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Officials expect Postponing the peace a tough 2012 Turku’s enduring Peace Throughout its long history, there have been a number of interrup- for economy tions in the Christmas Peace: The tradition of reading the Christmas Peace from the balcony of the Brinkkala • During the Great Northern War of 1712-1721. DAVID J. CORD HELSINKI TIMES mansion in the Old Great Square of Turku has had a centuries-long, and often • During the transition from colourful history. Swedish to Russian Rule in 1809, and apparently for a few BOTH the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Finland have issued a years afterwards. • In 1876, owing to the excep- gloomy prediction for the Finnish EEVA NIKKILÄ-KIIPULA – STT economy. In separate statements, HT tionally cold winter the Peace the two institutions announced was read inside the Brinkkala mansion to aldermen, instead that they expect growth to be at an CHRISTMAS for many begins on the insipid 0.4 per cent next year. Eve, after the traditional declaring of the traditional reading from “The forecast is based on the as- of the Christmas Peace in Turku. the balcony of the mansion to the people congregated in the

sumption that the euro area debt Many may be unaware of the length LEHTIKUVA / RONI LEHTI crisis will not get any worse and the of tradition behind this ceremony, Old Great Square of Turku. This slowdown in growth in both the eu- which has been carried out since caused some indignation in the ro area and the global economy will the 1300s. local press. be relatively short-lived,” said Bank The wording of the declaration • A rebellion took place among Governor Erkki Liikanen. “The as- and the other elements of the cere- the militia at Christmas time in sumption contains a clear downside mony have changed over time, but 1917. The Russian military sta- risk for the forecast.” the basic message has remained tioned a machine gun on the Liikanen went on to warn that constant, as has the practice of read- balcony of the Brinkkala man- the downturn could signifi cant- ing the declaration publicly. This sion on Christmas Eve, and pre- ly impact public fi nances. He espe- was essential in the Middle Ages, vented the Magistrate of Turku cially wanted to see steps to prolong since the majority of the population from reading the Peace. working careers and reforms to was illiterate. The original purpose • The ceremony was cancelled boost labour productivity in the of the declaration was to commu- during the Winter War in 1939, public sector. nicate rules of conduct to the local for fear of the congregation be- The warnings come when Fin- populace, in addition to the religious ing bombed by the Soviets. land is otherwise enjoying some message. good news. Statistics Finland an- The combination of religious The traditional declaration of the Christmas Peace takes place in Turku at 12 nounced that in November the un- content and behavioural instruc- noon on Christmas Eve. The declaration will be aired on TV1 and it can also be employment rate was at 6.2 per tions remains: listeners are told to followed via Yle’s web service. cent, down almost a full percent- celebrate Christmas “with the ap- age point from last year. This is low- propriate piety” and to behave “qui- precisely this period, when a puri- ished with greater severity than er than any of Finland’s neighbours: etly and peacefully” otherwise also. tanical form of Lutheranism was usual. Estonia has 10.9, Russia 6.5 and in force throughout the Kingdom of Violation of the Christmas Peace Sweden 6.7 per cent unemployed. Harsh rules Sweden. The behaviour of the sub- carried heavy fi nes: failure to observe More good news came from the The oldest surviving word-for-word jects of the Crown was closely scru- the seasonal prohibition on the sale of eurozone on Tuesday, when Spain instructions from the declaration tinised, with alcohol consumption alcohol, for instance, incurred a fi ne had a wildly successful bond auc- of the Christmas Peace are from being eyed with especial vigour. of 40 silver Marks, over 200 euros in tion. The average yield fell from the end of the seventeenth centu- Several different periods of today’s money. By the 1830s, the fi ne their previously monstrous heights, ry. They urge the citizens of Turku peace were enforced throughout for the same offence had risen to the showing that there is once again a to celebrate respectfully and “re- the Swedish kingdom – of which equivalent of over 300 euros. The Christmas Peace continues to demand for Spanish debt. The euro frain from excessive eating, exces- Finland would of course remain The Christmas Peace retained be read from a scroll of reindeer currency, which had been weaken- sive drinking, and all other Vices.” a part until 1809. The Christmas its legal status as a distinct period vellum made by artist Tauno Tor- ing against the dollar, jumped by al- The most detailed orders on how Peace was just one of these “peac- of peace until 1889, when it was re- po in 1956. most one per cent on the good news. to celebrate Christmas date from es” during which crimes were pun- moved from the legislature.

