Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
The foremost contemporary art gallery in Finland, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma is one…
August 3, 2019
Arts & Culture
Let’s Eat, Helsinki! – Design Restaurant Eevert
For table reservations at Design Restaurant Eevert, click here. For discounts at Eevert and other…
November 11, 2019
Midsummer in Helsinki
Happy Midsummer or Hyvää Juhannusta, as the Finns would say! Apart from Christmas, Midsummer is…
October 31, 2019
Summer Solstice – Midsummer Magic in Finland
Midsummer Day is a public holiday in Finland, and the celebrations surrounding the summer solstice…
June 18, 2019
A Souvenir with an Edge – the ‘Puukko’
While souvenir shopping is a universal standard for tourists, a knife as a souvenir may…
May 9, 2019
Ateneum Art Museum
The Ateneum Art museum appears on nearly every list of must-sees in Helsinki for good…
February 5, 2020
Helsinki’s Talking Statues
Statues and sculptures abound throughout Helsinki, and these statues tell interesting stories that are often…
August 6, 2024
Oodi Library
Helsinki’s new central library Oodi opened on December 5, the eve of Finland’s 101st Independence Day, a fitting…
October 31, 2019
Lapinlahti Mental Hospital and Park – Hidden History in Helsinki
The Lapinlahti former psychiatric hospital stands poised on the edge of Lapinlahti Bay, a naturally…
March 31, 2019
Easter traditions in Finland
The joy of spring is eternal. There is something undeniably stirring about the renewal of…
October 31, 2019