Finland has spent decades digging caves into its bedrock. Now, as Russia rears its head, nervous Finns want to know: “Where’s my shelter?” Credit... Supported by By Sally McGrane Visuals by Vesa ...

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Sales agency Beta Cinema has boarded “Operation Napoleon – Tears of the Wolf,” a sequel to hit Nordic adventure “Operation Napoleon,” which sold to more than 40 countries, including the U.S., where ...

Finnish people living in Helsinki — a capital set at 60 degrees north, on a peninsula surrounded by Baltic waters — don’t simply brave the elements. Instead, they revel in cold plunges, rejoice in the ...

Set against an archipelago of forested isles and the waves of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish capital lives in harmony with nature — locals take artistic inspiration from their wild surrounds and warm up ...

Located in Helsinki’s city center, directly across from the Old Church Park, the St. George hotel combines old-school luxury with modern amenities. The building’s oldest sections date back to the ...

The Finnish capital Helsinki went a whole year without a traffic fatality. Smart, data-driven city planning helped. https://p.dw.com/p/4yt5O Lower speed limits have ...

Helsinki has been hailed as the road safety capital of the world, after city officials revealed there has not been a single traffic-related fatality in the past year. While road deaths have declined ...

Helsinki just went a whole year—between July 2024 and July 2025—without a single traffic death. Compare that to Washington, D.C., a city with roughly the same population of close to 700,000: In D.C., ...

More than half of Helsinki's streets now have a speed limit of 30 km/h (about 18 -19 mph). Helsinki had zero road crash fatalities in the past twelve months. Lower speed limits, smarter street design, ...

The Finnish capital of Helsinki broke records when it marked a single year without a traffic death up until July 2025. The city, home to 660,000 people (1.6 million if you include the wider ...