Arts & Culture

November is arguably the most grim month of the year: the temperatures drop, the leaves are gone, clocks shift back an hour and many people in Finland struggle with the darkness. So what better way to lift the spirits and…

A Helsinki museum has received more than a million euros in a donation from a mystery benfactor. The Didrichsen Art Museum in Kuusisaari has been given a sum of money "in the millions" to add to its its investment portfolio,…

For the past two decades libraries around the world have been struggling to stay relevant for their communities, as the internet put books at peoples’ fingertips. Finland bucks the trend, where libraries diversified into community hubs, and Helsink in particular…

November 6th marks the annual Swedish Heritage Day – or Svenska Dagen – in Finland. The event celebrates the contribution that Swedish-speaking Finns have made to the history and culture of the country and has been celebrated annually since 1908. The…

Sauna enthusiasts in Japan are blasting away the notion of a traditional Finnish sauna as a quiet place to relax and contemplate the steam of life, by playing heavy metal music. The heavy metal sauna was featured at Japan Sauna…

People who buy a Museum Card Museokortti go to museums three times more than people without one. That’s the findings of a large new survey carried out by researchers at Aalto University in Espoo, into the habits of people with…

The theme of this year’s Independence Day reception will be knowledge and discussion. The annual event sees President Sauli Niinistö and First Lady Jenni Haukio welcome nearly 2000 guests to the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on 6th December. "Finland’s strength has…

If you’ve opened the pages of Helsingin Uutiset, Vantaan Sanomat or Länsiväylä newspapers recently you might have noticed something new. We’ve partnered with publisher Etelä-Suomen Media Oy to cooperate on sharing journalism content – so at the end of each month you can find…

There’s a constant stream of Russian tourists visiting the capital of Finland, but what do our eastern neighbours really think of Helsinki? A new social media survey in Russia finds that 30% of respondents say Helsinki is the most boring…

The Green League political party has decided to withdraw funding for its magazine Vihreä Lanka – Green Yarn – at the end of the year, effectively shutting down the 36-year old publication. In a statement, the Greens note that they…