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
A bicycle is a must during the summer in Helsinki. Fierce competition in the field forces the companies to specialize.
Text Ville Matilainen
Photos Juuso Noronkoski
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
Three years ago, the French-Finnish band The Dø delighted us with their experimental and slightly naive indie pop of their debut album. The likable duo will make a comeback at Flow Festival in August, with the second album that will be released in the fall.
Text Teemu Fiilin
gTIE, a collection with a rock ‘n’ roll attitude, includes ties and other neckwear made of leather, feathers, fur, lace, chains and even fish skin.
Text Heini Lehtinen
During the past 15 years, the Finnish jazz and rhythm talent Teppo Mäkynen has played in a number of bands and recorded albums under different names, however never under his own name.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Johannes Romppanen
Helsinki was appointed as the World Design Capital for 2012 in the fall of 2009. The city was only given two years to organize the giant project, which is less than half the time that Turku had to prepare for their year as European Capital of Culture.
Text Ida Kukkapuro
Images Tuomas Toivonen & Nene Tsuboi
Even though the trio of Finnish indie veterans named their tenth studio album after the 1980s cult sports car, it doesn’t bow down to the ‘80s or other decades, just to itself.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Processory’s futuristic, melancholic and dark and occasionally gloomy electronic pop is not all dim. Behind all that lies an atmospheric melody with stylishly light production.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Sansa knows how to compose a top-class pop song with an emotional dimension and she is also able to sing them in a touching, slightly fragile and husky voice.
Text Teemu Fiilin
NT’s White Trash’s three-minute distortion pop songs are well composed, catchy and production-wise withstand international comparison.
Text Teemu Fiilin
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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