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Loudspeaker design booms in Finland
Business & innovationMusic

Loudspeaker design booms in Finland

Finnish speaker makers have long been held in high esteem. We visit new Helsinki companies attuned to fresh aesthetics.

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Heavy metal pilgrim hits Finnish festival
Arts & cultureMusic

Heavy metal pilgrim hits Finnish festival

The first time I heard heavy metal music, I knew I had to visit Finland. The dream comes true with a trip to Helsinki’s Tuska Festival, where I connect with Finnish people and culture through a common love of metal music.

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Now trending globally: Finnish metal music
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Arts & cultureMusic

Now trending globally: Finnish metal music

Why are Finnish heavy metal bands so popular around the world? It originates in the music’s complexity and rich emotional content.

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Finnish punk music is alive and kicking
Finnish punk music, hardcore, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Pelle Miljoona, Eppu Normaali, Terveet Kädet, Sepultura, Rattus, Svart Records, Teemu Bergman, Pää Kii, The Splits, Eurovision Song Contest, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät, PKN, Helsinki, Finland
Arts & cultureMusic

Finnish punk music is alive and kicking

We look at the surprisingly colourful, rude story of Finnish punk, from the 1970s to the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest and beyond.

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Finnish band PKN storms punk’s final frontier
Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät, PKN, Finnish punk rock, 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, Vienna, Austria, Aina mun pitää, Kurikka, Sami Helle, Kari Aalto, Toni Välitalo, Helsinki, Finland
Arts & cultureMusic

Finnish band PKN storms punk’s final frontier

We talk with Finnish punk band PKN about how it feels to be an unusual entrant in the kitsch-laden Eurovision Song Contest.

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PKN’s Finnish punk roars into Eurovision
PKN, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät, Helsinki, Finland, Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Vienna, Austria, punk band, music
Arts & cultureMusic

PKN’s Finnish punk roars into Eurovision

This year’s Finnish band in Eurovision is unique in several ways – and is creating a media stir around the globe.

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Sisu, sauna, Sibelius and heavy metal, too
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Arts & cultureMusic

Sisu, sauna, Sibelius and heavy metal, too

Sibelius’s 150th birthday: Find out how the composer’s own piano sounds, and what he and heavy metal have in common.

Tagged in Classical musicFinnishnessHeavy metalMusicSibelius
Toasting Finland’s Jean Sibelius at 150
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Toasting Finland’s Jean Sibelius at 150

The 150th anniversary of composer Jean Sibelius’s birth is celebrated in 2015 with events in Finland and around the world.

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