Helsinki

Kavita Pillay wears a red coat and stands near a sign that says "To the ice" in Finnish.

‘It’s never too late’: How learning Finnish taught me to embrace vulnerability 

Language

It’s relatively easy to get by in Finland’s capital, Helsinki, without speaking Finnish. But meeting an American opera singer and a refugee from Iraq here taught reporter Kavita Pillay to embrace the vulnerability of learning a new language. 

Maria Jaakkola at a screening of her video about Boston's Emerald Necklace

A Finnish landscape architect tries to connect the broken pieces of Boston’s Emerald Necklace

Environment
Hockey sauna

The latest skybox amenity for sports fans – watching hockey in the buff

Sports
The World

Helsinki’s high-tech transit

Environment