Many cities are looking for revenue from the sale of social and healthcare properties – Heinola just closed a deal worth over 10 million

Municipal leaders are considering what should actually be done with social and healthcare real estate when the welfare regions start at the beginning of next year.

Exterior view of the entrance to the Heinola health center.  In the foreground, a yellow flower arrangement.
The City of Heinola also receives land rental income in addition to the income from the sale of the health centre.

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Someone scrawled initials and a date on a relic in the middle of a swamp in Puolanka – archaeologist: “Tampering is prohibited by law”

The earliest carvings on the site, known as the Dune Stone, date back to the early 19th century. Now they are accompanied by initials and the number 2022.

Voikivi, an ancient relic located in Puolanga's Voikivensu.  A 6 x 3 meter flat stone in the middle of a bog.
Voikivi in Puolanka is almost in the middle of a swamp.

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Ruska is now at its best in Lapland, but this year the colours are dimmed by a fungal disease on deciduous trees – see how the ruska arrived in Inari

A fungal disease turns the leaves of the trees brownish-purple and the colours do not shine like in the best years. However, in places the blackberry even glows bright red.

Kirsi Ukkonen
Kirsi Ukkonen, a forestry engineer, tells Yle in the morning that most of the deciduous trees are now brown. The Maaruska is particularly beautiful this year.

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The Natural Resources Institute Finland determined how many wolves could live in Finland – up to 1 200 wolves could live in the southern part of the reindeer husbandry area

The Natural Resources Institute Finland today published two years of reference values for the conservation status of the Finnish wolf population. However, the matter was not definitively resolved.

Wolf tracks in the snow
The wolf population is concentrated in western Finland.

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Lahti Parishes is satisfied with the selection of candidates for the parish elections – 166 candidates from six constituency associations are involved in the elections

Parish elections will be held in November and the four-year term of the new parish councils and church council will start in January 2023.

Voters come to vote in parish elections.
In the 2018 and 2014 parish elections, more than 9% of those entitled to vote in Lahti went to the polls. Archive photo.

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Gaudia high school students get parking on Laaksonkatu at less than half the current price

The Lahti City Environment Committee decided to allow contract parking

In the picture in the foreground is a parking payment machine, which also has instructions for using parking applications glued to it.  In the background are empty parking spaces, in the back corner of the parking area there is one blue passenger car in the Park.  In the background, birch trees and a building with tarpaulins on top of it during the renovation.
Students who drive to upper secondary school have found the parking fees in the Paavola area to be high. In the future, parking will be cheapest for them on Laaksonkatu.

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The iconic :-) emoji turns 40, inventor Scott Fahlman tells Yle: “Emojis are ugly”

Scott Fahlman, the inventor of the emoji, sends a greeting to Finns who still use emoticons instead of emojis.

Messaging with a punctuation emoticon.
Originally, these emoticons were intended to express a joke or a more serious subject. Later, they have also been used to express joy and sadness.

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20-year-old Marjatta Ísberg wrote to the Queen of England as a joke – soon a surprising offer arrived in the post: a permanent place in the palace

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Queen Elizabeth’s life also inspired the makers of films, series and documentaries – we list the most interesting ones to watch

The Queen refused to allow one documentary to be shown, because it got too close to the everyday lives of royals.

Imelda Staunton plays Queen Elizabeth.
In the fifth and final sixth season of The Crown, Queen Elizabeth will be played by Imelda Staunton.

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Two new arenas planned for Helsinki, even though superstars rarely come to Finland – the events industry believes better venues will increase the number of gigs

Helsinki is currently facing a shortage of suitable venues for large events. If the Suvilahti and Garden Helsinki projects come to fruition, the capital would have as many as three indoor arenas for more than 10 000 spectators.

Helsinki is seen as a potential location for major concerts and other events, with up to two new arenas currently being planned for the capital.

Suvilahti could become the largest multi-purpose arena project in Northern Europe, with an event arena that would attract an audience of around 11 000-16 000 people.

The city is investing in an international setting for events, while at the same time many world-class artists seem to be skipping Finland altogether on their European tours.

If the world’s top artists only rarely come to Finland, is there really a need to build new, huge concert arenas here?

Live Nation is the largest event organizer operating in Finland.

Lavender says that she was happy to hear about the planned arena projects in Helsinki. According to him, there is a need in Finland for both outdoor and indoor event venues, larger than the current ones.

Skis över Helsinki Garden projects.
The Garden Helsinki project would bring a new multi-purpose arena, hotel and apartments to the area around the Helsinki Ice Hall.

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