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The Finnish motor sports top rank believes that holding a fully fledged Formula 1 Grand Prix in Finland could become a reality. Copenhagen in Denmark is fast building a name for itself as a hosting city, but Helsinki would be a great location for an F1 race as well.
IKEA, the Swedish company that designs and sells furniture, kitchen appliances and home accessories has been adamant in opening a store in Helsinki, the capital of Helsinki.
One of the most popular indie rock bands in the world, the Arctic Monkeys will perform at the Flow festival in Helsinki in August 2018.
Formula 1 star Kimi Räikkönen is said to have a stake in a Karaoke Bar in Helsinki. After the months of opening the place has sprung up to be a hot spot for celebrities in Finland.
Norwegian, a low-cost airline adds new flights to and from Helsinki-Vantaa. Helsinki is the main hub for the Finnish flagship carrier, Finnair. Norwegian adds a new route to Krakow in Poland, as well as increasing the number of other flights to other cities.
In Finland 18-25 year old young adults are in a class of their own in mobile data use. On average they use 30 Gigabytes of data a month, says the local operator Telia.
Over a million Finns get their drinking water from the second longest continuous underground bedrock tunnel in the world. It is the called the Päijänne water tunnel in Southern Finland and it is a 120 kilometre long artificial acqueduct.
The Finnish Ski Jumping team is ready for the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang in Korea. In a humor move move the team posted a video waving hands and changing expressions.
See the hypnotic video with the team consisting of Antti Aalto, Eetu Nousiainen, Jarkko Määttä and veteran ski jumper Janne Ahonen.
Svenska YLE in Finland is reporting that authorities have raided the headquarters of OneCoin cryptocurrency in Bulgaria. The raid was a joint effort between local police, German police and Europol. Now it seems the main suspects have fled the country.
Finnish newspaper Kauppalehti has published spy photos of the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class in Saariselkä Finland. The car was a heavily masked, but clearly identifiable. The car will be unveiled to the public on February 2nd in Amsterdam.