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Finnisharchitecture.fi info portal is open

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:36:00 +0000

Launched in September 2009, finnisharchitecture.fi is a virtual information centre aimed at anyone interested in Finnish architecture. It also promotes Finnish architecture as part of Finland's cultural export. Available in English, it caters to international audiences, including public bodies as well as interested individuals.

The portal brings together the various agents operating in Finnish architecture, guiding visitors to their respective websites. Topical news feature events of international interest such as current overseas projects by Finnish architects. Visitors can search through practicing architects and offices, as well as architects of interest.

The virtual information centre is maintained by the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Alvar Aalto Museum.

Helsinki Seafarers center

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:18:00 +0000

Helsinki Seafarers center is an organic-shaped, wooden building in the new Vuosaari Harbor, in the eastern part of Helsinki. The building can also be visited by other than just seafarers. It is open every day, mostly in the afternoons and evenings.

It contains a chapel, multi-purpose space, a small library, sitting room, a café/shop, a laundry and of course a sauna. Important also is an outdoor patio with possibility for barbecuing in the warm season.

The architecture is very different from the rest of the buildings and structures in the new harbor.

Read more: Article by Arkkivahti blog

Image by Jussi Tiainen.

Helsinki close-ups (Helsinki lähikuvia)

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:49:00 +0000

Helsinki - close-ups (Helsinki - lähikuvia by Sami Piskonen) is a book that presents Helsinki as a big art gallery. In addition to the tourist sights, the main role is played by glowing neon advertisements, elegant signs and beautiful details of buildings – everyday pieces of art that the passer-by easily overlooks. The book will open the reader’s eyes to see the streets and blocks of the Finnish capital in a new way.

Published by Minerva Kustannus.

CLUES TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Planet Fun Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:53:00 +0000

CLUES TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Planet Fun Fun exhibition @ Kerava Art Museum, 9.9. - 25.10. 2009.

Petri Ala-Maunus, Terhi Heino, Tero Juuti, Heta Kuchka, Sami Lukkarinen, Maiju Salmenkivi, Eliisa Suominen, Minna Suoniemi, Aleksi Tolonen and Thomas Westphal are all part of a generation of artists for whom art is a field of playful curiosity.

Get your own Che Kerava T-shirt from Kerava Art museum shop!

Ovi lifecasting

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:18:00 +0000

With Ovi, you can now keep your Facebook friends up to date where you are and what you are doing in a new way.

Right from your Nokia N97, you can lifecast the street address you are at, and your friends can see your location on a map. You can also share a meaningful location from the nearby places of interest or your favourite place that you have saved on Ovi Maps. To show your friends what a great spot you are exploring, you can take a photo, and attach it to your Facebook post.

More info: Ovi Lifecasting

Hyötypyörä - bike courier service

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:33:00 +0000

Hyötypyörä is a tiny bike courier service in Helsinki, Finland.
More info: www.hyotypyora.fi

Try also other bike courier services in Helsinki area: BikeXpress, City Mail

Lifelike, Helsinki 78-82, Hannulelauri @ Redrum

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Lifelike (FRA), Helsinki 78-82, Hannulelauri

Redrum, Helsinki
Fri 09.10.2009 22-04
Price 12 eur

Enjoy Sauna in a Gondola Lift

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:52:00 +0000

Enjoy the hot ride while others are skiing around you. The sauna gondola at Ylläs is the first one in the world.

More info:
Click here.

Pelago Bicycles

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:52:00 +0000

The idea for Pelago Bicycles has developed during the last 10 years.

In 2009 Pelago introduced their first bicycles and a shop in Vallila district, uptown Helsinki. Pelago aims to make bicycles that you can be as proud of – bikes that still ride in 2050 – bikes that serve the purpose.

Click here to take a closer look and get one for yourself.

New seaside districts in Helsinki

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:27:00 +0000

The transfer of the Sörnäinen and Länsisatama harbours to Vuosaari and shutting down the Laajasalo oil harbour are setting into motion the biggest process of change in Helsinki in over a 100 years. These massive changes reminds me of Hafencity project in Hamburg.

In Hanasaari there will be five terrace buildings.

Kalasatama district

Moving the harbour away from the city centre provides the opportunity to completely transform the shorelines along Sörnäinen and Hermanni, as old industrial buildings, warehouses and harbour operations make way for modern office buildings and residential areas. Kalasatama will be planned for 18 000 residents and 10 000 jobs.

More info: City Planning Department of Helsinki

Länsisatama (West Harbour) district

Within the next couple of decades, the Länsisatama area will have been transformed into a waterfront city quarter with an estimated population of 22 000, which will enhance the appeal of central Helsinki and its services as a whole.

