Alexander Stubb was inaugurated as Finland’s 13th president, marking the beginning of a new era and bringing to an end the tenure of President Sauli Niinistö.

Lux Helsinki began on Wednesday evening, illuminating the Finnish capital in freezing weather that felt close to -30 degrees Celsius. View our gallery.

Finland celebrates its 106th Independence Day. Here is what has happened so far.

A thin layer of snow covered the center of Helsinki in the early hours of Saturday morning. We caught the beauty of the first light in whiteness.

Finland Today observed the funeral of the late President Martti Ahtisaari throughout the day. Here’s our report.

What happens when Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden visit a small town in southern Finland, which was named after a Swedish Queen in the 18th century? This time, the Swedish Crown Princess came to inaugurate a piece of land near the end of September. Well … the elderly were rubbing their eyes in amazement, and children and some adults wore crowns made of cardboard. Finland Today followed the visit, and here’s the report.

We spent three days at Tuska 2023 metal music festival in Helsinki, which was sold out. We listened to bands such as Vended, Gojira, In Flames, The HU, Ghost, JINJER, and more. View our largest photo gallery in the history of Finland Today.

The gallery includes artists such as Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Rotten Sound and Volbeat, and of course many pics of the lovely crowd.

Punk icon Patti Smith visited Helsinki for a book signing event and concerts. Here’s our report on Smith’s day in Helsinki.

American thrash metal legend Testament gave an all-out performance at Rockfest. Here’s our gallery and concert review.

Read our concert review and view our extensive photo gallery of Pantera’s gig at Rockfest in Hyvinkää.

Hundreds of classic cars parked on the Senate Square to delight the visitors.

We observed the crowd attending the Rammstein concert on Saturday.

Thousands of people gathered in the park to observe the fashion show. View our gallery.

President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to Finland. Here’s our gallery and report.

May Day’s Eve celebrations kicked off with a bang in Helsinki.

What a gig! Here’s our report.

A candlelight memorial for the victims of the Ukrainian war gathered a large crowd on the Senate Square beginning late Friday afternoon. View our gallery.

Tens of thousands of upper secondary school seniors known as abit in Finnish celebrated penkkarit across the country. Here’s our gallery from Helsinki.

Here’s our report of the magical weekend at the Korjaamo Culture Factory in Helsinki.

View the highlights of In Flames’ performance in our photo gallery.

We followed the Independence Day ceremonies and protests the whole day on December 6, 2022. Happy Independence Day, Finland!

Ten finalists of Miss Finland 2022 beauty competition pose in photos with sunflowers, known widely as a symbol of peace.

In the span of three days, we heard mesmerizing harp playing, groovy boogaloo and some of the finest in alternative rock. Here’s our gallery and reportage.

We observed the night from football fans’ perspective when Real Madrid faced Eintracht Frankfurt in Helsinki.

Lonna is a small island near Suomenlinna but capable of hosting some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz. Helsinki-based We Jazz organization created one of the highlights of the Finnish festival summer when they arranged Odysseus.

Here’s our massive gallery from spending three days at the jazziest (and funkiest) festivals in this beautiful Nordic country.

We spent three days at the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival in Helsinki. View our gallery of over 90 photos.

Finavia opened a new terminal at Helsinki Airport on Tuesday, which centralizes the check-in, security controls and baggage claims in a single terminal.