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For many in Finland, sustainability is the obvious choice
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Life & societySustainability

For many in Finland, sustainability is the obvious choice

Many Finnish people place great value on sustainability, and it shows in the way they choose to live their lives.

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Rethinking Finnish sauna
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Life & societyFinnishness

Rethinking Finnish sauna

Hidden beyond the building sites of the vast new urban district of Kalasatama lies Helsinki’s best-known secret, Sompasauna.

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Two Finnish musicians describe their country of crazy ideas
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Arts & cultureMusic

Two Finnish musicians describe their country of crazy ideas

Finnish musicians Dalia Stasevska and Lauri Porra are a couple who enjoy breaking musical boundaries.

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Three Finnish companies at the forefront of reducing and reusing waste
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Business & innovationSustainability

Three Finnish companies at the forefront of reducing and reusing waste

In “re” life: See how Finnish innovations and companies are contributing to responsibly recycling, replacing, reducing, repurposing and reusing plastic and other materials.

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Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen is raising awareness
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Life & societyThisisFINLAND Magazine

Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen is raising awareness

Fisherman, businessman, actor: In these three roles Jasper Pääkkönen combines his passions and missions.

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Three Finnish companies with solutions that make a cleaner planet
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Business & innovationSustainability

Three Finnish companies with solutions that make a cleaner planet

How can we turn the tide of plastic waste? New, sustainable materials from Finland are taking over some of the functions plastic used to have.

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Genome research in Finland is cracking the code
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Business & innovationResearch

Genome research in Finland is cracking the code

Genetics researcher Mark Daly wants to stop cancer in its tracks, and says the best place to do it is Helsinki.

Tagged in BiotechBusinessInnovationResearchTechnologyThisisFINLAND Magazine
Thumbs up for startups in Finland
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Business & innovation

Thumbs up for startups in Finland

In Finland, startups are admired and encouraged. If they get off the ground, everybody wins.

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