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last update:Oct252022April 13, 2021October 25, 2022Go to commentsby Santiago H

Tavastia Klubi: rock and metal concerts in Helsinki

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Today’s post is a collaboration with our reader Elisabeth Queen (facebook | Youtube). She talks about one of her favorite spots to see live Rock and Metal music in Helsinki (specially on New year’s eve) the Tavastia Klubi and its former New year’s eve traditional festival. Without further ado: ——————————— A trip to Helsinki isn’t complete without a night at Tavastia Klubi (official page). It…

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last update:Feb182024June 16, 2020February 18, 2024Go to commentsby Santiago H

Children eat for free in Helsinki in the summer

Posted in Events in Finland, Finnish food, Finnish traditions

Helsinki. Summer. The playgrounds are overflowing with children and around noon someone starts serving free food to them. Every day. Fiction? No, Finland. A park in Helsinki. Source (CC: by) The children eat for free in Helsinki during the summer Every child under 16 years old can eat for free in the capital of Finland at any of the more than 50 designated points –…

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last update:Jan242024March 15, 2020January 24, 2024Go to commentsby Santiago H

Is Finland dealing correctly with Coronavirus? Maybe not

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Now that the Coronavirus has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), we also look to Finland to ask: are the Finns doing well? Let’s get to it. Facemasks. Source (CC: by) Finnish doctors and patient treatment We have rarely talked about the Finnish health system here in the blog, that is true. Finland has in the last years tried to…

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last update:Apr092022January 7, 2020April 9, 2022Go to commentsby Santiago H

The Heavy Metal course at the University of Helsinki

Posted in Curiosities, Events in Finland, Helsinki

It is said about Finland that it is the country that has the most Heavy Metal bands per capita in the world. It’s a fact that I still have to check, as well as find out more about which other countries are at the top of the hypothetical ranking for a future post. But in the meantime there is a development in this part of…

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