Rovaniemi hosts national home region days on the weekend – the city is filled with events

During the weekend, for example, you can visit the city’s cultural attractions for free.

Rovaniemi photographed from Kemijoki
The national home region days are organized in Rovaniemi this year. Illustration image.

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You can get there by bus, but tickets in the Lahti region will soon cost even more

Next week, the public transport board of the Lahti region will deal with ticket pricing in the zoning reform.

A blue Lahti local bus at the bus stop in Park, people are waiting for the bus in the canopy, a car passes the stopped bus.
It is suspected that the zoning reform will clearly reduce box office revenues. Stock photo.

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A hotel in Helsinki built windowless rooms in a parking garage underground – \”They are as good as other rooms\ assures the hotel manager hotellinjohtaja vakuuttaa

Staying in a windowless hotel room in the capital region currently costs around 200 euros per night.

On the surface, the hotel room looks ordinary: a wide bed, decorative pillows, a desk and beautifully falling, long curtains.

The specialness of the room is revealed behind the curtains – there is no window here.

The illusion of space is created with the help of a light wall, which is decorated with a Finnish forest landscape.

A windowless hotel room with an illuminated wall painting of a forest landscape on the wall, with a light curtain next to it.
In the windowless room of Hotel Marski, located in the heart of Helsinki, there is a Finnish forest landscape on the light wall.

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Research: Whales’ hit songs are transferred from performer to performer across the vast ocean

Humpback whales learn the complex songs of other populations quickly and accurately when they hear them along their migrations. An equal cultural exchange is known only from humans.

Humpback whale under the water surface.  A diver is barely the length of a whale's tail fin.
A diver and a humpback whale in the waters of Tonga in the South Pacific. An adult humpback whale is about 15 meters long and weighs 30 tons.

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Corona increased interest in home decoration and lighting – the trend of the coming winter may be turning off the lights

The trump cards of Finnish lighting manufacturers are earthy materials and gentle light. You can surprisingly improve the atmosphere of your home by changing the lighting.

Habitare trade fair Dimmed lamps from Valais company
At the Habitare interior design fair, you can familiarize yourself with home lighting and new lighting, among other things. Small ears were designed for the Himmee company Filly lamp because it resembles a stick horse.

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British conductor Collon brings the 95-year-old RSO to the festive season: \”Finns, be proud of your orchestra!\”

A half-stop happened at Musiikkitalo during the rehearsals of the Radio Symphony Orchestra. In addition to the chief conductor, we also met the RSO’s rowers, Heik and Mikael. RSO will be released tomorrow, Friday.

Nicholas Collo, chief conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra RSO, in rehearsals before the 95th anniversary season, Helsingin Musiikkitalo, 26 August 2022.
The Paavo hall of the music hall has a complete copy of the stage of the actual concert hall. The 100-player RSO is led for the second season by Briton Nicholas Collon.

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The worst forest fires in the Amazon rainforest in 15 years – Researcher: Brazil’s presidential election is the moment of fate for the forests

The leading candidates strongly disagree about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. The election will decide whether we will start fighting forest destruction or let it continue. In the worst case scenario, the Amazon rainforests are on the road to drying out and atrophying.

In the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon in Brazil, the worst forest fires in 15 years are raging.

Illegal land grabbers set fires to clear the forest for cattle grazing and soy plantations.

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One of the biggest reasons for the devastating forest fires has been the reluctance of President Bolsonaro’s administration to protect the environment: the country’s economy is growing at the expense of the Amazon rainforest.

Amazon BR163 Itaituba aerial photo just cleared
The past five years have seen extensive deforestation in the forests of Brazil. Rainforest cleared for fields along the road leading to Itaituba in 2019.

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Metsuri’s story, which won an award at Cannes, will now be seen for the first time in Finland – the director already felt like winning the lottery during filming

Metsuri’s story will be seen at Kokkola’s Kinojuhl this weekend. The arrival of film art in Central Ostrobothnia seems almost like a dream to the filmmakers.

The Kokkola Kinojuhlat, which starts today, Thursday, will be organized for the fifth time.

This year, the theme of the event is America and travel.

It has been great for the filmmakers to notice how the arrival of Cinema Art in Kokkola and Central Ostrobothnia strengthens the identity and importance of cinema in the region.

Filmmaking landing in Central Ostrobothnia \”an almost dreamlike development\”

Jarkko Lahti, the actor of the main character of the film \”Metsuri tarina\” considers the arrival of the film industry in Central Ostrobothnia to be an almost dreamlike development.

– It is a very desirable and wonderful, even dreamlike development that Finnish film art has specifically settled in Kokkola. You couldn’t have imagined this when you were younger, says Lahti.

In Lahti’s opinion, Kokkola has always been a strong cultural city.

– But the fact that the film now has such a big identity and importance here in Kokkola and the Central Ostrobothnia region, that’s a great thing, he says.

Lahti believes that the arrival of Cinematography has required several professionals to enter the field at the same time.

– It has required at least that we have had several active professionals in the field at the same time, and it has then created various synergies, Lahti states.

\”Now there’s such a lottery win that you’re going to lose your branches\”

According to Lahti, getting the lead role is always a chance for a Finnish actor.

– Very few Finnish actors get to make a film at all, and even fewer of them get to make a film from, so to speak, artistic starting points, he says.

– A really top-notch performance, although in art it is of course always difficult to talk about performances.

– It’s world-class acting that he does in this film. Even on one day of filming, it was said that now Jarkko won such a lottery that the branches are gone, laughs Myllylahti.

The premiere of director Myllylahtea at the Kokkola Kinojuhl is exciting despite the praise the film received from foreign critics. The same atmosphere is also in Lahti.

– Yes, this is at least as exciting as in Cannes in May. This is just a different kind of excitement, really emotional, because this is a home place where relatives and loved ones are there, says Lahti.

At Kinojuhl, the atmosphere is festive

The combination of the music accompanied by the Central Ostrobothnia Chamber Orchestra and the Chaplin’s son silent film into a unified whole inspires Kuosma in particular.

– After all, there are festive feelings here, when after five years of waiting, dreams come true, Kuosmanen rejoices.

According to the organizer, tickets for the Kinojuhli events have been sold well in advance. According to Kuosmanen, some performances have even been sold out, such as the Beggars of Life cinema concert.

– Instead of quantity, I would rather talk about a qualitative goal. Everyone who comes should enjoy the festival and we as organizers will be satisfied, says Kukkola.

In 2021, 2,300 tickets were sold for Kinojuhlie events, but at that time there were still corona restrictions. There is no actual audience target for the organizers, but the hopes are at least similar numbers.

_The subject can be discussed until Friday, September 9 at 11 p.m._.

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Construction at Päijät-Häme Central Hospital will continue immediately after the completion of the major expansion project

Making evacuation facilities for the next expansion of the central hospital will start in October. 8,000 square meters of premises are needed.

The construction site of the expansion part of Päijät-Häme Central Hospital in August 2020.
Päijät-Häme Central Hospital has been a construction site for years, and the construction is not finished. Stock photo.

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