HEL YES! - Food and Design from Helsinki

The hunter-gatherers of HEL YES! (from left): Harri Koskinen, Johanna Eliisa Laitanen, Klaus Haapaniemi, Mia Wallenius, Heikki Salonen, Linda Bergroth and Antto Melasniemi. Can furniture be made from trees thinned out from the forest? Can a new dinner set be created from donated plates? Can a restaurant gather ingredients straight from the forest? Can something new come out of foraging the old? HEL YES!, a temporary restaurant and exhibition in London's Design Week is imagined and realised by a creative team of Finnish designers and food visionaries. More...

Embassy of Finland in London has now its own Facebook page!

Lähetystön oma sivu Facebookissa näyttää kutakuinkin tältä. Consider this an extensive invitation to the office! For all the latest news from our consulate and cultural sections, the best Finland-related articles in UK media and the current issues in Finland-UK relations, please follow us in real time on Facebook. More...

Darkness - a positive resource for 2011 Capital of Culture Turku

The Turku Capital of Culture programme examines the familiar Nordic periods of darkness from a positive perspective. The programme has identified 876 shades of darkness, challenging the participators to face both culture and darkness with an open mind. More...