On substantive questions, the will- ingness and ability to work for clos- HBL: Finns want a patriotic, er cooperation with the other Nordic countries and to maintain good re- multilingual president lations with Russia were the two top priorities for over half of respondents. STT, HT The survey was carried out last The majority considered the week. These desiderata came top President’s primary task to be rep- of the list in a survey carried out by resenting the country as head of FINNS WANT the next President of the paper. Patriotism was the num- state, and leading the country’s for- the Republic to be a patriotic but ber one requirement for almost half eign policy in cooperation with the fair-minded statesperson with of the respondents, but very few at- Council of State. The prerogative good language skills, the Swedish- tached any importance to wheth- to grant a pardon to prisoners was language newspaper Hufvudstads- er the next head of state would be considered the least important of bladet reported on Sunday. male or female. all presidential functions.

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Helsinki Times will publish Viewpoints from each of the presidential candidates from now until 19 January, three days before the presidential election. Next Viewpoint is by Timo Soini (PS). Introducing Sari Essayah Unlike the other seven presidential candidates, Sari Essayah became known to the Finnish public through other means than politics. The Christian Democrats’ (CD) Finnish-Moroccan candidate became a household name in the early 1990s while representing Finland in athletics, winning bronze and gold in the 1991 and 1993 world championships’ 10 km walking races respectively. Essayah brought her sporting career to an end in 1996, around which time she joined the CD. She was elected to Parliament in 2003 and worked for three years as the party’s parlia- mentary group chairperson before becoming the CD’ party secretary in 2007. Then in 2009 she was elected to the European Parliament as the CD’ only MEP. In the realm of foreign affairs, the Finnish President’s primary domain, Essayah has a par- ticular interest in Middle Eastern and North African affairs and, for instance, has spoken out against UN membership for Palestine. Sari Essayah Presidential candidate for the Christian Democrats

but an economic union that fl ict-affl icted areas. Finland strongly encourages and sup- has much to offer economi- ports people and enterprise. cally underdeveloped coun- Steps towards greater social cohesion Decision-making in the EU has tries, for example in the to be put back in the hands of development of education its citizens. Finnish EU policy systems and nurturing of needs to be more open and re- good governance. It’s time to fare forward towards a more responsible future in which each and every person spectful of our domestic sov- is cared for as they are, says the Christian Democrats’ presidential contender Sari Essayah. ereignty than it has been in THERE ARE other avenues for the past. This does not mean active Finnish membership shutting the door against the of the international commu- I JOINED the presidential I GREW up with a disabled al decline. In the private sector, sifying that crisis in the long outside world, though: the EU nity also, and it is by taking campaign because of my con- foster-sister, and since 2004 the grey market and tax eva- run. It could lead to the risks can only be steered in a better advantage of those oppor- viction that Finland needs a I have served on the ethical sion deprive the state of much- incurred by economically direction by taking the wheel, tunities that we can best se- clear sense of direction if we advisory board of the disa- needed revenue. The spiral of reckless member states be- not by shouting from the back cure our own position and are to ensure a good, equal bled people’s support organ- debt affecting domestic econo- ing unloaded onto the more seat. improve our domestic securi- standard of life for future isation Kehitysvammaisten mies throughout the world has responsible states, either ty. Militarily neutral Finland generations. The path we Tuki Ry. This provided me brought many societies to the through a bonds system, or IN FOREIGN policy, we must must maintain its ability to need to take leads towards with an ideal vantage point brink of disaster. Social welfare through the European Cen- honour our international re- credibly defend itself if need a more cohesive, caring so- for considering how, in the systems cannot be sustained tral Bank, or by using member sponsibilities by promoting be; this requires that we hold ciety, where the weakest are goal-oriented and intensely for long through loans; we all states’ capital to increase the human dignity and human on to our tradition of mili- cared for and no one is left competitive times we live in, need to adjust our spending to EU budget. What are needed rights in every country, and tary service and maintain behind. we are losing our sense of hu- our level of income. instead are mechanisms for we must do our part to help up-to-date defence capabili- manity. To many, it is no long- ensuring that irresponsible ensure that men and wom- ties. Rich and well-function- A CARING society is based on er a self-evident truth that THE PRESENT scale of economic member states are held to ac- en have equal chances to in- ing social relations are the the simple imperative that each person was created as injustice also needs to be tack- count for their own debts and fl uence the development of best way of ensuring inter- we love our neighbour as we a unique and precious indi- led. The taxation system needs are committed to developing the societies they live in. nal