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The spa hotel’s electricity bill is now 400,000 euros a year – in January, the low-cost contract ends and the bill threatens to rise to millions

Tourism / 2022-10-07

The prices of hotel stays are on the rise. The electricity crisis is causing hotels to watch, for example, room temperatures and lighting.

The air temperature in the swimming pools of the Rantasalmelainen spa hotel Järvisydämi is 32 degrees. The spa is the tourist destination’s biggest source of energy. It is heated with ground heat, solar energy and lake heat.

Still, the spa hotel’s electricity bills are dizzying. Even now, Järvisydäme has a fixed-price electricity contract that pays six cents per kilowatt hour. The electricity bill is 400,000 euros per year.

– It’s the worst moment to break up after December. If the prices rise even to the euro as has been hinted at, anyone will realize that the conditions for the operation will end.

If the price of the euro really materializes, the annual electricity bill in Järvisydäme would be more than 6.5 million euros.

The tourism and restaurant industry is now in a historically difficult situation. Hotels all over Finland are looking for ways to save electricity.

Rantasalmi spa hotel Järvisydäme spa. — In the spa, the air must be warmer than the water so that the water does not evaporate.

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The spa hotel’s electricity bill is now 400,000 euros a year – in January, the low-cost contract ends and the bill threatens to rise to millions Read More »

At Nokia, the book circulates more thoroughly than usual: 60 percent of collected books for new readers, the rest as raw material for cellulose insulation

Culture / 2022-10-07

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At Nokia, the book circulates more thoroughly than usual: 60 percent of collected books for new readers, the rest as raw material for cellulose insulationRead More »

At Nokia, the book circulates more thoroughly than usual: 60 percent of collected books for new readers, the rest as raw material for cellulose insulation Read More »

Japanese tourism to Finland got off to a lively start after the corona restrictions – Asian countries are now opening up to tourists again

Tourism / 2022-10-07

There have been enough passengers on Finnair’s flights from Japan, South Korea and India since the summer when the countries ease travel restrictions. Japan will waive the visa requirement in October.

– They bathed in 24 saunas. There were so many people taking saunas that the Finnish guides who were there already started to complain that their skin can’t stand sitting on the boards like that, laughs Koivisto.

There are only enough saunas, as the number of Japanese tourists in Finland has started to increase rapidly after midsummer, when the country has eased travel restrictions. For example, Japanese people no longer have to take a PCR test when returning home. A bigger change will take place on October 11, when the visa requirement and the limit of 50,000 arriving passengers will end.

Japan is one of the last Asian countries to lift restrictions. Only China continues to impose strict restrictions.

– Japan and South Korea are open for travel, further south Singapore and Thailand are already fully open for most customers. Asia is starting to become a tourist destination in terms of corona restrictions in a situation where it was before the corona era, continues Tolvanen.

Finnair flies directly to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Otherwise, you can get to Tokyo by connecting flights, for example via Doha or Istanbul. Passengers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo in August 2020.

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There are huge opportunities in the building demolition business, but the legal jungle robs them of their effectiveness: the journey of waste to a new use can take 10 years

Lahti News in English / 2022-10-07

In the demolition industry, we see that the bottlenecks in the legislation must be solved quickly, so that the demolition waste can be properly circulated and the life cycle of the material increased.

Purkupiha Oy's piles of waste in the company's yard in Lahti. — A huge amount of stuff arrives at Purkupiha Oy’s Lahti recycling station. We try to get everything possible into circulation.

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It will still take months to put Kiep’s collections in presentation condition – the doors to the public will be opened next year

Nature / 2022-10-06

In 2019, a fire almost completely destroyed the Kiep of the Kokkola Natural History Museum. Now, a new part has been built in place of the burned part, respecting the old one, and the part that suffered less was renewed from the inside.

The reconstruction of the Kiep of the Kokkola Museum of Natural Sciences, which burned down in 2019, has come a long way. The furnishing of the premises and the arrangement of the exhibits are already nearing completion.

– The office side was quickly furnished, but as far as the showrooms are concerned, everything was delayed, says Mäenpää.

Grönt trähus vid korsning. — The outside of Kiepi looks the same as it was before the fire, except for the color. The old logs have been reused.

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Elderly person of the year award Lahti – Kiinni läves activity unites the old and the young

Lahti News in English / 2022-10-06

Among other things, the young people have organized various events together with the elderly. The activities also include neighborhood clubs that meet regularly and excursions.

It's easy for a winner to smile. In the photo, Jonna Piipponen-Karkulowski, executive director of Lahti's closest service association, and Minna Hernesniemi, project worker of Kiinni Elämäsä activity, are holding the honorary certificate of the Senior Citizen of the Year award. — Jonna Piipponen-Karkulowski, executive director of the Lahti Lähimmäispalvelu association, and Minna Hernesniemi, a project worker of the Kiinni läves project, work for the elderly.

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The autumn of Upper Lapland interested Central Europeans

Tourism / 2022-10-06

The slope of the fell glowing in rust yellow behind the Tyyne lake ridge, yellow leaves in the willow bush in the foreground. — The importance of camping and hiking has increased year by year, says tourism entrepreneur Marja Holmberg from Nuorgam

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International visibility for the Lapland Chamber Orchestra in London – the final location of the award gala can attract tourists

Culture / 2022-10-06

The Lapland Chamber Orchestra’s recording of Hans Abrahamsen’s work ‘Schnee’ was among the three finalists at the Gramophone Awards in the contemporary music category.

Lapland Chamber Orchestra, black background. — The Lapland Chamber Orchestra has twice been nominated for the Gramophone Award.

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The price per kilo of roe in Muikku has risen by around one hundred euros in two years – professional fisherman: \”Our roe goes even to the court of Sweden\”

Nature / 2022-10-06

In Sweden, it is not allowed to ask for minnows in such large quantities as the demand would require.

Roe deer is the most important source of income for coot hunters and a highly valued delicacy, especially in Sweden. In recent years, its price per kilo for consumers has risen to 200 euros.

Muikku is a salmon fish that lives in lakes. Maiva, or sea urchin, is a form of urchin that lives in the brackish waters of the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland. Maiva is especially called Pärämere muikku, and its season is currently underway.

The mayfish population has recovered well from the collapse more than ten years ago, and according to Halonen, the catches this autumn are good.

During the last two years, the price of muikku roe has risen by around one hundred euros per kilo.