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Women and Power in Helsinki

Today, Finland is recognised as a leader internationally in gender equality, but it was not…

Valentine’s Day in Helsinki

It isn't Valentines' Day - it's Friendship Day For everyone who cringes at the thought…

Lux Helsinki 2020

Lux Helsinki 2020, Helsinki’s very popular annual light-art festival, opens tomorrow (January 4, 2020) along…

Christmas at the Sinebrychoff House Museum

The Sinebrychoff Museum is hosting a special Christmas exhibition at the House Museum. The exhibition…

Helsinki Outlet

Helsinki Outlet is a newly opened shopping village on the border of Helsinki and Vantaa.…

Haunted Helsinki

It's Halloween - what better time to tell the tales of haunted Helsinki? Over the…

A Souvenir with an Edge – the ‘Puukko’

While souvenir shopping is a universal standard for tourists, a knife as a souvenir may…

Oodi Library

Helsinki’s new central library Oodi opened on December 5, the eve of Finland’s 101st Independence Day, a fitting…

Lapinlahti Mental Hospital and Park – Hidden History in Helsinki

The Lapinlahti former psychiatric hospital stands poised on the edge of Lapinlahti Bay, a naturally…

Lux Helsinki 2019

The new northern lights are in town again, as the annual light festival Lux Helsinki kicks off…