The Helmet network of libraries in the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa have again released a series of annual challenges designed to inspire people to seek new experiences with books, music, games and film.

The second phase of Metropolia’s new campus in Helsinki’s Myllypuro, completed in the autumn of 2019, will open doors to students and to the public after Epiphany, that is, after 6 January 2020.

Finnishcourses.fi has been serving language students in Finnish, English and Russian in the Helsinki, Tampere and Turku regions for several years now. The service has now been rebuilt. Users can search for Finnish language courses based on city, level, price, dates and educational institute.

Helsinki was clearly number one with its’ 95 investment projects. For instance Stockholm had 33 and Copenhagen 32 projects last year. Also Espoo (17) and Vantaa (11) attracted significant amount of projects. So the whole Greater Helsinki had total number of 123 investment projects last year.

The population of Helsinki exceeded the 650,000-inhabitant threshold in the summer. However, the population growth, 3,453 inhabitants, was slower than last year. Espoo and Vantaa have grown faster than before in January–July. Thus, the growth of the entire Metropolitan Area, 10,543 inhabitants, was faster than ever during this century, even though the number of births decreased by almost 300 in the Metropolitan Area.