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Lux Helsinki fends off the winter darkness

Full of illuminated surprises, the annual Lux Helsinki light festival uses coloured beams to transform some of the city’s best loved buildings and streets in early January. You can see them in our photos without braving the cold.

Arts & culture Nature

The media is the mushroom: Finnish artist reveals hidden forest colours

In the forests of Finland, autumn is mushroom-picking season. Artist and photographer Saara Alhopuro is using her harvest to create colour-saturated, transient artworks.

Arts & culture Slideshows

Who’s who in Finland?

Test your knowledge of Finnish characters to see if you’re a true fan of Finland.

Life & society Slideshows

On the streets of Finland

What does easy living mean to you?

Arts & culture Visual arts

Finnish photographer excels at depicting metal music

Perhaps it’s no surprise that Tina Korhonen, a photographer known for her portrayals of metal and rock culture (see slideshow), comes from Finland, a hub for metal music. She was nominated for Best Photographer in the 2018 Heavy Music Awards.

Arts & culture Music

Helsinki rocks both Pride and heavy metal fest on same weekend

Two annual traditions happen at the same time in the Finnish capital at the end of June: Helsinki Pride, with its rainbow-coloured parade, and Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, where the dominant colour is black. See our slideshow.

Life & society Slideshows

Felines flourish at Finnish cat cafés

A cup of coffee and a cuddly cat create a purrfectly fancatstic café catsperience. We visit cat cafés in Tampere and Helsinki and come away with a whole slideshow of cute cat pics.

Arts & culture Slideshows

Finnish museum brilliantly leverages the art of Donald Duck

See how Donald Duck became a vehicle for attracting new museum visitors to explore the world of art, beginning with Finnish classics, and find out why he’s so important to the Finns. (Article includes slideshow.)