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How a Finnish fish market stays afloat when Russian customers must stay home
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Life & societyBusiness

How a Finnish fish market stays afloat when Russian customers must stay home

Some eastern Finnish merchants normally get most of their income from Russian cross-border shoppers. To see how businesses are coping with the coronavirus situation, we visit a fish market where the parking lot is empty but the boss is already focusing on the future.

Tagged in BusinessTravelWork
In Finland’s far north and far south, life revolves around nature
Several wooden houses sit among the hills of an island, with the ocean and the sky visible in the background.
Life & societyNature

In Finland’s far north and far south, life revolves around nature

Life in Finland’s northernmost and southernmost villages offers natural beauty, but it also requires a certain kind of attitude. And you can’t be in a hurry.

Tagged in EnvironmentFinnishnessLifestyleNatureTravel
Info and resources for international visitors currently in Finland
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Facts, stats and infoHealth

Info and resources for international visitors currently in Finland

Covid-19 guidance for foreigners travelling in Finland

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Taking to the streets for a spirited Helsinki ghost walk
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Life & societyHelsinki

Taking to the streets for a spirited Helsinki ghost walk

Halloween (October 31) is a traditional season for ghostly activity, but Helsinki’s phantom tales are spooky at any time of the year. The city’s ghost walks perpetuate eerie legends.

Tagged in FunHelsinkiHistorySocietyTheaterTravel
Music brings together people from all over, at Finland’s Flow Fest
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Arts & cultureMusic

Music brings together people from all over, at Finland’s Flow Fest

We talk to some of the numerous visitors from abroad at Helsinki’s Flow Festival. What brought them to Flow, and what are their impressions? Also, see our slideshow for a glimpse of festival ambiance.

Tagged in ArtFestivalsFinnishnessLifestyleMusicSummerTravel
Historic eastern Finnish monastery still offers solitude and creative energy
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Life & societySociety

Historic eastern Finnish monastery still offers solitude and creative energy

Travellers and believers seek out Valamo Monastery in eastern Finland for prayer, solitude and creative inspiration. More than 110,000 people visit each year.

Tagged in HistoryNatureSightsSocietyTravel
6 + 3 New Year’s resolutions from ThisisFINLAND
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Life & societyFun

6 + 3 New Year’s resolutions from ThisisFINLAND

Bored with the same old New Year’s resolutions? We’ve compiled a list of new and manageable resolutions for next year!

Tagged in FinnishnessFunHobbyhorseLanguageLiteratureSaunaSportsTraditionsTravelWinter
Into the Finnish wild
Life & societyNature

Into the Finnish wild

To many, the freedom to roam the countryside is a luxury. In Finland, it is everyone’s right.

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