Tickets costing between 109 and 199 euros will go on sale next Monday (17.12) at 9 a.m. via Lippupalvelu. Céline Dion has sold over 180 million records worldwide, of which […]
HIM nominated for Grammy
The special limited edition of Venus Doom consists of a 60-page book with a leather look embossed cover, containing personal drawings, photos and journal entries by HIM frontman Ville Valo, […]
Special film screenings of new war film
Tali-Ihantala 1944 is based on the Battle of Tali-Ihantala during the Continuation War (1941-1944) against the Soviet Union, which ended in a decisive victory for Finland. The film was directed […]
Firework celebrations in Helsinki
The colourful light show, offered by the City of Helsinki as part of the independence celebrations, started a little after 6 p.m. and lasted six minutes. Video of the fireworks […]
The most beautiful Finnish word
The runners-up in the vote were: 2. rakkaus (love), 3. rakas (dear) and 4. kiitos (thank you). Agricola, the clergy man who translated the New Testament into Finnish and became […]
90 Years of Finnish independence
Special film screenings of new war film {sidebar id=33}On the Eve of Independence Day (5.12.2007), war veterans and invited high school students in 40 places all around Finland attended special […]
Finlandia Prize 2007 to Hannu Väisänen
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 […]