The capital of a comic country
Comic book shops in Helsinki are like the items they sell – unique. The best ones have a story behind them, supported by the original setting.
Text Ville Matilainen
Photos Matti Tanskanen
Comic book shops in Helsinki are like the items they sell – unique. The best ones have a story behind them, supported by the original setting.
Text Ville Matilainen
Photos Matti Tanskanen
Rubik can, for a good reason, be called Finland’s biggest indie band. The band’s indie approach is illustrated not only in its style of music but also in its way of thinking and the channel through which it releases its albums.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Matti Tanskanen
”Finns are under the impression that wine should be sipped in a wine cellar wearing silk gloves, when actually the producers walk around their vineyards in tattered denim shorts smoking a joint.”
Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Matti Tanskanen
Based on looks alone, it would be easy to label Vanity Beach as yet another goth band afraid of daylight. However, under the surface lies a modern rock band that knows how to utilize electronic instruments and pop melodies.
Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Matti Tanskanen

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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