More info: City Planning Department of Helsinki

Kruunuvuorenranta district

The area presently occupied by the Laajasalo oil harbour will be free of the harbour operations by 2010. A new seaside housing district will be built on the site of the present oil harbour and the adjoining land. Kruunuvuorenranta will be planned for 10 000 residents.

More info:
The future neighbourhood of Kruunuvuorenranta (Exhibition)
18.6.-15.8.2009
Laituri

City Planning Department of Helsinki

Rytmikaravaanari - electronic music festival

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:49:00 +0000

Rytmikaravaanari (Rhythm Caravan) is an one day electronic music festival. The festival is part of "Summer in Alppipuisto" - a series of open-air events taking place in Alppipuisto-park in Helsinki.

Rhythm Caravan festival presents special foreign and Finnish electronic music acts in three distinct settings: the park, terrace, and club. The event includes big names such as Legowelt from the Netherlands and, for the first time in Finland, the joint project of German AGF and Finnish Vladislav Delay called AGF / Delay along with the local rising indie-electro wonder Villa Nah. In addition, the festival will feature a bunch of fresh and promising Finnish electronic music acts.

Friday 31.7.2009
17:00 - 21:00
Alppipuisto park
Free entrance.

Sarana LIVE
Smackos Astro Unicorn Set LIVE (NL)
Villa Nah LIVE
AGF / Delay LIVE (GER / FIN)

22:00 - 04:00
Kuudes linja club
Entrance fee: 10eur.

Yavi
Snoxn
KinoSport (USA)
Uusitalo LIVE (FIN / GER)
Legowelt LIVE + dj (NL)

Kinokompo vol. 1 and 2 DVD's - compilations of Finnish short films

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Tampere Film Festival has cooperated with Suomen elokuvakontakti organisation in putting together the first compilations of Finnish short films, called KinoKompo vol.1 and vol.2. The DVD's include animations, experimental films and fiction ranging from 2006 to 2009. More information about the DVD's can be found at www.elokuvakontakti.fi.

In Helsinki at least Korjaamo shop sells the DVD's (Vol.2 contains English subtitles).

Nip, snack and more

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Something new?

Nip and snack: Siltanen
Lunch: Dong Bei Hu (Tuomas Vimma: "Best chinese in town")
Dinner: Restaurant Luomo (Vironkatu 8) - Try classic Gin Tonic made out of Organic Gin

Eat&Joy Farmer's Market Food

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:48:00 +0000

The Eat&Joy Farmer's Market sets the focus on local, top quality ingredients and organic food. They offer an extensive list of products:
kyytto-forest cow, poro (wild reindeer), grain pork meat, lake Inari, Saimaa fish and roe, smoked specialties, organic and wild vegetables and herbs, indigenous root vegetables, berry jams, mushrooms, small producer’s specialty cheese, churned organic butter, small brewery cider and special beer, organic whole grain and rye bread, organic flour, including great examples of organic ice cream and artisan chocolates.

More info:
Lasipalatsi, Mannerheimintie 22-24, Helsinki

Best of Finland - breakfast

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:32:00 +0000

Klaus K's the best of Finland - breakfast consists of many delicacies which are prepared using the best products of Finnish nature. Breakfast includes game, fish, berries and other, preferably organic products supplied by regional small producers. The bread and pastry selection is prepared by their own baker.

View the menu here.

The breakfast is served Monday to Friday 6.30-10 and 7.30-11.30 during the weekends.

More info:
www.ravintolailmatar.fi
Bulevardi 2 / 4, Helsinki.

Monte Rosso Soundtrack CD + DVD is out now

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:18:00 +0000

Monte Rosso is a short movie from the creators of the cult series Madventures. It captures the language and lifestyle of a whole generation living in the boroughs of Helsinki.

DVD release also includes a soundtrack mixtape-CD featuring 25 tracks inspired by the movie. The CD is mixed by DJ Street Kobra & Croko-Roc.

