The first Finnish south pole expedition 2008

The Finnish expedition will ski unsupported to the South Pole in December 2008. The expedition's journey across the World's coldest continent, Antarctica, is over 1000km long and will take about 50 days to complete.

During this time the two-man expedition will be fighting against extremely low temperatures, freezing winds and physical exhaustion.

There's only a handful of people who have skied to both Poles worldwide. When reaching the South Pole, Kari Poppis Suomela will be the 12th person in the world to reach both poles unsupported.

More info: www.thepole.fi

Hotel Room

Can you call it a hotel if all the rooms are located in different cities of the world?

The founders of the Hotel Room say: "Sure you can. And we call it a hotel even though only the first room, room number 1, is open for business. It's located in Kallio district, in Helsinki, Finland".

THE FIVE CORNERS QUINTET RECORD RELEASE PARTY

Hot Corner, the new longplayer by The Five Corners Quintet is out and causing a stir. Recent gigs have shown that the tracks are steaming on stage as well, and now it's time to celebrate the release by the means of the official record release party in Helsinki. The Quintet will lively up the legendary rock club Tavastia this coming Friday, December 19.

Appearing live on stage, The Five Corners Quintet consists of Teppo Mäkynen (drums/ band leader), Timo Lassy (sax), Jukka Eskola (trumpet), Mikael Jakobsson (piano), and Antti Lötjönen (double bass).

You probably know it already, but let's say it anyway: This one's gonna be hot!

A book about Helsinki vol.2 compiled by Bulgaria Mag

Bulgaria Magazine has done it again:

"The damn best city guide you can ever find about our beloved city"
-Mashmarket crew

"If you really wanna know something about Helsinki, forget Lonely Planet and cop this book here..."
-Top Billin' crew

Get the book here.

Helsinki's metro will run without drivers in year 2013

The operation control system of Helsinki’s metro is being replaced. The modernisation also provides a natural opportunity for automating the system.

According to the target schedule of the contract, the metro will run without drivers towards the end of 2013.

Automated metro services are used by many cities around the world, the nearest of which is Copenhagen.

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