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06/06/2021

Summer is here! Around Töölönlahti today 🤩☀️

22/03/2021

Finnish photographer created a unique photo mosaic of the Milky Way

The photo--which shows 20 million stars and took 12 years to create--has garnered attention from around the world.

19/03/2021

Finland has topped the World Happiness Report for the fourth year in a row ☺️
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-happiest-countries-2021/index.html

Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands are all in the top five happiest countries according to data compiled by Gallup World Poll. Find out which Nordic country came out on top.

19/12/2020

Finnish sauna culture has been added to the prestigious UNESCO Intangible Heritage List ✨ https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_sauna_culture_steams_up_unesco_heritage_list/11703917

The Intangible Heritage List recognises important cultural traditions from around the world.

22/11/2020

Christmas season in Helsinki begins today! ✨🎁🎅🎄

This year, the opening ceremony can be followed through a live stream from anywhere in the world. The program can be seen live on helsinkikanava.fi, on Nelonen channel’s Ruutu Live and on ISTV.

Christmas season will be opened on the Senate Square according to a renewed concept at 3pm local time with lots of Christmas-themed program and music performances by several top artists. The event will of course also be attended by Santa Claus and Mayor of Helsinki Jan Vapaavuori.

On the Senate Square, several charity organisations will hold their traditional Good Will Market in connection with the opening ceremony, offering Christmas delicacies starting at 1pm.

Due to safety reasons, the Christmas parade will not take place this year, but instead you will find a Christmas-themed Window Path along Aleksanterinkatu and in its immediate surroundings.

Happy Christmas time! ❤️

18/11/2020

From carbon-neutral cities in the making to destinations offering a blueprint for sustainable nature and wildlife tourism, these are the pick of the places that aim to safeguard our precious planet’s natural wonders.

15/11/2020

Good evening from Helsinki! 💙

13/11/2020

Top up the glühwein and head to one of Europe's German-style Christmas markets.

06/11/2020

Look out for the Espoo Digi Dance Festival 2021! The digital dance competition and film festival takes place in two parts, with the first event happening next January. Find out how to participate (submissions are open until November 27, 2020) and where to get tickets below. https://discoverhelsinki.fi/activities/dance/espoo-digi-dance-festival/

The EDDI Digi-Dance Festival includes both a digi-dance (instagram-style mobile phone video clip) and a short dance-film competition.

22/10/2020

Fall lends a charming serenity to the city 💛

12/10/2020

Autumn mood in Helsinki 🍂🍁🍂

26/08/2020

Tickets to the open house of 24–30 August are available from 12 noon on Wednesday 5 August.

26/08/2020

Hanasaari plant will be at the heart of burgeoning Suvilahti culture district

09/08/2020

Sunday marks the first national flag day commemorating Jansson, best known as creator of the Moomins.

08/07/2020

Countries including Netherlands, Italy, Australia, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and China among others made the cut.

30/06/2020

Helsinki’s iconic Senate Square will become an oasis of local food culture this summer when the area is transformed into a giant summer terrace as of 1 July. The visual appearance of the terrace area has been inspired by urban allotment gardens with their tiny cottages and vegetable patches. ...

29/06/2020

The Helsinki Airport features a new nature diorama called Luoto in the arrivals lobby

A piece of nature inside Helsinki Airport.

20/06/2020

The city streets are very quiet during the midsummer holiday. 💚 Photo taken at Bulevardi, Helsinki by

18/06/2020

We are definitely in the mood for summer in Helsinki! The temperature was high today and tomorrow it’s expected to get even higher ☀️
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16/06/2020

The City of Helsinki’s plan to turn Senate Square into a giant open-air food court took an important step forward this week after the city selected 16 restaurant

15/06/2020

Prime Minister Sanna Marin emphasised that the risk of infection is not yet over in Finland.

04/06/2020

🌿 Vibrant greenery and sunshine fill the paths around the island of Lauttasaari in Helsinki. Summer has returned! ☀️

10/05/2020

Happy Mother's Day! Hyvää äitienpäivää!

Beautiful lilacs bloom in front of building D22 in Pikku-Mustasaari, Suomenlinna. Once a sauna, it is now a storage space used by the Naval Academy and a workshop for the caretaker.

We hope that soon you can visit the island in person once again, but for now there is an easy way to tour the island. Go to suomenlinna.fi for a 360° interactive map where you learn about it's storied history and scenic sites.

06/05/2020

The much-anticipated Helsinki Biennial will be held in 2021 - hope to see you there! ❤️

Due to the exceptional circumstances across the globe, the difficult decision to move Helsinki Biennial 2020 to the year 2021 has now been made. We believe this is the most responsible option, since we also want to ensure the health and safety of visitors, artists, partners and employees. The inaugural Helsinki Biennial will now take place from 12 June to 26 September 2021.

“The exceptional situation has called attention to the central themes of the biennial; interconnectedness and the mutual dependence it causes. The importance of hope and art has only increased. Although we already miss art encounters, we now turn our gaze to next year when we can let the biennial artists and their works shine fully, creating truly unforgettable experiences for our visitors,” say the curators Pirkko Siitari and Taru Tappola.

Let’s take care of each other – see you on the treasure island of art in 2021. 💗

04/05/2020

From next month restaurants and cafes will be allowed to open and groups of up to 50 people will be able to gather as restrictions begin to be rolled back.

16/04/2020

Relaxed vibes and beautiful scenery along the coastline of Lauttasaari.

The island, which was once privately owned, is a popular walking and cycling spot, with several trails across the island.

09/04/2020

Elegant buildings line Fredrikinkatu, one of the main streets in downtown Helsinki.

Today was mostly sunny but now there are some showers and the temperature is dropping as evening falls. 💙

09/04/2020

The long holiday weekend will see temporary service closures on top of those already in place for health control.

09/04/2020

The city’s oldest trees have been growing since a century before Helsinki even became the nation’s capital. As a result, there is a fascinating history connected to some of the trees in Helsinki, not to mention folk beliefs and records. Helsinki is also home to many of the largest examples of tr...

04/04/2020

At the corner of Fredrikinkatu and Punavuorenkatu, in Punavuori.

The Punavuori district, which is the most densely populated district in Helsinki, is popular because of its many cafes and shops and its delightful communal vibe.

Punavuori means "Red Mountain", and it derives its name from the reddish-coloured rocks that can be found in the area.