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.
Japanese people shop hard and use a lot of services, says Susanne Hulbekkmo, hotel manager of Rovaniemi’s Hotel Santa Claus. …
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.
Portrait of the German gallerist couple Werner and Elke Zimmer. The picture was painted by Eduard Odenthal. Photo: K.H. Renlund Museum. …
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! has performed actively all over Finland, for example at Ilosaarirock in Joensuu. …
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.
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. …
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.
A couple of cocktail bars in Helsinki have restricted the use of mobile phones in their premises. …
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.
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. …
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.
Finland’s leading singers will be seen in the National Opera’s Ring production. Wotan is played by Tommi Hakala, Brünnhilde by Johanna Rusanen. …
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.
Choreographer Boris Charmatz will visit Helsinki during the festive weeks. Image from SOMNOLE. …
The endangered species thrives on the breakwater, near which there are many places to eat.
Over the decades, laughing gulls have moved to nest on islets from the banks of lush bird waters. Illustration picture.
The nesting of laughing gulls in Päijät-Häme is strongly concentrated in Lahti. The number of laughing gulls has decreased in Finland in recent decades, and the species is classified as endangered.
According to this year’s count, there are about 5,500 pairs of laughing gulls in Päijät-Hämee, two-thirds of which nest on the breakwater of Lahti harbor.
The breakwater in Lahti harbor, built 25 years ago, is located in a good location, sheltered from wild animals and close to eating places such as park lawns. According to Lammi, the laughing gulls of the Lahden colony look for their food within a radius of about 20 kilometers, for example in the fields of Luhtikylä in Orimattila. The species eats, among other things, fish and insects.
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