Finnish Art

New Years Eve Celebrations in Helsinki

December 31, 2011

New Years Eve 2012-It`s special   Thousands of Finnish people will be heading to Senate Square in down town Helsinki for  New Year celebrations 2012.Though Helsinki has not received snow as yet,the night is expected to attract large crowds.The new years celebration not only welcomes in a new tear.The celebration tonight marks Helsinki as  the Design [...]

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Esplanade Park Helsinki,Tranquility in a City

October 31, 2011

Between two streets, Northern Esplanade and Southern Esplanade is a grand tree-lined park named Esplanade park and boulevard.A plentiful assortment of coffee houses,design shops,restaurants can be found in the surrounding area   Why Esplanade Park Works Esplanade Park in the centre of Helsinki consists of two active streets – Northern and Southern Esplanade – and a [...]

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Pori Jazz Festival,Pori Finland

October 13, 2011

The Pori Jazz Festival held yearly in Pori spectators from around the worldFinland attracts stars and ,sStevie Ray Vaughan,Tom Jones and many moreuch as

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Master Chef Finland Crowned

September 17, 2011

Master Chef Finland Named    As part of his winnings, Master Chef Finland Akseli Herlevi got his own cookbook, which sold out in the first week. When TV channel Sub debuted Top Chef Suomi in Finland in January, the show was a big success, with an average of 315,000 viewers and an audience share of 14.4. But before Sub [...]

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Nokia’s windows (phone) of opportunity are closing fast

August 17, 2011

Trends in smartphone adoption in the west suggest that Finnish phone maker will have a hard fight to make an impact with its Windows Phone devices

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Watch Finland Women Singers Live

July 1, 2011

Famous Finland Women Singers   While Finland is well known for it’s beautiful landscape and old fashioned traditional culture, there is another cultural attraction that many travellers are not fully aware of. That particular cultural attraction just happens to be music. Music of all types is very popular in Finland, and from it has come [...]

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Marimekko Design,A World Known Fabric Pattern

June 26, 2011

Marimekko Design,The Beginnings It’s probably one of the most recognised fabric designs in the world. Huge splashy poppies in a variety of colours adorning umbrellas, bags, tea trays and bedding. And yet Unikko, from the Finnish design company Marimekko Design, only came about when a designer dared to defy her boss. Armi Ratia, the creative [...]

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Finnish architecture and Alvar Alto

January 19, 2011

  The Building of Finnish Architecture Finnish architecture can not be missed when on a visit to any town or city in Finland Finland’s architectural heritage before the 20th century incorporates Swedish, Russian, and Viking motifs into buildings that often seem to arise from the human subconscious as interpreted by Scandinavian mythology. More than in [...]

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Turku Cultural City of Europe

January 13, 2011

Turku,Cultural City of Europe and More   The former Finnish capital of Turku makes for a beautiful, if cold, winter break. As Turku has been selected the Cuiltural City of Europe 2011 it should be a gtreat stop when traveling Finland Winter is now in full swing in Turku,Finland‘s former capital and doesn’t seem to suffer from [...]

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The Finnish Kalevala Epic History

October 27, 2010

          The Finland Kalevala History The Kalevala is an epic poem which the Finn Elias Lönnrot compiled from Finnish and Karelian folklore in the 19th century. It is held to be the national epic of Finland and is traditionally thought of as one of the most significant works of Finnish language [...]

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