Finland

Mobility

Finland could ban e-scooters at weekends as injuries weigh on doctors

The Nordic country has seen an upsurge in alcohol-induced e-scooter injuries this summer, leading doctors to demand a weekend night-time ban.

01/09/2021

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Clashes at Paris protest over virus passes

Clashes at Paris protest over virus passes

24/07/2021

Nature

Human intervention has made Finland’s rarest seal endangered

The Saimaa Ringed Seal can only be spotted in Finland’s Lake Saimaa. But in the remote and murky waters, it has one enemy, humans.

07/07/2021

Home

Amazon will develop delivery bots in Finland

Amazon Robotics is hiring developers in the Finnish capital to work on automated delivery technology.

03/07/2021

Finland

Finland warns football fans returning from Russia to get COVID test

Finland has warned football fans returning from Russia to get a COVID test especially if they travelled by bus due to clusters traced back to St. Petersburg.

26/06/2021

Business Planet

Prospering in the pandemic: getting the financial help your firm needs to flourish

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet heads to Finland to see how one business is blooming after it got the help it needed to weather the COVID storm.

25/06/2021

Work

Have Finns perfected the ultimate home office for remote working?

From the European country that normalised flexible working hours comes the practical home office on wheels designed for remote working.

15/06/2021

Finland

Finland's coalition loses ground to opposition in local elections

The elections were the first for Marin as leader of both the government and her party.

14/06/2021

Finland

Finland elections test for young Prime Minister

Prime Minister Marin, 35, took office a mere 18 months ago shortly before the outbreak of COVID-19 and enjoys high personal popularity but her Social Democratic party is behind in the polls.

11/06/2021

Health news

Did lockdown cut heart attacks by a third?

Doctors in Finland noticed a sharp drop in heart attack patients last spring. They think it could be a side effect of the COVID pandemic.

10/06/2021

Sport

EURO 2020: This is your quick guide to Finland

Finland are making their first-ever appearance at a major football tournament.

07/06/2021

My Europe Series

From Russia with... a sore arm? Sputnik tempts the young in Finland

Faced with a long wait for a COVID vaccine, some younger Russians living in Finland have been travelling over the border for the Sputnik V jab.

03/06/2021

Finland

Oulu in Finland will be the European Capital of Culture in 2026

Oulu won with a project promising “cultural climate change”, focussing on the participatory nature of art and culture.

02/06/2021

Finland

Six climate-friendly ideas to take from EU green capital Lahti

Finland’s ninth-largest city is, with its modest population of just 120,00 inhabitants, not used to being a capital. But this year is different. Here's why.

31/05/2021

Sport

Finland asks football supporters to watch Euro 2020 from home

Finland's public health institute says they believe travel abroad should still be "limited to what is necessary" during the European Championships.

17/05/2021

Conscious Travel

Finland to Sweden train route could open by 2025

It's been three decades since the last passenger train ran between Finland and Sweden. But that looks like it's about to change

12/04/2021

Finland

Arrests across Europe as people flout or protest COVID-19 restrictions

Police in Paris, France, have arrested nine people and issued more than 150 fines since the beginning of the weekend to people who clandestinely met in restaurants and bars.

11/04/2021

Finland

Nokia to cut 10,000 jobs to ramp up on 5G aspirations

The 10 per cent reduction in its workforce aims to reduce costs by €600 million by 2023. The company did not specify in which countries job cuts would be carried out.

16/03/2021

Travel News

Everything you need to know about Finnish sauna culture

Did you know saunas actually originate from Finland, not Sweden?

23/02/2021

Moments

This amazing artwork was created by the ancient sport of snowshoeing

Amateur snowshoers in Finland got together to create a design dreamed up by an IT consultant.

16/02/2021

Moments

This beautiful piece of art was created by Finnish snowshoers

A snow-covered golf course outside Helsinki was turned into a giant artwork last weekend

14/02/2021

Finland

Arctic town launches bid for 2032 Summer Olympics

Salla Mayor Erkki Parkkinen told Finnish media that the campaign aims to draw attention to the consequences of climate change.

29/01/2021

Conscious Travel

What’s it like to spend time with remote communities?

Jenny Southan travels to Lapland to stay with the only Indigenous community in the EU.

29/01/2021

Earth News

Why is Finland’s coldest town bidding to host the Summer Olympics?

Salla's bid has an important message about climate change that the town wants to send to the world.

28/01/2021

My Europe Series

The bike-loving Finnish city that keeps pedalling even in the snow

Despite the long, dark, and snow-filled winters, locals keep pedalling their way to and from work and school.

22/01/2021

Earth News

Meet the Finnish grannies trying to save the world from climate change

The group of older women are spreading the word about climate change in the hope of leaving their grandchildren with a safe future.

14/01/2021