Arts & Culture

This week the government is looking at plans to cut tax breaks from funeral homes, while Posti is hoping to expand its services. Could there be some cross-over business opportunities here? ‘Cabbie Cartoonist’ Torsti Luotonen is a Helsinki taxi driver and…

Finland’s Susijengi or Wolfpack men’s national basketball team played with heart at the Eurobasket tournament group stage in Helsinki, winning 3 out of 4 games and going to the quarter finals in Istanbul. They lost to Italy on Saturday…

Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria will visit Finland next week, to watch a performance at the National Opera House in Helsinki on Saturday 16th September. She’s been invited to see Autumn Sonata, a new work which pairs a story by Swedish…

The Tom of Finland film has been selected as Finland’s official Oscar entry for the 2018 Academy Awards, according to the Finnish Chamber of Films. The biographical retelling of artist Touko Laaksonen’s life was written by Aleksi Bary and drected by…

Today marks the 190th anniversary of the Great Fire of Turku, one of Finland’s most defining historical moments. The fire started on the evening of September 4th 1827, and by the next day had destroyed 75% of the city. The…

A Flow Festival performer claims a Russian DJ was beaten, and left bloodied and shocked by security guards at the weekend event. Meanwhile Flow organizers say they have mobile phone video evidence, and plan to take legal advice to…