Editor’s Note: Laura Houseley is the editor-in-chief of Modern Design Review. Is there any other nation that loves its libraries as much as Finland? In 2016, the Finnish Ministry of Education and ...

Finland is a small country with a bit of a karaoke problem—in Helsinki and elsewhere, Finns love to get down with a beer, an audience and a microphone. Now, writes Finnish news outlet YLE, the ...

JKMM Architects’ Kirkkonummi Library adapts an existing building with a copper-clad facade, creating a new community center for the town of 40,000. Located approximately 20 miles west of Helsinki, ...

Helsinki: What do you give the world's most literate country for its 100th birthday? For Finland's politicians and public, the answer was simple: a vast, state-of-the-art library, a new "living room ...

HELSINKI (AFP) - What do you give the world's most literate country for its 100th birthday? For Finland's politicians and public, the answer was simple: a vast, state-of-the-art library, a new "living ...

An artist’s impression of the top floor of Helsinki’s new Oodi library Photograph: ALA Architects Helsinki’s state-of-the-art Oodi library will stand opposite parliament and boast a cinema, recording ...

It might not look like a karaoke hotspot, but Tikkurila library visitors can belt out Whitney classics for hours ByNews from Elsewhere... ...as found by BBC ...

The new Helsinki Central Library Oodi - Finland's largest and arguably most lavish - opened its doors to the public on Wednesday. Although it's technically a library, it goes far beyond merely a place ...

Imagine having two dresses to iron and some family photos to print. For many, it will seem odd to choose a public library to do both for free. But in Helsinki, Finland’s capital, it’s a reality. The ...

May 30 (UPI) --A book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was returned to a library in Finland 84 years past its due date. Helsinki Central Library Oodi said on social media that a person recently brought in a ...

At a time when the book reading culture is declining across the world, how does one country keep it alive and thriving? The success story of Helsinki Central Library Oodi in Finland since it opened ...

Generally speaking, the average number of library books borrowed in Finland slightly declined in the period from 2013 to 2020. However, after 2020 the average number of borrowed books started to ...