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Throw a storybook birthday party at the library!
Stories, activities and joyous birthday fun! All that will be on offer in autumn 2013, when Helsinki City Library tests a new service that offers families the opportunity…
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You can follow up on the construction of the Central Library online and through peepholes in the site fence
The construction site of the Helsinki Central Library is now on 24/7 webcam, so you can see how the work progresses by viewing the Central Library website from …
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Books become hybrids
Since last spring, the Helsinki City Library has been lending e-book readers. The e-readers have been quite popular, despite the fact that the electronic…
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Students as library designers
What is the Central Library buzz among Aalto University students of architecture? During the autumn period, Keskustakirjasto.fi took a…
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Oodi presented at the Venice International Architecture Exhibition
Oodi presented at the Venice International Architecture Exhibition The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, which is to be opened in December 2018, is an open…
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The public has adopted Oodi as its own
On 5 December, the Eve of Finnish Independence Day, Oodi opened its doors with great aplomb and a plentiful programme. The impressed audience toured the three floors, …
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Powerful library women, Helle and Maija
The naming of the area between the front door of Oodi and Kansalaistori square as ‘Helle Kannilan aukio’ is a tribute to the Library Counsellor Helle Kannila (1896–…
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Need a basketball or a skateboard? We got it!
Let's say you'd like to play basketball on the newly opened park Makasiinipuisto in front of Helsinki Central Library Oodi, but you haven't brought a ball with you. Or …
