What is allowed and appropriate? Continuing the long-lasting debate over appropriateness and freedom of speech, this summer the focus has been on SlutWalk marches, England’s week of riots and at one point on a Finnish horse story that circulated on the Internet.
Text Eero Vassinen
Illustration Jaakko Pallasvuo
Lofoten, the summer of ‘89 or ‘90. Oh well, flashes are more important than facts. We stopped to swim in the freezing cold sea where the high tide almost left us stuck on a sandbank. Our Norwegian ice cream melted all over the place. The strongest memories, however, were created by music.
Text Simo Vassinen and Antti Vassinen
Photos Vassinen family’s photo album
One night only theater performances, new poetry, music, visual arts, open-air cinema, this summer the Kalasatama Container Square is full of events and people.
Text Taru Torikka
Photos Noora Lehtovuori
Just spending a moment in an allotment garden makes your imagination run wild. The cottages are highly sought-after, but everyone is invited to walk around in the green oases or enjoy the public saunas.
Text Ida Kukkapuro
Photos Hanne Granberg
Statistics can also be sexy. Open data produced by the cities within the Helsinki Region will now be available to everybody through an online service that is part of the Helsinki Region Infoshare project launched in March.
Text Ida Kukkapuro
Photo Anna Kiuru
Public peeing is part of a bigger stream that adds up to over 13 million euros annually. Every euro spent on maintenance could be transformed into other activities. How could we turn Helsinki from a pissoar into a cozy hobby space?
Text Antti Vassinen and Simo Vassinen
Photos Kaarle Hurtig
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
Mostly Cloudy 
20X0 – A Journey into the Future
8. October 2011
Heureka – The Finnish Science Centre
Yellow City – Illustrated Stories from Helsinki
16. January 2012
All around the city
20. January 2012
Kiasma – Museum of Contemporary Art
Outi Heiskanen – Primordial Sea
11. February 2012
Didrichsen Museum
15. February 2012
City Museum Helsinki
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