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Finland: We’re number 3, we’re number 3!

Publishing its recommendations for 2017, premium travel and guidebook brand Lonely Planet ranks Finland third on its Best in Travel 2017 list of countries. Finland is the only European nation to make it into the top ten.

Business & innovation Entrepreneurs

Northern Finnish microbrewers build on tradition

Newcomers continue to expand the ongoing trend of artisanal beers and spirits in exciting directions in the northern Finnish cities of Oulu and Tornio and beyond.

Arts & culture Film

A unique filming location

From the Arctic beauty of Lapland to Helsinki’s diverse backdrops, international filmmakers have been using Finland as a movie location for decades.

187

Number of reindeer currently kept as pets

Source: Statistics Finland

Arts & culture Webpick

A-Pop Castle 2016 was a success

Music Finland’s songwriting workshop focuses on Asian markets.

Arts & culture Film

Finnish film director enters the big time

Director Jalmari Helander’s new film, Big Game, drops a Hollywood superstar into the middle of the Finnish forest.

-51.5 °C (-60.7 °F)

Record low temperature, measured in Kittilä, January 1999

Source: Finnish Meteorological Institute

700,000

Amount of trips Finns make to Lapland each year

Source: Statistics Finland