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Travel and restaurants

Kerb your appetite

A pair of inventive Helsinki restaurateurs have transformed three long-overlooked city kiosks into hospitable hubs of singular street-food. We join the queue.

  • Issue #145
  • 3 min read
Customers queue at Kiosque, a Helsinki kiosk serving French café classics, with staff taking orders through the window.
Art

Island inspiration

Helsinki is launching an art biennial with a twist by using its rugged landscapes to inspire artists.

  • Issue #145
  • 5 min read
Red-roofed manor house on a small rocky island in calm water.
Hospitality

Full steam ahead

The Scandic Grand Central hotel is breathing new life into one of Finland's most beloved buildings: Helsinki's main railway station. With stunning design and keen sense of history.

  • Issue #144
  • 1 min read
Full steam ahead
Transport

Missing links

As the world gets moving once again, we highlight the grand-scale transit projects that would give cities and nations new momentum.

  • Issue #144
  • 13 min read
Stylized illustration of coastal landscape with green mountains, water, and colorful geometric shapes
Entrepreneurialism

Finnish first

Hoping for a speedy bounce back to business, or a spot to start your next venture? Helsinki should be top of your list. The secret? High quality of life.

  • The Entrepreneurs #4
  • 9 min read
Finnish first
Affairs

Cities briefing

Helsinki’s mayor on selling his city, China’s Haikou heads to the beach and a Corsican pedestrian walkway.

  • Issue #143
  • 4 min read
Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki, standing outdoors in a dark suit with white cathedral building behind him
Fashion

Spring it on

Our round-up of the latest looks for spring takes in unisex cashmere from Amsterdam, ethical cotton from Nigeria, Japanese specs in the spotlight and the resurgence of a thoroughly modern Marimekko.

  • Issue #142
  • 1 min read
Spring it on
Food & Drink

Rafaela Seppälä

The art collector, journalist and newspaper heiress cheers the global standing of Nordic design over fresh crayfish and bilberry pie at her home in Helsinki.

  • Issue #141
  • 1 min read
Cooked crayfish garnished with fresh dill in a white bowl
Affairs

Cities

Los Angeles transforms its river, Helsinki goes deep for its heating and Prague’s tram lines go green.

  • Issue #141
  • 1 min read
Cities
Affairs

Be prepared

In Finland, national security concerns more than just the military. That’s why the country has a dedicated invitation-only course that teaches CEOs, MPs and other decision-makers how to keep society functioning during a crisis.

  • Issue #140
  • 8 min read
Be prepared

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