The smell of roasted marshmallows in the heat of the village bonfire, the seducing sounds of the djembe drum . . . this and more can be experienced at the Market of Possibilities, an event arranged by the local expats of Porvoo on May 16.
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There is disbelief. Indeed, some of the stories I heard at a series of Qutomo forums sound more like movie scripts.
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Richard Leakey, one of TIME’s 100 Greatest Minds of the 20th Century, a Kenyan paleanthropologist, visited Finland on Wednesday.
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A newish startup company from Finland endeavours to protect natural wilderness from development and preserve the locations natural state.
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The luxurious public sauna is a modern architectural addition that will (hopefully) compliment the neighbourhood and rival the existing landmarks in close proximity to Helsinki’s city centre.
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How to make the perfect coffee at home? Conner Mckissack explains.
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As an American, I too was splashed with the media’s turkey baster following the decision to charge Snowden with three felonies in June of 2013. What’s significant about Citizenfour is, it really starts to dig through the meat and bones of the topic.
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Big Game is an adventure. It’s incredible. It’s loud, active, and shakes the theater. It’s ridiculous. It’s a movie that feels like America, mid 80’s.
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As the drama unfolded at the New Music Competition (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu) on Saturday night, there was a growing sentiment that something special was afoot at the YLE studios in Helsinki’s Pasila’s district.
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Enter the smart pants, which are being developed under the code name ‘Wearable Soft Robotics for Independent Living’, a three-year project, led by the University of Bristol in the UK.
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What impresses me the most about this holiday is not the duration or the flair with which the programs unfold, but the faith.
Read MoreSo far the search for Earth’s twin has been elusive but with newer and more powerful telescopes being developed both here on Earth and in space in the not so distant future, the discovery of Earth v2.0 seems tantalisingly within our reach.
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The Finnish response to Paris attacks ‘Minä Olen Charlie’ can be seen at the Arabianranta library from now through the month of May.
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On Wednesday, the City of Helsinki released information to the public summarising a pre-feasibility study of building a rail tunnel between Helsinki and Tallinn.
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Are you looking for a meaningful job in Finland? Here are four tips offered by the experts and students at the discussion panel ‘International Finland’ of the Social Scientst’ Career Fair held in January.
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Helsinki-based Blueprint Genetics has established itself as a leading company in the Nordic region within the field of diagnostic DNA sequencing, with sharp eyes on the American market.
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In ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas’ (2013) we see this two-man support team rolling aimlessly through the days following Marcel’s breakup with his wife as the two of them attempt to answer the surreal question of “how it’s all going to end.”
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We Were Rebels offers a cross-section of the rugged political landscape as well the eternal optimism of a population that knows nothing besides struggle and destruction.
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Finnish director Mari Soppela takes us through a different rabbit’s hole in 2015 with Who the Devil Can See in the Dark (2014).
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The Helsinki city council approves the project plan for the Central Library with 75 votes in favour and 8 against late on Wednesday evening.
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Conner Mckissack reviews Douglas Kass’s 2013 documentary ‘Emptying the Skies’.
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Kallio-liike community welcomes people to organise events of all sorts from discussions to gigs and poetry nights to meetings.
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Kioski, the new video service by the national Finnish broadcaster YLE, captured secretively how Finnish people behave when one approaches too close.
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The Russian anti-gay law has forced two gay men from Russia to flee persecution and seek asylum in Finland.
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Conner Mckissack interviews Venetia Sebudandi, the ambassador of Rwanda, about the similarities of Finland and Rwanda, the tropical highland and the endangered mountain gorillas.
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Shooting Stars is an alphabetised collection of influential faces of selected individuals who were murdered for political, philosophical, and even ethnical reasons.
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