Take a selection of the best of Thai kitchen. Add a sprinkle of Michelin-starred chef skills and a healthy handful of laid-back attitude. Simmer in the inspiring atmosphere of Kunsthalle Helsinki – and you’ve got some Farang.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
Scandinavian Music Group’s fifth record picks up where their previous album left off, fusing together a beautiful yet melancholy folk and heavy-hearted country pop.
Text Teemu Fiilin
The Helsinki-based duo Villa Nah spice up their dark synthpop with influences ranging from Human League to New Order, still managing to sound mainly like themselves.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Puppa J’s interesting mixture of folk music, reggae, Balkan vibes, rock and unorthodox hip hop is topped off by conscious lyrics that capture the listener’s attention.
Text Teemu Fiilin
The first compilation of Ricky-Tick Records provides an excellent overview of current Finnish names of jazz, such as Five Corners Quintet, Jukka Eskola, Kerkko Koskinen, Dalindèo ja The Stance Brothers.
Text Teemu Fiilin
In 2009, molecular gastronomy with all its froth and unique gourmet experiences is a thing of the past. Now, food is all about safety, security and simplicity, as more and more people take their time to stew a flank of beef and get to know retro flavors and cooking methods.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
The most famous DJs in Helsinki’s nightlife are, quite naturally, men. The traditionally male-dominated job does, however, have some talented ladies behind the wheels of steel as well. Here are four of them.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Kai Kuusisto
There are probably countless reasons to why Afro-American funk and its derivatives are so popular in the Helsinki nightlife. The least of these is not the Funky Elephant festival, which will take place for the fifteenth time this year.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Kai Kuusisto
The motto of Marc Mulard, the French owner of Frambois patisserie and bistro? “Strive for excellence.” What a treat!
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
Vintage design recycling is not just one of the hottest trends today, it’s also a lifestyle. A tour of the vintage design stores in Helsinki brings back memories of childhood.
Text Petteri Kainulainen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
Antto Melasniemi is a familiar name behind the cult restaurants Ateljé Finne and Kuurna. The man has also done a huge favor for every festivalgoer by participating in the Flow Festival food selection update process.
Text Petteri Kainulainen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
The life of a hip hop artist in the heavy metal loving, recessionridden Finland is far from glamorous. Redrama is realistic about the situation but refuses to give in to the defeat mentality.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Kai Kuusisto
Le Corps Mince Françoise dig the blue Leonardo Di Caprio from the end of Titanic. This Helsinki-based electro-pop trio has a British manager, pr-agency and booking agent, and their tour calendar features gigs in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands as well as back home in Finland.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos LCMDF
Taking a dip in the icy sea water in the middle of Helsinki is pretty much as cool as it gets. More and more of the new winter swimming enthusiasts in Helsinki are in their twenties and thirties.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
Text Petteri Kainulainen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
Tuomas Vimma, a Helsinki-based author who explores the world of gourmet cooking in his third book, refuses to attend an after party if there’s no proper food available.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
If you actively follow the electronic music scene, you’ve most likely heard of the Scandinavian skwee movement during the past few years. However, you probably haven’t actually heard the music itself.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Kai Kuusisto
Running an indie record company with its own terms and own policy might seem like an easy job to an outsider. It’s not, however – ask the founders of New Judas, a Helsinki-based label that focuses on electronic club music.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Kai Kuusisto
The Helsinki Design Week event Design Market brings affordable design to everyone’s reach. It’s every man and woman for themselves at this warehouse sale as design buffs are likely to go bonkers with all the treats.
Text Heini Lehtinen
What do the fashion designer Daniel Palillo and the architecture company NOW Office have in common? Palillo and NOW Office founder Tuomas Toivonen tell us about each other.
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Kai Kuusisto
Clear 
20X0 – A Journey into the Future
8. October 2011
Heureka – The Finnish Science Centre
Seven Connections – Finnish Architecture Abroad
11. January 2012
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Yellow City – Illustrated Stories from Helsinki
16. January 2012
All around the city
20. January 2012
Kiasma – Museum of Contemporary Art
DesignWorld – Designing the New World
27. January 2012
Design Museum
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