security, both materially love ourselves – this could vidual. Given this, I strong- to be reformed so as to encour- greater economic discipline. These values are especial- and at a more intangible but also be called the principle of ly feel that defending those age entrepreneurship, not pe- ly important now, when the no less important level. shared responsibility. Shared who are in the weakest po- nalise it. Financial markets DEEPENED economic poli- Arab world, for instance, is responsibility is grounded sition is something that all need to be brought to account, cy integration between the in a momentous period of NEITHER a just or caring in our attitudes and in the of those who are more fortu- and there must be more invest- member states must be sub- transformation. The West- world nor caring societies choices we each make, and it nate are obliged to do. A so- ment in research, development jected to strict supervision ern countries have wilfully have any hope of coming into also extends beyond national ciety’s values, after all, are and innovation. It is only by at national level, and must closed their eyes to human being if individual citizens do borders. most truthfully revealed these routes that we can make not be allowed to take prec- rights abuses in these and not make the effort to care by how it treats its weakest our way towards more sustain- edence over national auton- other countries, and have for each other and those clos- THE CONSEQUENCES of self- members. able ways of living. omy and democracy. Many long conspired with armies est to them. Now that we are ish lifestyles can be seen at EU citizens feel however to support tyrants. The dan- very likely faced with a com- many levels, including in the SPIRITUAL malaise easi- FOR FINLAND, current de- that there is no way of ex- ger now is that lack of a dem- ing decade of slow economic economic and environmen- ly leads to alienation of chil- velopments in the European erting any infl uence on EU ocratic tradition in many of growth and recovery, ensur- tal strain we now face. Our dren and youth, and to the Union are deeply disturbing, policy, and that power has these societies may put pow- ing social cohesion is vitally economy is heavily in debt, abuse of drugs and alco- and we urgently need re- become concentrated in the er in the hands of extremist important. We need a com- and the world is on the brink hol. The young need the lov- sponsible solutions. Coopera- hands of a few who are not factions. Unfortunately of- munal spirit. Regardless on of unprecedented ecological ing care of adults, and the tion on solving the European held accountable to the rest. ten, constraints are put on one’s origin or background, problems. The predominant best source of such care is situation at the EU’s crisis At its worst, this state of dis- human rights and respect for each and every person here ways of life have alienated the family. And when care is summits needs to bring re- enfranchisement can have persons takes a back seat to must do his or her best to us from each other also. Love given in time, expensive cor- sults, and fast. Finland must grave social consequences. economic interests. build a socially sustainable for those near to us cannot be rective programme are not do its share to bring the EU It is time for us to take steps future for this country. Trust outsourced to the wider soci- needed to the same extent. forward, not as a federal towards clarifying Finland’s FINLAND must be more ac- is the cement of society. ety, however. Taking respon- system but as a functioning position in and towards the tive at the United Nations, sibility means taking care of A STRONGER sense of respon- community of states. EU, in order to make the voic- in particularly when we take IT IS TIME to fare forward to- not only our own health and sibility is also urgently needed es of citizens better heard. up our rotating membership wards a more responsible fu- surroundings, but also of our when it comes to the econom- THE DEVELOPMENT of the EU of the Security Council. The ture, a future in which each families and those who are ic and public fi nances, since into a federal system is not a MY VISION of a European Un- UN must be at the forefront and every person is cared special to us, whether they both of these fi elds are cur- good solution to the curren- ion is an alliance that is no of peacekeeping and the ad- for as they are: unique and are near or far away. rently affected by serious mor- cy crisis, but a way of inten- longer a bureaucratic maze vancement of peace in con- indispensible. HELSINKI TIMES 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 3

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LEHTIKUVA / PEKKA MOLLIS is perhaps a bit too much of of kilometres away, knowing a tendency to rely solely on what to do in an emergency is the authorities to come and something everyone should put things right when disas- know. Electrical applianc- ter strikes. We have the best es should be in safe working chance of helping if people condition, open fi res should act sensibly and decisively be well attended and protect- when the emergency situa- ed with a fi reguard, and eve- tion is still in the early stag- ry household should invest in es of development,” points smoke alarms. out senior inspector Taito “If there are enough func- Vainio of the rescue depart- tioning smoke alarms in ment at the Ministry of the the home, if they go off you Interior. have a few minutes’ time to The number of people liv- react and prevent more se- ing in remote parts of the rious damage,” Piirainen country is steadily dwin- emphasises. dling, bringing a correspond- The value of home fi re ing increase in the risks extinguishing