Number 2 on the list is Joulutarina (Christmas Story) directed by Juha Wuolijoki, which premiered on the 16th of November and may well end up being the most popular Finnish […]
Fire interrupts Nightwish gig
The fire started at another wing of congress centre Jyväskylä Paviljonki, where the gig took place. Because of heavy smoke development and the possibility of the fire spreading, the Nightwish […]
Russian painting sold for € 600,000
The painting was auctioned at auction house Bukowski. The final bid was twice as high as the starting price. The work, painted by Bogolyubov in 1870, was sold to a […]
Céline Dion and Carlos Santana coming to Finland next summer
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 […]