Hannu Väisänen, who was born in Oulu, currently lives in France. Besides as an author, he works as a graphic artist and colourist painter. In November Väisänen was also awarded […]
Near-record price for Finnish masterpiece at auction
Only two works by artist Helene Schjerfbeck (1862 – 1946) have fetched higher bids at auctions in Finland. Järnefelt, one of Finland’s most prominent painters, painted Pyykkiranta in 1889 in […]
The Boss IS coming to Helsinki
Bruce Springsteen has only been in Finland once before. In 2003 he played two sold out gigs at the same stadium in the capital in front of a record combined […]
More money to film production than producers demanded
The rest of the extra funds for the film industry will go to, among other things, the digitalization of small countryside cinemas and films for children. In the previous proposal […]
Finnish festivals more popular in 2007
The festival drawing the largest amount of visitors this year was the Maritime Festival in Kotka. An estimated 300,000 people visited the Tall Ship Races and other events in the […]
Turku officially European Capital of Culture 2011
Finnish Minister of Culture Stefan Wallin finds the decision a great honour for the City of Turku, for Finland and for Europe. “Turku is Finland’s oldest city, and a place […]
Shortlist for this year’s Finlandia Prize announced
Nominated for the Finlandia prize 2007 are: Kohti [‘Towards’] by Juha Itkonen Det har varit kallt i Madrid [‘It’s been cold in Madrid’] by Agneta Ara Romeo ja Julia [‘Romeo […]
Danish dancer next Artistic Director at National Ballet
The Board of Directors of the Finnish National Opera Foundation decided on the appointment on Wednesday (14.11), after it had proposed him for the job two weeks earlier. Also the […]
Bon Jovi tickets on sale next Thursday
The last time Jon Bon Jovi and the rest of the group played in Finland was in 2000, in Turku and Helsinki. The band’s greatest hits album Cross Road from […]
Nominations for Finlandia Junior award announced
Nominated for the 2007 Finlandia Junior prize are: > Tatun ja Patun Suomi (‘Tatu and Patu’s Finland‘) by Aino Havukainen & Sami Toivonen > Taikuri Into Kiemura by Jukka Itkonen […]
Iron Maiden in Helsinki as part of biggest ever Nordic tour
Tickets for the Finnish part of the Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 08 will go on sale next Monday, the 12th of November, via Lippupalvelu. Iron Maiden will release […]