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Therapy recycle + exorcise presented their collection on the first day of HFW. Vegan sneakers by Heluna shop. Photo credit: Julia Rahikka

This year Helsinki Fashion Week took place from 19th to 22nd of July, in four locations in Helsinki. The fashion shows took place in the Palace of Nobility, Wanha Satama and Clarion hotel Helsinki. Talk panels were also held in these places and keynotes were held at Elisa Kulma, witch is an official partner of HFW.

A “Bio-Playground”, including photographs, clothes and sustainable fabrics was showcased at Wanha Satama where among others, a hundred percent vegan “leather” was displayed by Ultrafabrics inc.

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Ed Sheeran's “Divide” world tour has been highly successful and has attracted millions of fans. The tour which started last March in Tourin, Italy and is planned to end in August in Ipswich, England is currently the second highest grossing concert of all times with a box office sales of over $678 millions for 236 shows. 

Sixty thousand tickets to the Helsinki Concert were sold out in 30 minutes, the fastest ever in the Finnish history.

Despite the overwhelming influence of Social Media , chatting, Tinder and Snapchat, etc. there are still people who would prefer an old fashioned penpal to exchange snail mail letters with.

Helsinki Times received a letter, written on paper and send by regular mail from a reader in Ghana who asks us to print his penpal announcement in our paper.

When Tinder showed up, it seemed to us that dating apps had peaked - could they be innovated any more? Probably not.  But we were wrong. As the culture of dating and the needs of singles change, so does the market evolve and innovate to respond to those needs.

The world of dating apps dried up and they needed something fresh. The Inner Circle responded to this.

ed Sheeran gig sold out in Bangkok in April

THE BRITISH POP STAR ED SHEERAN has broken a national record in Finland, with the original date for his July Helsinki concert selling out all 60,000 tickets in under 20 minutes. An extra Helsinki date was announced immediately after the first one was sold out. 

Tickets for his July 23^rd date are still on sale as of writing, and can be purchased at Lippu.fi.

Midsummer bonfire at Seurasaari

Slowly but surely, we're getting there. The merciless winter chill is beginning to recede, the sun is making its big comeback, and summer will be here before you know it. The three months of passable weather are the highlight of the calendar year in Finland, nowhere more so than in the capital itself.

The development of the original, ancient Sami huts project in the Laplandiya part of Russia was called “In the land of Standing Stones”. Even though the majority of Lapland is primarily Finnish territory, there are northern parts of Russia that encompass it too. The excursions in the Russian Lapland feature interesting facts about the unique pattern of the birches and different shapes of Christmas trees.

It seems like online dating has slowed to an almost halt. Same dull conversations with random matches, photoshopped pics and fake profiles; so are we really gaining anything by downloading the next rsi-inducing app that promises to help us find the one we are looking for?

A decorated Sami tobacco bag from 1911 in Siida museum

The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. UNESCO keeps reporting that approximately 600 languages disappear each year. As a result, world globalization smashes many cultures and people literally lose their roots.

The Sami is a unique example of indigenous people and culture uniting mainly six countries—Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ukraine and the USA. They speak six dialects of Sami language. 

Mikko Ilmari Hallikainen (first from right), Rain Lin, Liang Yue, Yu Cun and Mia Waire in the Red Gallery

The opening reception of Finland-China International Contemporary Ink Art Exhibition was successfully held at Red Gallery on 15th December 2018. The exhibition is a diverse and international / intercultural event presenting works of artists from different countries.