Monte Rosso Soundtrack CD mixed by DJ Street Kobra & Kroko-Roc
01. Uusi Fantasia: Mänin teema osa 1.
02. Hector & Oscar: Savu
03. Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu: Magical World
04. Didier's Sound System: Impuls
05. Uusi Fantasia: Mänin teema osa 2.
06. Cascade: Sinun vain
07. Cameo: Kun laiva lähtee
08. Inga Sulin: Hassu homma
09. Kompostikopla: Syvälle
10. Tomi & Sirkka Muhonen: Väyrysen mantra
11. Paroni Paakkunainen: Mango
12. Kaukolampi & CO: Takaa-ajettu mies
13. Petri & Pettersson Brass: Tiidattattaada
14. Katri Helena: Vihreä ruoho
15. Mukajazz: Pedro goes bananas
16. Pepe & Paradise: Kapteeni Koukku
17. Uusi Fantasia: Takaisin-edit
18. Anki: Niin aikaisin
19. Joose Keskitalo: Asematunnelissa
20. Uusi Fantasia: Faija-edit
21. Uusi Fantasia: Nasty Raydio-edit
22. Ka So Re: Standing Still
23. Kap Kap: Full Mooner
24. Jarkka Rissanen & Sons of the Desert: Hip
25. Davo: Niinku täälpäin sanotaan

Better place

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:29:00 +0000

Something has finally started to happen in the field of global car industry. Massive fuel wasters are facing huge problems and even in Finland we are finally getting real alternative options.

New Refuel (link in Finnish only) ethanol biofuel cuts transport-related fossil CO2 emissions by up to 80%. New flexifuel cars are required, but to ease the usage those are able to run with normal gasoline or with biofuel. According to St1 their biofuel is ecologically and environmentally sustainable, because as they claim: "Food is for eating and that´s why they make biofuel from waste".

Very interesting new global concept is Better Place (see video above). Better Place is a company that aims to reduce global dependency on petroleum through the creation of a market-based transportation infrastructure that supports electric vehicles, providing consumers with a cleaner, sustainable, personal transportation alternative.

Check out also the small local open source Electric Vehicle community project here in Finland: eCorolla project.

Kitch - new eco bar and cafe

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:44:00 +0000

Although the Kitch bar and cafe is a new place most of it's decoration and stuff is recycled. For instance Helsinki-based Costo has made the lamps out of the old bicycle hoops and recycled advertising materials. Electricity of the bar is pure wind power and the usage of the electricity is minimized. Fair trade and organic ingredients are priorized, when the menu is planned, etc. etc.

Way to go Kitch!

More info:
Kitch Bar & Café
Yrjönkatu 30, Helsinki
www.kitch.fi

Funky Elephant 28.5.–30.5.2009 at Tavastia

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:31:00 +0000

There are probably countless reasons to why Afro-American funk and its derivatives are so popular in the Helsinki nightlife. The least of these is not the Funky Elephant festival, which will take place for the fifteenth time this year.

More info:
www.funk.fi
We Are magazine.

Ant Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:29:00 +0000

Ant Gallery presents: Out of office (permanently), photographs. 1.-22.5.2009.

More info:
www.antgallery.net
Museokatu 25, Helsinki.

"Villas and Saunas in Finland" by Harri Hautajärvi

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Harri Hautajärvi's book "Villas and Saunas in Finland" presents villas and saunas from the marine archipelago via lake district to the fells of the north – a total of 44 individually-designed buildings that represent the best of recent Finnish summer home and sauna architecture. Harri Hautajärvi, former editor in chief of the Finnish Architectural Review, has selected the sites. They all differ from each other in interesting ways, ranging from simple log cabins to spacious villas. Each site is presented in detail through photographs and texts by the architects themselves.

(image: Venturo by architect Matti Suuronen)

Madventures III - Behind the scenes

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:14:00 +0000

Finnish Madventures is on a quest to explore the most insane and strange destinations in the entire world!
Check out the behind the scenes clips available on Madventures YouTube channel.

DALINDÈO: "VINTAGE VOYAGE" EP out in May

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:41:00 +0000

Dalindèo is gearing up for their second album which will be released later this year.

Dalindèo "VINTAGE VOYAGE" EP release gig at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki 16.5.

Listen the tracks "Vintage voyage" and "Willpower" at the Dalindèo Myspace.

Basket case (Täynnä tarmoa)

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:58:00 +0000

A tragicomic documentary of a small-town (Porvoo) basketball-team that all of a sudden doubles their budget and hires a manager and a coach that know each other too well.

More info:
YouTube channel (more teasers)

Trickle-down theory, Korjaamo Gallery, 18.4.-10.5. 2009.

noreply@blogger.com (Pete Koistila) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:53:00 +0000

Desert Planet: "Face invaders"

Trickle-down theory is a right-wing political term that refers to the policy of providing tax cuts to rich individuals in the belief that this will eventually benefit the larger population. The exhibition deals with the crash fall of capitalism and its theories, through the combined effect of works of almost 100 individual artists.

18.4.-10.5. 2009
Korjaamo Gallery, Korjaamo Hall
Open daily from 11 am until 5 pm.
Free entry.

More info:
www.korjaamo.fi