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In Oulu, northern Finland, cultural events you don’t want to miss
Many people eat at a long table outdoors. The table is filled with plates, food and flowers.
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In Oulu, northern Finland, cultural events you don’t want to miss

From street festivals to riverside saunas to symphony orchestras, Oulu is making the most out of its year as European Capital of Culture.

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Northern Finnish city of Oulu offers magical mix of tech and culture
A person in black pants and purple jacket faces a large sheet of plastic in a metal framework with lights shining upon it.
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Northern Finnish city of Oulu offers magical mix of tech and culture

As Oulu steps into the spotlight as the European Capital of Culture, the city is blending cutting-edge technology with its famously offbeat cultural spirit.

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Finnish artist creates world’s largest light installation in Australia
Colourful lights illuminate a mountainside and reflect on calm water during Finnish artist Kari Kola’s large-scale installation Savage Beauty in Connemara, Ireland.
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Finnish artist creates world’s largest light installation in Australia

World-renowned light artist Kari Kola sets up the world’s largest light installation in southwestern Australia, together with photonics experts from his eastern Finnish hometown, Joensuu.

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These self-portraits from Finland are everything that selfies are not
A drawing shows a woman's face, framed by a pink hood and blue scarf, in front of a tree branch. A hand holds up an unlit match in front of the face.
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These self-portraits from Finland are everything that selfies are not

Throughout history artists have expressed themselves through self-portraits. These Finnish and Finland-based artists have made an international splash with theirs.

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Momentous Sámi exhibition arrives at Helsinki’s Kiasma Museum
A painting by Siri Baggerman shows a person dressed partly in Sámi traditional clothes sitting on a lawn chair in a snowy landscape with reindeer in the background; the person is using hand controls and goggles to fly a drone overhead.
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Momentous Sámi exhibition arrives at Helsinki’s Kiasma Museum

We Who Remain is the first comprehensive exhibition of Sámi art ever shown at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki. The Sámi are the only recognised Indigenous People in the EU area.

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Sámi artist Lada Suomenrinne reclaims the remote in the far north of Finland
A photographic artwork by Lada Suomenrinne hangs on the dark wooden wall of a coastal building, with snowy hills and grey sea stretching into the distance.
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Sámi artist Lada Suomenrinne reclaims the remote in the far north of Finland

Lada Suomenrinne creates photography on Sámi land, drawing on experience that spans the Arctic and beyond. An interview with the artist accompanies a recent outdoor exhibition.

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The northern Finnish city of Oulu puts big ideas into action
A lone figure wearing a headlamp stands beside a lighthouse as aurora lights ripple through the dark sky.
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The northern Finnish city of Oulu puts big ideas into action

This year’s must-visit destination? Look north to Oulu, the Finnish city that is European Capital of Culture in 2026.

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New York’s Met Museum showcases beloved Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck
A painting shows a child with ruffled hair sitting in a wicker chair and holding a twig that is sprouting leaves.
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New York’s Met Museum showcases beloved Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck

Renowned Finnish artist Helene Schjerfbeck is the first Nordic woman painter to be presented in a solo exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The show “will be a revelation to Met audiences,” says curator Dita Amory.

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