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It’s about talent and taxes: Finland’s great for foreign companies
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It’s about talent and taxes: Finland’s great for foreign companies

If you’re looking for a business location in the EU, consider the most competitive country in Europe: Setting up a business in Finland is quick and easy.

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Virtual reality brings Finnish forests into view
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Virtual reality brings Finnish forests into view

In the future, forest owners will be able to stroll around their forests from the comfort of their own living rooms, using virtual reality goggles.

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Finland unveils uniquely ecofriendly icebreaker
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Finland unveils uniquely ecofriendly icebreaker

Polaris is the most environmentally friendly diesel-electric icebreaker in the world, a masterpiece of Finnish shipbuilding expertise.

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Kemi’s Snow Hotel is a world-famous luxury destination
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Kemi’s Snow Hotel is a world-famous luxury destination

The Snow Hotel in the northern Finnish city of Kemi is made entirely of snow and ice.

Tagged in LaplandTravelWebpickWinter
Finland: We’re number 3, we’re number 3!
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Finland: We’re number 3, we’re number 3!

Publishing its recommendations for 2017, premium travel and guidebook brand Lonely Planet ranks Finland third on its Best in Travel 2017 list of countries. Finland is the only European nation to make it into the top ten.

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When the sun doesn’t rise in northern Finland
Snow-covered trees in the dark.
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When the sun doesn’t rise in northern Finland

The Polar Night Counter shows how long kaamos, the season with no sunrise, lasts in northern Finland. It also shows how long is left before the winter solstice.

Tagged in EnvironmentWebpickWinter
Finnish singer Alma’s crazy summer
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Finnish singer Alma’s crazy summer

In early July, Alma Miettinen dropped her first song, “Karma,” just to see what would happen. Less than two months later, “Karma” became the second-most streamed Finnish song of the 2010s on Spotify, right after “Hollywood Hills” by Sunrise Avenue.

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Johanna’s arctic endurance dive
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Johanna’s arctic endurance dive

A record-holding freediver plunges beneath the perilous Arctic ice

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