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.

Finland in 60 seconds

Whitevector: Fly on the wall

Millions of opinions posted online each day influence more and more consumers' buying decisions, brand perceptions and company reputations. Monitoring single discussions is exhausting and makes it difficult to draw relevant conclusions.

Whitevector helps companies to generate consumer insight and to measure the influence of marketing efforts from social media such as blogs and discussion forums. Their analysis methods offer actionable information to be used in brand and marketing management.

More info: http://www.whitevector.com

Indoor Beach Volley hall in Finland

Yes, now we do have the first Indoor Beach Volley hall in Finland, Helsinki! It is called Biitsi.fi Areena and it has three soft courts with extra heated sand, bar, lounge and sauna.

More info: areena.biitsi.fi

Helsinki Waterfront Hotel by Herzog & de Meuron

Architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed Helsinki Waterfront Hotel, a cross-shaped 5 star hotel on Helsinki’s waterfront. The hotel is due to open in 2010.

The façade of the new hotel will be made of glass shaped into waves that will also glimmer like the newly frozen surface of the sea. The luxury hotel will have 200 rooms, a top floor restaurant and wellbeing centre, with a shop and cafe-restaurant at street level.

Top Gear Part1of2 Mika Häkkinen teaches James how to Race!

Top Gear James gets driving lessons from Mika Häkkinen to compete in a local Finnish race. He also learns why most racing drivers are from Finland.

Watch the part 2 of 2 on Youtube.

Lens Politica festival in Helsinki November 19–23, 2008

Lens Politica, the festival of political film and art is organised for the third time. The opening film will be the documentary What Would Jesus Buy?

What Would Jesus Buy? is a comedic documentary directed by VanAlkemade and produced by Morgan Spurlock.

In addition to the films there will be exhibitions, panel discussions, lectures and clubs in the festival programme.

More info:
www.lenspolitica.net