Helsinki

Exploring Finland Beyond Helsinki

Rachel Stern | Posted 05.08.2013 | Travel

Read More: Helsinki, Lapland, Sami People, Turku, Finland, Aland Islands, Klaus K Hotel, Kotipizza, Travel News

I was lucky enough to spend an idyllic August exploring -- by foot, train, plane, and bikes (free in cities such as Helsinki with a deposit). But if you only have a week, there's still a trove of highlights that can be enjoyed.

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PHOTOS: Day Trips Put Cities In Context

Global Yodel | Posted 03.24.2013 | Travel

All the books about the resiliency of a city's people pale compared to hiking the desolate mountains their ancestors crossed centuries before.

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The 10 Most Prosperous Cities

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 10.25.2012 | Home

Read More: Dublin, Video, World Economy, United Nations, Un, Helsinki, Stockholm, Toyko, Melbourne, London, Copenhagen, Vienna, Paris, Oslo, Home News

The world might want to look to Vienna, Austria to solve all of its problems. In a new report entitled State Of The World Cities 2012/2013, the Un...

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On the Culture Front: Two Climates, Lots of Vodka

Chris Kompanek | Posted 09.16.2012 | New York

Read More: Helsinki, Miami, Bass Museum, Guggenheim, Marco Brambilla, The Tiger Lillies, Sleepless Night, Standard Hotel, Finlandia, Suomenlinna, New York News

In the dead of winter, I found myself on the other side of the world for the Finlandia Vodka Cup. Wearing many layers, I delved deeper into the clear spirit experience.

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Finland Rejects Guggenheim Proposal

AP | Posted 07.02.2012 | Arts

Read More: Video, Axed Proposals, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Expensive, Buried Projects, Guggenheim, Finland, Helsinki, Art Museums, Paavo Arhinmaki, Arts News

HELSINKI — The Helsinki City Council has narrowly rejected a proposal to build a Guggenheim art museum in the Finnish capital. The council's bo...

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Gunman Opens Fire At School

AP | MATTI HUUHTANEN | Posted 05.30.2012 | World

Read More: Finland Gunman Shooting, Finland School Shooting, Orivesi, Finland, Finland Shooting, Helsinki, Finland Gunman, World News

HELSINKI — A 23-year-old gunman wounded the father of his former girlfriend in an office building in Finland on Friday, then went to a nearby sc...

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Literary Death Match Bumbles Its Way to Scandinavia

Todd Zuniga | Posted 04.16.2012 | Books

Read More: Leena Parkkenin, Miika Nousiainer, Sofi Oksanen, Helsinki, Scandinavia, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Literary Death Match, Katri Lipson, Oslo, Literary Death Match Scandinavia, Books News

I have sometimes described bringing Literary Death Match to a new city as taking a hammer to a fresh sheet of ice, then following the cracks until they dead end.

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A Guggenheim In Helsinki?

AP | Posted 01.10.2012 | Arts

HELSINKI -- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on Tuesday proposed building a museum in the Finnish capital after a yearlong feasibility study. The...

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World's Most Liveable Cities: Monocle Magazine 'Quality of Life' Survey (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Munich residents have a reason to toast themselves months before Oktoberfest this year, as the Bavarian city tops the list of Monocle Magazine's Quali...

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Finland Prime Minister Quits

AP | JARI TANNER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

HELSINKI — Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen resigned Friday to allow the ruling Center Party's new leader to succeed him as the head of the...

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Computer Servers Tp Jeat From deep underground, data center will help heat Helsinki homes

SmartPlanet | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Computer Servers, Helsinki, Computer Servers Heat, Heat Helsinki Homes, Servers Heat, Data Center Heat, Technology News

The Finnish capital of Helsinki is preparing to house what may be the greenest data center on the planet. Hidden deep within the bedrock of a massi...

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Helsinki Train Crash: Passenger Train Crashes Into Hotel

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki Train Crash, Helsinki Hotel Train Crash, World News

HELSINKI — Finnish transport officials say a near-empty passenger train has crashed into a hotel by Helsinki's main railway station, causing dam...

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Finland Mall Shooting: 4 Dead After Rampage At Suburban Mall, Police Say

AP | MARIUS TURULA and JARI TANNER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Sello Mall, Ibrahim Shkunpoli, Prisma Supermarket, Gun Ownership, Finland, Suicide Rates, Helsinki, Espoo, Mall Shooting, World News

ESPOO, Finland — A lone gunman dressed in black killed five people, including four in a crowded shopping mall, before returning home and taking ...

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Survey: Oslo Is Most Expensive City; New York Is Sixth

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Dublin, Ipod, UBS Study, Helsinki, Zurich, Study, Paris, New York City, New York, Most Expensive Cities, Tokyo, Ubs, World's Most Expensive Cities, Geneva, Cairo, Copenhagen, Vienna, Business News

Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva and Tokyo are more expensive than New York, according to a new study released Wednesday by UBS. The study analyzes...

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The King of Morocco and a Little Girl in Bombay (xvii)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Ganesh, King of Morocco, Streetchildren, Mumbai, Gordon House Hotel, Spirituality, Helsinki, Women Travelers, Taj Mahal, Healthy Living News

The waiter was very concerned that I liked the food -- that it was not too spicy for me -- and he came and offered me, as a treat, a handful of three Chinese fortune cookies.

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