinnishnessHistoryLanguageSociety
Finding the fruits of the Finnish forest
A woman and a girl look for berries and mushrooms in the forest.
Life & societyNature

Finding the fruits of the Finnish forest

Going out to the woods to collect mushrooms and berries is a natural pastime in Finland – some might even call it a sport.

Tagged in EnvironmentFinlandFinnishnessLifestyleNature
Up close and online: View the Finnish wilderness with webcams
A Saimaa ringed seal resting on a large rock by a lake.
Life & societyEnvironment

Up close and online: View the Finnish wilderness with webcams

Many people have had to spend long periods of time indoors, not to mention curtail travel plans, because of Covid-19 social distancing measures. With live webcams showing Finland’s wildlife and wilderness, you can pass the time and get a travel fix.

Tagged in AnimalsEnvironmentFinlandNatureVideoWebcam
Finnish advice: Keep calm and Vappu on, safely
Helsinki’s Lutheran Cathedral is in the background overlooking an empty Senate Square in the spring of 2020.
Life & societyFestivals

Finnish advice: Keep calm and Vappu on, safely

In the extraordinary circumstances of 2020, Finland’s wild, carnival-calibre celebration Vappu (known as May Day, Labour Day or Walpurgis in English) calls for unusual amounts of creativity so that people can get together while still staying apart. Vappu – this time it’s virtual.

Tagged in FestivalsFinlandFinnishnessHealthSociety
Kids ask the Finnish government questions in corona info session
A girl watches government ministers talk about the coronavirus situation, on a laptop computer.
Life & societyHealth

Kids ask the Finnish government questions in corona info session

For the first time ever, a Finnish prime minister held a press conference in which the journalists asking the questions were schoolchildren. Sanna Marin and her colleagues addressed the nation’s kids directly.

Tagged in ChildrenEducationFinlandHealthPolitics
Bridging the social distance, Finnish musicians realign online
Accordionist Teija Niku plays her accordion in an empty room.
Arts & cultureMusic

Bridging the social distance, Finnish musicians realign online

As tons of gigs get cancelled or postponed, relegated to an indefinite future because of Covid-19, many musicians and other performing artists in Finland are reaching their fans online, either on designated concert sites or by posting video material.

Tagged in BalletFinlandMusicPerforming arts
As Finnish teachers move classes online, family routines change
A young girl studies at a laptop at her desk, a pile of schoolbooks next to her.
Life & societyEducation

As Finnish teachers move classes online, family routines change

Families in Finland and all over the world are facing new challenges. Many parents now have more experience of working from home, and many children and educators are now well acquainted with distance learning. They are wondering if they will need to use those new routines in the future.

Tagged in EducationFinlandHealthTeachingTechnology
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin grants rare interview to Vogue
A portrait of Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, pictured outside.
Life & societyWebpick

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin grants rare interview to Vogue

The May 2020 issue of the British edition of Vogue contains an interview with Sanna Marin, Finland’s prime minister. The magazine met her in Helsinki before the coronavirus landed in the Nordic countries. Its US edition also carries an article featuring a conversation with Marin.

Tagged in EqualityFinlandGenderPoliticsWebpick

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