Traditional Finnish squeaky cheese hits tastebuds overseas

The Finnish cheese manufacturer Lapland Foods has started negotiations on the possibility of manufacturing the traditional Finnish squeaky cheese, Leipäjuusto, in China. The manufacturing capacity of the already existing Chinese factory would exceed the current squeaky cheese production in entire Finland. Lapland Foods has already signed a... Read more

Research on Finnish truffle cultivation takes a leap forward

The Helsinki University of Technology and Juva Truffle Centre are planting truffle mycelium in the roots of pine, spruce and birch. When the research was started three years ago there was no certainly whether truffles could even be grown in Finland. Now however even wild truffles have been found in Finland. For this reason researchers believe... Read more

Kaj Stenvall’s famous duck features now also in luxury water bottles

The famous duck brought to life by the Finnish artist Kaj Stenvall, can now also be found on VEEN Art spring water bottles. The water bottles decorated with the famous duck are sold exclusively at the famous luxury department store Harrods in London. The spring water company VEEN has launched the VEEN Art-concept as a charity campaign. The... Read more

FC Barcelona on US tour with Finnair aircraft

The football club FC Barcelona is heading to its US tour in August with an aircraft hired from Finnair. The team has rented an MD-11 with 282 seats with its entire crew for almost two weeks. - This event is rather unique for Finnair, because the wide body aircrafts are rarely vacant. There are not many airlines in the world, which can rent out... Read more

Pöyry to plan rehabilitation of the longest twin tube motorway tunnel in Switzerland

Pöyry has been awarded the design services contract for the rehabilitation of the Seelisberg tunnel by the Swiss Federal Roads Office. Located near Lucerne the 9.2 km long Seelisberg tunnel is the longest twin tube motorway tunnel in Switzerland. The objective of the rehabilitation is to guarantee continuous operation of the tunnel for another... Read more

Domestic travel on the rise

Domestic travel within Finland increased considerably in June. According to Statistics Finland Finnish residents made 2.8 million leisure trips including at least one overnight stay in the month of June. The number is 10 per cent more than the leisure trips done during the corresponding period in the previous year. Most, 2,4 million of the... Read more