The entertainment center lot vacated from Lahti’s Ranta-Kartano has attracted interest

The city will discuss the content of the plans with parties interested in construction in more detail in the coming months.

Photo of the Ranta-Kartano area in Lahti.  Cars parked in the parking lot, crane and fenced construction site in the background.
The Ranta-Kartano area is located next to Kisapuisto. Lahti is currently building a parking garage for more than 400 cars in the area.

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Finland will be one of the main tourist destinations for Japanese people in the future – the Japanese are interested in the northern lights and Finnish design

The Japan Tourism Association has named Finland as one of the main tourist destinations. Lapland does not expect an influx of Japanese tourists this winter due to Finnair’s reduced flight schedules and the pandemic.

The woman looks at the camera and smiles.
Japanese people shop hard and use a lot of services, says Susanne Hulbekkmo, hotel manager of Rovaniemi’s Hotel Santa Claus.

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Part of Finland’s most significant collection of works made outside the academic art world to be exhibited at the National Museum – the Kokkola museum owns more than 600 works

One of Scandinavia’s largest individual collections of outsider art is K.H. In the possession of the Renlund Museum. Some of the works will be seen next spring in Helsinki.

Pictured is a portrait of a couple.
Portrait of the German gallerist couple Werner and Elke Zimmer. The picture was painted by Eduard Odenthal. Photo: K.H. Renlund Museum.

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The Kainuu Music Festival is reaching the goal of 10,000 visitors – the responsible producer: \”I believe this event will satisfy the hunger for music\”

The event will take place this weekend in the surroundings of the city pond and Kajaanihalli. 21 artists will perform at the festival, including, among others, Apulanta, Arttu Wiskari, J. Karjalainen, Haloo Helsinki!, JVG and Vesala.

Haloo Helsinki!  at a gig in Ilosaarirock.
Haloo Helsinki! has performed actively all over Finland, for example at Ilosaarirock in Joensuu.

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The Savonlinna Opera Festival raised the average prices of hotel rooms in South Savo to the most expensive in the country

Domestic summer tourism was clearly quieter than the previous year. The number of overnight stays fell to a lower level than the previous year in almost all provinces. There were clearly more foreign tourists staying than last summer.

Serena Ferraiuolo and Giulio Settimo on the opera stage.
The Savonlinna Opera Festival vaccinated the hotel guest’s pocket. Serena Ferraiuolo and Giulio Settimo in Ferruccio Busoni’s opera Harlekiini, which premiered in Finland this summer.

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There are bars in Helsinki where cell phones or photography are completely prohibited: \”We want to be a secret place where no evidence remains\”

People who are tired of their cell phones already have their own bars. In Helsinki, at least two cocktail bars have implemented the restrictions. The nightclub world is still thinking about what to do.

At least two cocktail bars in the center of Helsinki have restricted the use of mobile phones by their customers.

No cell phones or no photography is part of the business concept of both places.

– I believe that some will come to us because of the _no pictures_ policy. People come because it’s interesting, Bidgood says.

Various ready-made cocktails at the counter of the Chihuahua Jubilee cocktail bar.
A couple of cocktail bars in Helsinki have restricted the use of mobile phones in their premises.

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Books by social influencers receive harsh criticism – this is how publishing houses justify why books by influencers are published

All of Hubara is worried about the narrowing of literature if you can become a writer with the help of the general public. The Otava publishing house says that the number of followers is important when considering the publication of influencers’ books.

Customers at the Finnish Bookstore in Helsinki
We are now worried about the future of literature. However, according to WSOY’s Marketing and Communications Director Reetta Miettinen, there is no reason to worry.

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Wagner’s legendary Valkyrie is played at the National Opera – in addition to the music, the composer’s dubious reputation remained in life

Wagner was anti-Semitic and Hitler’s favorite composer. According to historian Hannu Salme, a European problem is condensed in Wagner.

The debate around Wagner continues more than 200 years after the composer’s birth. For many, the composer’s name brings to mind bad echoes, for example because of his anti-Semitism. Wagner spread hate speech, but on the other hand he also spoke for universal understanding.

Wotan (Tommi Hakala) threatens Brünnhilde (Johanna Rusanen) with a spear on the Valkyrie stage.
Finland’s leading singers will be seen in the National Opera’s Ring production. Wotan is played by Tommi Hakala, Brünnhilde by Johanna Rusanen.

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The scrap lifted from the bottom of Saimaa became a 2.5 meter high work of art – watch the video of its unveiling

The event found an audience despite the bad weather.

Metallic artwork close up.
As a rule, scrap metal was used in the artwork, but there is also some plastic in the Secret of Saimaa.

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Boris Charmatz’s exceptional dance work will be seen in Helsinki: \”I actually don’t know what I want to say with it\”

Choreographer Boris Charmatz’s dance art is widely exhibited during the festival weeks in Helsinki. He currently runs the Tanztheater Wuppertal, founded by Pina Bausch, whose future performances at Tanssi talo were sold out in a couple of weeks.

Boris Charmatz dances with his upper body bare.
Choreographer Boris Charmatz will visit Helsinki during the festive weeks. Image from SOMNOLE.

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