equipment facing those who remain. should not be overlooked. “People understanda- “A fi re blanket and a six-kilo In a recent fatal house fire in Sotkamo it took the fire brigade half an hour to arrive on the scene from 30 km away. bly want to live at home for powder fi re extinguisher are as long as they can, but the helpful – as long as you know ability of the old or infi rm how to use them properly.” to remove themselves from When waiting for the emer- harm’s way if a fi re breaks gency services to come, deci- Rescue services under severe out is often limited. Sprin- sive action of one’s own and kler systems can prevent the neighbourly initiative can al- fi re from spreading, but the so make a huge difference, pressure in remote areas rescue authorities have no Piirainen reminds. power to make them man- “People living in remote passers-by when the build- datory in every home,” says areas know that it’ll take ing is already in full fl ame,” Vainio. time for help to come. People In sparsely populated areas it can take a dangerously long time according to fi re chief Heik- can also do a lot to help each before emergency services are called, and long distances further ki Piirainen of Kainuu Res- Help takes time other out while we’re on our cue Department. Regardless of whether help is way. The very fi rst thing to increase the risk of accidents turning fatal. just around the corner or tens do, however, is to call 112.” Precautionary measures In remote areas, the need to PEKKA MOLIIS – STT during 2010. In an average of two separate fi res due to ex- take sensible precautions in Be prepared HT seven out of ten cases, rescue cessively long delays. In both the event of an emergency • test smoke alarms regularly services arrived on the scene cases, it took tens of minutes is even more vital. This is an • make sure fireplaces are neat and regularly swept DELAYS IN arrival of Finnish within ten minutes. In Kain- for rescue services to arrive. issue that will be given more • if electrical work needs to be done, call a professional rescue authorities are sig- uu and Lapland however, in “In both cases, by the time emphasis than ever before in • invest in a decent powder fire extinguisher, or even two nifi cantly longer in isolat- around ten per cent of cases the fi re brigade was called it offi cial guidelines for prepar- • buy a fire blanket, and keep it where it can be easily found in a ed areas, with the regions of the response time was over was already too late to save edness that are currently be- hurry Kainuu and Lapland being half an hour. either of the people who died. ing put together. • learn to use fire extinguishing equipment worst affected last year. During the last month in The time for saving lives has “People’s own capacity • think in advance about how to react in case of emergency Rescue services received the Sotkamo region of Kai- already run out if the emer- for taking action needs to be a total of 84,000 urgent calls nuu, two people have died in gency services are called by improved. Nowadays there

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LEHTIKUVA / KIMMO MÄNTYLÄ was published in the Amer- ican Academy of Neurology journal, is part of a broader research project on the health You will receive a voucher in the post to give to your friend at Christmas. The negative cognitive effects that premature birth brings can of prematurely born children be compensated for through the help of learning support. when they reach adulthood. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 5 No progress in wage equality COLUMN cally short time for reaching just pay system.” Efforts to The ministry added it the 15 per cent goal. reform the payroll system Police want ISPs now saw GDP growth of 1.7 “The goal is challenging, have been long-running. Ac- prosecuted over per cent, down from 2.4 per let’s say,” Arajärvi said at a cording to a study jointly cent in the June forecast, in presentation in Espoo last conducted by the Ministry hate speech –TS 2013. week of a new study relat- of Social Affairs and Health Finnish regional daily Tu- “Economic recovery in ed to the programme. “There and Aalto University’s Busi- run Sanomat on Monday Finland will depend large-

LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG have been successes in nar- ness, Innovation, Technology quoted a memorandum ly on domestic demand,” rowing the gap in some fi elds, (BIT) research centre, previ- penned by the police and the ministry said in a but not as much as we’d like ous income agreements re- the prosecution service as statement. to see. Good objectives al- peated and maintained the saying that internet ser- “The slowdown of ways suffer from a lack of same long-established male- vice providers should be growth will add to imbal- goodwill. In the mid-1960s biased pay structures. prosecuted for hosting ances in the Finnish econ- a goal was set of achieving Although assessments hate speech. ISPs slammed omy. In this situation it is wage equality within three based on the demandingness the idea as preposterous. essential that measures years,” Arajärvi noted. of one’s job profi le have led “How would it be pos- are put in place to foster The recently negotiated to greater effi ciency in set- sible in practice to make a market-driven growth.” two-year framework agree- ting salary levels, there are party that only provides a Banks see the Finnish ment does not help matters, little if any coherence among telecommunication service economy slipping into re- since it overlooks wage ine- the criteria used in such as- responsible for content,” cession by next year, with The male-female divide in the Finnish labour market is more rigid quality between the