Our pace picks up as snow begins to fall. The National Library of Finland is just off the heart of the city, the Senate Square, dominated by the giant Helsinki cathedral, its white domes standing ...

(Marc Goodwin) The library design took cues from the nearby coastal landscape on the Gulf of Finland, but also paid homage to the adjacent church. The roof of the ecclesiastical building is clad ...

The city has just opened Oodi, a new central library designed by Finnish architecture firm ALA located opposite the Helsinki’s Parliament House on Finland’s 101th anniversary of independence. What ...

The first is Oodi, Helsinki’s new central library — a sweepingly beautiful building that combines spruce timber and glass, inspired by Finland’s exquisite nature. It opened in late 2018 ...

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 Helsinki Central Library Oodi, fondly known as Oodi ...

The success story of Helsinki Central Library Oodi in Finland since it opened six years ago is an inspiration indeed. So, when I got the opportunity to be in the world’s happiest country (voted ...

The so-called Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union raged ... According to Ms Strand, the library may make the book – an edition published in 1925 – available to the public again ...

A book borrowed eighty-four years ago from the Helsinki Central Library Oodi in Finland has been returned. On Monday, May 27, the library staff got their hands on the Finnish-translated version of ...

and understand what a central city library could be like. Instead of closing our libraries, especially our downtown library, turn them into spaces for culture and creation. Oodi has rooms for ...

HELSINKI, Finland—A book borrowed from a Helsinki library was returned in May—84 years overdue, a librarian told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Wednesday. A Finnish translation of Sir Arthur ...