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In South Central Ostrobothnia, there are only about forty side cottages that are wider than the traditional northern house. The Veteli house is partly the same as it was decades ago.

The giant of the Nordic architectural heritage is the side chamber house.

It is a building where the chambers are placed on the side, rather than at the ends, as is normal in a basement house.

Side chambers were built between 1750 and 1850 in southern Central Ostrobothnia.

– The traditional Oglai house has been widened so that the heat from the fireplace could also be used in the side chambers, which are next to the fireplace, says Mäkelä.

In terms of number of pieces, two hundred side chamber huts have been made and forty of them have survived to this day.

Katja Palosaari’s home is a rarity in the Nordic countries – watch the video to see how the more than 200-year-old side chamber house has been restored with careRead More »

Dancer and choreographer, cultural guest Akim Bakhtaoui puts on a “superhero” cape and takes on whatever he wants as a performer.

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Halloween Ends is being marketed as the end of a series of films launched by John Carpenter. We took two experts to see the film and assess the appeal of Halloween.

Four years ago, Michael Myers returned to Haddonfield.

This story avoids plot contrivances.

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Netflix’s recent crime drama series Dahmer – The Monster: the story of Jeffrey Dahmer has broken ratings records, but has also caused anguish for the relatives of the serial killer’s victims.

Netflix’s new show about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is a super-hit, but its brutality is also outrageousRead More »

In addition to Hagrid, Coltrane’s best-known roles include starring as criminal psychologist Edward “Fitz” Fitzgerald in the TV series Fitz Solves and Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovskyna in the James Bond films.

The news is confirmed by the actor’s agent to British PA Media.

In addition to Hagrid, Coltrane’s best-known roles include the lead role as criminal psychologist Edward “Fitz” Fitzgerald in the BAFTA Award for Best Actor three times in a row between 1994 and 1996.

Coltrane also voiced Lord Dingwall in Disney’s ).

Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has diedRead More »

The discovery of a ship sunk during the First World War shows the power of multibeam sonar in maritime archaeology. The wrecks of the world’s seas have a lot to tell; here are a few stories.

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Theatres are back in full swing after the pandemic. Eija-Irmeli Lahti has compiled her career in scrapbooks, which show the hundreds of faces that have been conjured up for her.

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The same woman, hundreds of different faces – Eija-Irmeli Lahti has lived and breathed theatre for almost 50 yearsRead More »

Punk band Apulanta’s new studio album is called A Product Like Soul. The band recorded most of the material in Apulanda, where it was surprisingly easy to set up their own studio.

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Audiences have not returned to the grandstands of cultural institutions in the way they did before the corona. The caution left over from the pandemic era, the abundance of entertainment options and the weakening economy are reflected in empty chairs in the auditoriums.

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