This day in history we featue the Linnanmäki. An amusement park in Helsinki, Finland was opened on this day in 1950. Trivia – Linnanmäki Linnanmäki is owned by the non-profit Children’s Day Foundation, which operates the park in order to raise funds for Finnish child welfare work. In 2019, the foundation donated €4.5 million, and […]
This day in history we feature the Tampere light rail. The Tampere tram is a public transport system in Finland which officially started operating on this day in 2021. Trivia – Tampere light rail In November 2016, the Tampere city council approved plans to construct a 330-million-euro light rail system on the route from the […]
This day in history we feature the Helsinki Metro. The first rapid transit system of Finland, was opened to the general public on this day in 1982. Trivia – Helsinki Metro The Helsinki Metro is operated by Helsinki City Transport for HSL and carries 92.6 million passengers per year. The system consists of 2 lines, […]
The waste heat from the new data centers will be routed to local homes and businesses as hot water. Microsoft’s new data centers will aid with the heating of homes in Finland according to reports. Microsoft will create data centers in collaboration with state-owned energy company Fortum that will not only be fueled by 100% […]
An architect-designer in southern Finland has returned to a frozen lake with a snow shovel to draw a large animal on the ice for the sixth year in a row, creating an artwork that he hopes will “make people happy and encourage them to go out to hike in a beautiful nature.” Pasi Widgren drew […]
Dogs trained to detect the novel coronavirus began sniffing passenger samples at Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa airport this week, authorities said, in a pilot project running alongside more usual testing at the airport. The dogs’ efficiency has not been proven in comparative scientific studies so passengers who volunteer to be tested and are suspected as carrying the […]
