Royal dinners can be tiresome occasions and sometimes the speeches are just not enough to hold your attention.

Pentti Arajarvi, the husband of the Finnish president Tarja Halonen, certainly thought so when he attended a state dinner in Copenhagen.

Check out the brand new video from VISIT HELSINKI!

Really great video, showing the happy people of Helsinki!

Helsinki – Our City is Your City – YouTube.

Helsinki’s Vantaa airport is taking the saying ‘making yourself at home’ to heart with the interior design for their newest travellers’ lounge

via Designer Airport Home Away From Home.

International passenger planes aren’t the only thing landing at Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa Airport from this week. And if you happen to be passing through the country’s main airport or planning on visiting the scenic forestry and serene lake areas you’re sure to spot them when you arrive. That’s right – the Angry Birds have come home to roost and are now setting up a souvenir shop in the fourth largest airport of the Nordic region.

via Angry Birds Land in Finland’s Largest Airport – Merchandise Store Opens For Business | Gadget Helpline.

I don’t have any statistics to support my claim other than what I see around Helsinki, bikes without wheels every where. So I would say Bike crime is increasing, quite sad really.

One ironic bumper stick on a bike I saw on the weekend was this one below, who ever was once the owner of this bike I am sure loves taxis nowadays!

Heippa Hei Helsinkilainen

Yes, no need to put your glasses on, cause the Monocle will do as it has revealed Helsinki to be the most livable city in the world 2011! I knew I lived here for a reason

Check out the short clip here.

Finland paints foreigners brown!

In the coming months Finland will make what is in my opinion quite a racist act against its non native population, to which it heavily relies on and will do more and more in the future. Continue Reading

Finland has a new hero, one who is going to get the licking of a lifetime for months to come, from grandmothers to grandfathers and to anyone else who actually is still old enough to remember what a stamp is for Continue Reading

The Finnish Ice Hockey lions have made the Swedes eat ice tonight it what can only be described as the best piece of sports I have ever watched in my life. Continue Reading

The ice rink at Helsinki centre at the Railway station sqaure has now open. On Sunday a dance show took place.

You can go skating in the centre yourself. Details below.

Time

10 am to 9 pm on weekdays, and from 12 am to 9 pm at weekends.(Info from HS.Fi)

Prices

The admission fee is EUR 2.00 for adults and EUR 1.00 for children. The rental fee for a pair of skates is EUR 4.00 for adults and EUR 2.00 for children under 12, students, OAPs, and conscripts. (Info from HS.Fi)

The 6th of Dec is Independence Day in Finland. Continue Reading

50,000 people call on comeback for Finnish Television. Continue Reading

A funny coloured tram has been rolling around Helsinki on the tram 9 track for the last few weeks. Continue Reading

Its that time of year again, light up the sky! Continue Reading

Take a good hard look at the picture and what is wrong? Continue Reading