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Rio’s record, giant dogs and a psychic crocodile – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Brew festivals and ethical cafes: Why coffee-lovers should head to Helsinki this year

An increasingly diverse coffee culture has taken root in the Finnish city over the last decade.

Euronews

Deep snow, thick ice and zero delays: Inside the Arctic Circle airports that never cancel a flight

Where most airports would close for a few centimetres of snow, some battle-hardened Arctic Circle airports refuse to close for anything.

Euronews

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Finland ‘ahead of schedule’ on coal phase out as Helsinki’s Salmisaari plant closes

Wind power in Finland has more than doubled since 2020 to supply a quarter of the country’s energy.

Euronews

Finnair cancels 70 flights due to union strikes, affecting around 6,500 passengers

Airline boss described the industrial action as ‘unreasonable’

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy dismisses Putin's agreement to pause attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid

The Ukrainian President described Putin's supposed concession as 'very much at odds with reality'.

Euronews

Student to cycle 2,500km for charity after his mother overcomes cancer

Jesper Hartikainen will cycle around 200km a day from London to the Finnish capital, Helsinki.

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What one Finnish church learned from creating a service almost entirely with AI

St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Helsinki has held the first church service in Finland created mostly by artificial intelligence

The Independent UK

Red Wings trade Ville Husso to the Ducks

Red Wings trade Ville Husso to the Ducks. Husso, a native of Helsinki, Finland has only won one game for Detroit in 2024-25.

The Sports Daily

How the war in Ukraine has made flying worse for the climate

Some long-haul flights connecting Europe and Asia are emitting 40% more CO₂ since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, my new study shows. The spike is largely due to airspace closures above conflict zones which are forcing airlines to seek alternative routes, significantly increasing flight times. Longer flights…

The Conversation

NATO Baltic Leaders Set To Boost Security After Cable 'Sabotage'

NATO countries on the Baltic Sea will look to boost security when they meet in Helsinki on Tuesday, following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables widely blamed on Russia.

International Business Times

Jo Hadley obituary

Other lives: Former Essex policeman turned puppeteer, who introduced Punch and Judy shows to his adopted home of Finland

The Guardian - UK

Alvar Aalto: our ultimate guide to architecture's father of gentle modernism

Alvar Aalto defined midcentury – and Finnish – architecture like no other, creating his own, distinctive brand of gentle modernism; honouring him, we compiled the ultimate guide

Wallpaper

Helsinki arena to reopen in spring after being left in limbo by Russian sanctions

Finnish real estate company says deal for sports and entertainment venue will restore it to its former glory

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Alvar Aalto's Finlandia Hall is a modernist gem reborn through sustainability and accessibility

Helsinki's Finlandia Hall, an Alvar Aalto landmark design, has been reborn - highlighting sustainability and accessibility in a new chapter for the modernist classic

The Guardian - UK

On the waterfront in Helsinki – a zen regeneration game

The world’s most sustainable travel destination is giving its harbour a facelift with an eco-friendly hotel that whispers cool Scandi minimalism while reconnecting guests with nature

Tom’s Hardware

Undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia experiences outage — capacity reduced to 35% as Finnish authorities investigate

An undersea power cable connecting Helsinki and Tallinn, carrying 658 megawatts of electricity, has been disrupted on Christmas Day.

The Guardian - UK

My voyage of good cheer around Finland – the world’s happiest country

With clean air, vast green spaces and more saunas than cars, Finns have plenty of reasons to be cheerful

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The Independent UK

The huge spike in gun range openings in a country that borders Russia

The training doesn’t stop at the gun range

International Business Times

Fears For The Future As Drug Deaths Among Young Finns Soar

Louder

“Don’t blame me for glam metal. Most of those bands played their hairspray cans better than their instruments”: The wild story of Hanoi Rocks’ Back To Mystery City, the glam-punk classic that helped invent Guns N’ Roses

The story of Hanoi Rocks’ Back To Mystery City, the glam-punk album that invented Guns N’ Roses

RideApart

Half a Million Snowmobiles Have Been Built in Finland, and That's Just From Ski-Doo

Finland remains on my bucket list of places to go, albiet for some particularly "me" reasons. See, as much as Finland is gorgeous, full of hospitable people, caribou I'd love to hunt, and the Northern Lights, if you want to learn any sort of motorsport, really learn it, you go to…

The National (Scotland)

nd’s Euro 2025 dream still alive: Cumings confident ahead of Helsinki showdown

Pedro Martinez Losa's Scotland side sit at the half-way stage of their European Championship play-off final with Finland the happier of the two…

The Guardian - UK

Scotland face uphill battle to reach Euro 2025 after stalemate with Finland

Scotland struggled to produce chances against old rivals Finland in 0-0 draw and must win second leg in Helsinki on Tuesday to make the Euros

The Guardian - UK

Tove Jansson murals, with hidden Moomins, seen for first time in Helsinki show

Paradise exhibition focuses on public works for factory walls, hospitals and nurseries – long before Moominmania took hold

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