4.2.2012
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12.2.2012
Art Meets Ice 2012
An international ice sculpture event in Korkeasaari is looking to make history.
24.2.2012
Panel discussion: Arts as a tool for integration
“Helsinki as a gateway to other parts of Finland”
Palace and Cultural Network PACUNET ry. is organising a panel discussion on Helsinki’s role as an essential gateway enabling multicultural influence throughout Finland. What is the role of arts in bringing together people from all backgrounds and integrating them into the Finnish society?
2.2.2012
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11.3.2012
Stefan Bremer: Helsinki
The Helsinki exhibition is photographer Stefan Bremer’s declaration of love to his home city.
28.2.2012
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11.3.2012
My Helsinki
Young people with a Somali background show photographs of their home city.
20.2.2012
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7.5.2012
Sounding cities
A series of concerts and lectures organised by the University of Helsinki Music Society (HYMS)
15.10.2011
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31.5.2012
Stories of Pitkäsilta Bridge
Helsinki City Theatre
Audience outreach project
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
Jubilee year on the Union Axis – from Observatory Hill to Kallio Church
Unioninkatu is the Festival Street of the Helsinki 200 Years as Capital jubilee year. Emperor Alexander I of Russia, who elevated Helsinki to the status of capital, arrived in Helsinki along this street on his 1819 visit to the city, and named it Unioninkatu, or Union Street.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
Journeys to the heart of the city – education, book project and virtual street
The Union Axis dissects the centre of Helsinki, stretching from Kopernikuksentie on Observatory Hill, via Unioninkatu across Pitkäsilta Bridge to Siltasaarenkatu and to Kallio Church beyond.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
From neighbourhoods to communities
The Kassi service is now Sharetribe.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
Guard Battalion – 200 years
The history of the Guard Battalion begins with the Life Guard’s 3rd Finnish Sniper Battalion, founded in 1812.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
Pihlajamäki 50 years!
The first residents moved to Pihlajamäki, in north-eastern Helsinki, in 1962, making 2012 a 50th anniversary year for the purpose-built suburb.
1.1.2012
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31.12.2012
The open city – opportunities for improving the lives of city residents
Laituri is one of the most important Helsinki venues for World Design Capital year 2012.
Exhibitions, which change every month, follow the theme ‘The open city – opportunities for improving the lives of city residents’.