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Authors take on forbidden love
The literary panel discussion during the Helsinki Pride week featured a group of authors talking about how to describe homosexual love and relationships that break …
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Designs proposed for the library of the future on display
The proposed designs selected for the second stage of the Helsinki Central Library architectural competition will be put on public display at Helsinki Art Museum Meilahti…
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Echoes – exposure and synchrony at the Oodi library
Kaikuja – Ekon – Echoes is an artistic project crystallising the multi-year …
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Helsinki Central Library Oodi chosen as the best new public library in the world
On Tuesday 27 August Helsinki Central Library Oodi was chosen as the winner of the 2019 Public Library of the Year award in the World Library and …
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Oodi took Helsinki libraries to new heights in 2019
The first full year of operation of the City of Helsinki Central Library Oodi surpassed all expectations. A total of 3.1 million visits were made to Oodi in 2019. Other …
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Books with wings
A good book gives you wings. A good book can take you on a trip around the world. Great books can be discovered also during a journey – even at the airport. Today, …
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The Central Library is moving towards the digital age
Future technologies and changes in people's attitudes are difficult to predict. This is a fact that has become evident to Concept Designer Anu Koski of …
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The doors to immersive art will open at Oodi
The Media Cube project is carried out in co-operation between Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki’s Central Library Oodi, Artists’ Association MUU…
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Italian shelves waiting for stories
The third-floor ‘book heaven’ started to fill up with Italian design in October. Roberto Fusetti and Daniele Briganti will ensure that stories, poems and nonfiction …