The beauty of Finnish art songs revealed

New Straits Times;  April 19, 2004 ;     443 words ......Straits Times 04-19-2004 The beauty of Finnish art songs revealed Byline: Faridul Anwar...mind that the repertoire was alien - Finnish art songs that one might have never heard...listeners could finally see the beauty of Finnish art songs compared with the more popular...

Capital of cool MALCOLM HANDLEY IN HELSINKI.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  June 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ...IS Helsinki Europe's coolest capital? It's not just...home to mobile phone giant Nokia and Helsinki is home city to Finnish president Tarja...with ballet classes. How cool is that? Helsinki is a quietly confident city comfortable...

REVIEW: 'CONTEMPORARY FINNISH ART'

Roanoke Times & World News;  December 2, 2004 ;     574 words ......Roanoke College to look at the current show, "Contemporary Finnish Art," featuring the work of six Finnish artists in a variety of...who can, do, and those who can't, criticize. "Contemporary Finnish Art" Where: Olin and Smoyer galleries, Roanoke College When: On...

A new gloss Finnish Helsinki has spent 33 million turning itself into a...

Evening Standard - London;  January 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......felt rather sorry for Helsinki, stuffed up there in a...cities - Bergen in Norway, Helsinki's closest competitor...diversity of the events Helsinki is staging for Y2K - everything...During the Cold War, Helsinki was deemed so grim that...Sweden) and the centre of Helsinki is pretty much ...

HELSINKI MAKES ITS 450TH ANNIVERSARY SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.

PR Newswire;  May 25, 2000 ;     397 words ......Tourist Board. One of the highlights of Helsinki's year as a European City of Culture...the first running through the story of Helsinki and the second presenting the city today...the eyes of the city's young people. ``Helsinki's history certainly has plenty of drama...

The pleasant face of Helsinki; If there's Minnesota Smug, then there has...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ......rain mixed with snow. So why had I liked Helsinki so much? Because - and every time I say...I wince at how ordinary it sounds - Helsinki was just so darned nice. No kidding...remember that I hadn't been angry at all in Helsinki. Not at the gloomy winter weather. Not...

Helsinki Bids for Shared Olympics

AP Online;  June 14, 1999 ;     700+ words ......TURULA, AP Sports Writer AP Online 06-14-1999 Helsinki Bids for Shared Olympics HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- Finland's highest mountain...feet, and it's nowhere near the capital. Still, Helsinki is bidding for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Renowned...

Mirror Travel : Nicely Finnished; Paul McElroy admires the style of...

The Mirror (London, England);  July 8, 2000 ;     700+ words ......weekend? Tesco? Bit of DIY? Shopping in Helsinki? Do yourself a favour - impress your...'s even cheap to shop in. The beauty of Helsinki is that it is compact. Two days is long...weave figures-of-eight from one corner of Helsinki to the other. It's virtually impossible...

Travel: Ultimate guide - Sweden in glorious Technicolor and the sound of...

The Independent - London;  June 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ...It must have taken the waiter at Helsinki's Hotel Kamp five minutes to lay the...forecaster." We were combining a weekend in Helsinki with a sort of Sibelius pilgrimage. The...came from. Perhaps you didn't know that Helsinki is one of nine European cities of culture...

HELSINKI THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF FINLAND'S CAPITAL IS BOTH MIXED AND...

The Boston Globe;  October 24, 1993 ;     700+ words ...HELSINKI -- Finland's capital looks both east and west, to Russia...controlled this nation that won its independence only in 1917. Helsinki's art and architecture, too, have been influenced by clashing...created a marvelous suite of neoclassical buildings around Helsinki's Senate Square. Another Engel ...

Travel: A city for all seasons; The warmth of Helsinki in the snow...

The Birmingham Post (England);  September 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ......they not? But the differences between winter-time Helsinki and summertime Helsinki seemed particularly marked. It is a country of...there were many familiar sights and feelings, but Helsinki had undoubtedly changed. The change was good...

Report From Wonderland: The Modern Madness Of Helsinki

The Washington Post;  June 9, 1991 ;     700+ words ......music-filled harbors until the wee hours, Helsinki exudes the spirit of Europe in the 1990s...still lingering somewhere in the 1950s, Helsinki was the place I went for a quick fix...directed and paid by computer. Walking Helsinki's streets is the closest I have come...

Helsinki: Finland's year 2000 City of Culture

Scandinavian Review;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Culture for the Year 2000, giving Helsinki - and the entire country - a chance to appear upon the world stage. Helsinki's goals for the year are "to enhance...quality of life for people living in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and to send a message...

Helsinki's ups and downs

Scandinavian Review;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Tired Travelers Helsinki-or, to give Finland's capital its original...they come from the east, having tacked Helsinki onto their Russian tour, they are so...before they set off for home. History Helsinki requires not a jaded or exhausted visitor...

My Kind of Town HELSINKI DR ROBERT VANDERPLANK is the director of the...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 4, 2007 ;     625 words ...WHY HELSINKI? As my wife is Finnish, Helsinki has been a second home to me for 25 years. Arriving by one...breakfast and sauna, from pounds 107). Built in 1928, it was Helsinki's first "skyscraper" and has rooms in different styles (art...