Finnair lounge: Sauna with a view of the runway

Finns enjoy a sweat bath and sauna people like to have a sauna in every possible place: Now Finnish aircraft company Finnair will open a luxurious Spa and Wellness centre in autumn 2009 adjacent to its new via.Helsinki Lounge in the Helsinki Airport terminal extension. The facilities include ie. a sauna with a view of the runway.

Other crazy places for sauna are:

• Cabinet sauna inside the Hartwall arena (watch a live ice-hockey game while you sweat in sauna),
  
• Fin-Duck is a boat, a sauna, a duck, a summer cottage powered by an outboard motor
• Saunabus is a steaming design exhibition on the road,
• Own Sauna island,
• Sports Academy's sauna is situated in the middle of the sports bar behind a one-way window - where you can see but can't be seen

Fennofolk – New Nordic Oddity 11.6.-28.9.2008

Design Museum's main exhibition in the summer of 2008 will be Fennofolk – New Nordic Oddity, an analysis of Finnish culture from a new perspective. The exhibition and its catalogue will offer a broad overview of the fields of Finnish design and culture, dissolving boundaries and assembling the designers of today's young generation under a single theme. Over 100 of Finnish artists, creative persons, communities and organizations have been invited to participate.

Renewed Korjaamo is open!

Renewed Korjaamo Culture Factory is open; new stage for concerts & theater, 2 new gallery spaces, new cafe (open from 4th of July), even bigger terrace, Korjaamo shop and plus old spaces (bar, etc.). Korjaamo shop offers a good selection of translated Finnish literature, design gifts and bunch of Finnish alternative tunes. Shop reminds me of Kiasma and EMMA shops.

Helsinki Terazza - Rough Guide 2008

Terraces are a big plus, and Helsinkians are able to celebrate summer on a terrace; chill & grill your own food (Kuudes linja, Kaikukuja 4, open every day 17-00), inner yard patio & DJ (Grotesk, terrace, entrance from Erottajankatu), sofas & cool drinks (Olo terrace bar, Kasarmikatu 44, we-sat 17.00-24.00), best view and tourists (Torni Ateljee bar, Kalevankatu 5), island hopping (Valhalla & Valimo, Suomenlinna island).

More info: We are Helsinki - magazine (www.we-are.fi).

MoMa; Outstanding Short Films from International Festivals, 2008

MoMA's (The Museum of Modern Art) annual showcase (June 11–13, 2008) of recent narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental short films provides a glimpse into cinema's future. Most short films are produced by young filmmakers at the start of their careers; at their best, these works are characterized by youthful vigor and a daring willingness to break with cinematic convention.

There will be New York premiere for the secretly shot movie called:DMZ. Directed by Jouni Hokkanen and Simojukka Ruippo. A demilitarized zone marks the border between North and South Korea. What is life like north of the zone?

Hokkanen and Ruippo have been shooting dozens of internationally successful short films like Pyongyang Robogirl and Hong Kong Sars Blues.