Food - thisisFINLAND

A Finnish chef puts a fresh spin on Christmas recipes

We meet chef Timo Lepistö to get some refreshing new versions of Finnish Christmas recipes and discuss his favourite things about Christmas in Finland, in an article that is sure to make you hungry.

Life & society Cuisine

Culinary pleasures across Finland

Food innovators combine Finland’s culinary tradition with an international, urban style. The focus is on local food and ecological values.

Business & innovation Sustainability

Zero isn’t nothing: Two Helsinki restaurants cut waste out of the picture

Two restaurants take opposite approaches to abolishing waste. Loop recycles ingredients that stores would otherwise throw out, and Nolla cuts all waste out of its processes.

Restaurant Day

A Finnish invention allowing anyone to set up a restaurant for a day

Life & society Cuisine

Finnish baking tradition combines cinnamon, cardamom, sugar and love

It tastes divine, goes great with coffee or tea, and forms part of the fabric of Finnish society. To experience the best that Finland has to offer, you really have to try a korvapuusti.

Life & society Cuisine

Cuisine gets cute – and ugly – for Easter in Finland

When Easter approaches, two major culinary traditions appear in every grocery store in Finland: Mignon chocolate eggs and the mysterious “mämmi.”

180.2 litres

Quantity of dairy products consumed annually per person

Source: Statistics Finland

Life & society Finland 100

Finland’s #checkout247 live broadcast makes the mundane mindful

This Finnish phenomenon reveals the glorious tedium of a supermarket checkout. And now it’s going global.

Life & society Cuisine

Around the world with Finnish Your Dinner

An experience that will live long in the memories of the participants, Finnish Your Dinner brought people together at celebrations all over the world 100 days before Finland’s 100th Independence Day.

Arts & culture Cuisine

Helsinki’s Flow Festival: Great for vegetarians

Flow Festival is known for more than music; it’s also about food – and there’s also plenty for vegetarians to enjoy. But you don’t have to wait for the festival weekend, since almost all the dishes we sample here are on offer all year round in Helsinki.

12 kg (26.5 lb)

Annual coffee consumption per person

Source: International Coffee Association