sexes. sessments. In addition, they Karol Mattila, a TeliaSon- the Bank of Finland fore- than in many other European countries. Despite this oversight, how- rarely include any objective era lawyer, was quoted as casting modest growth. ever, Arajärvi does not be- for improving gender equal- saying. Kimmo Sasi (NCP), lieve that the framework ity on pay. Matters are made “Responsibility always the chairman of the par- The recently negotiated nationwide deal on agreement is necessarily worse by the fact that the lies with the publisher, oth- liamentary fi nance com- employer-employee relations contains no a brake on promoting gen- same employer often uses erwise oversight will easi- mittee, said the fi nance der equality in the labour several different payroll sys- ly slip into censorship.” STT ministry and central bank provisions for tackling pay inequality be- market. tems simultaneously, accord- forecasts were “relatively tween the sexes. ing to the study. optimistic”. Lack of coherence Government Mauri Pekkarinen (Cen- “It doesn’t prevent the use of forecasts 0.4 pct tre), the chair of the com- TIMO SIPILÄ – STT been ongoing since 2006, new salary practices at the merce committee, also HT with the goal of bringing level of individual businesses growth in 2012 described the forecasts as down the male-female wage or at union level. According Finland’s fi nance ministry optimistic. EFFORTS TO improve pay gap to an average of fi fteen to Arajärvi, previous income said Tuesday it expected Both also pointed out equality are proceeding at per cent by 2015. The current policy agreements have al- the country’s economy to that the assumption be- a snail’s pace, so slowly that gap is eighteen per cent. so been lacklustre when it grow by 0.4 per cent next hind the forecasts was that there is little if any realistic The pay equality pro- comes to furthering male year, “suggesting the possi- the eurozone debt crisis prospect of the government’s gramme is being coordinated and female wage inequality. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN bility of recession”. would not get any worse, gender equality objectives on by the Ministry of Social Af- “The goal is that by 2015 The government had with efforts to contain it pay being met this electoral fairs and Health. Programme around three quarters of predicted 2.8-per cent succeeding. term. Talks on gender equal- chair Pentti Arajärvi admits employees will be working Pentti Arajärvi, chair of the gross domestic product “I fear that we will slip ity relating to salaries have that four years is a realisti- within an encouraging and pay equality programme. growth next year in a June at least slightly into reces- forecast. sion,” Pekkarinen said. STT

provisions of several previous income agreements. More ad- equate means of setting pay Labour market incoherence levels are sorely needed, says Wallin. militates against women “Reducing the level of in- Who: equality between men’s and Teemu Selänne STT, HT collective bargaining agree- The complexity of the sys- women’s salaries requires com- ments. Inequality is exacer- tem is the biggest obstacle to prehensive structural changes, bated by the different levels reform, Wallin believes. Link- starting at school level, when From: ALTHOUGH the same salary is of success that different la- ing salary levels to the de- both sexes are socialised to- Espoo often paid for the same work, bour unions have had in nego- mandingness of the position wards particular professions. the mind-boggling complexi- tiating terms of pay for their was considered too diffi cult, The male-female divide in the Famous for: ty and incoherence of labour members. and so employers and unions labour market is more rigid Being an international- market regulations in Fin- According to an analyst made do with a simple “trad- than in many other European LEHTIKUVA / MARIANNE HELM ly renowned ice hock- land strongly works against of the Patas wage equali- ing” procedure. “Simplistic countries. The healthcare and ey player who was hon- gender equality. ty programme Tapio Wallin, shortcuts” were taken in the teaching sectors, for example, oured in Winnipeg at A basic problem is that dif- the messiness of the existing process, according to Wal- are overwhelmingly staffed by the weekend. ferent employees within the set-up means that “equally lin, and adds that this same women, whereas the technol- same company are often paid valued” positions bring dif- fl awed method was behind ogy and industrial sectors em- Teemu Selänne is a professional ice hockey winger and an al- according to several different ferent levels of pay. the gender equality-related ploy mainly men.” ternate captain of the Anaheim Ducks. Selänne – aka “the Finnish Flash”– won the Stanley Cup with the Ducks in 2007 and has been the NHL’s top goalscorer in three separate sea- Success expected sons. He was also a member of the 1995 world championship- in exports of winning Finnish national side. healthcare services In 1992 he joined the Winnipeg Jets, but after three-and-a- Private-sector services The provision of healthcare half seasons he made the move to Anaheim. On 17 December, services is dominated by after a 16-year absence Selänne returned to Winnipeg when gaining ground at health centres small businesses. More than Anaheim played the Jets. The audience cheered for Selänne 80 per cent of these business- for over ten minutes, and booed all the other Anaheim players. SINIKKA SUOSALMI – STT uity ratio” for these compa- to recent malpractice scan- es employ just one person, HT nies, which is an indicator of dals related to the grey mar- and over 98 per cent have their fi nancial standing, is ket and fake doctors. fewer than 10 employees. PRIVATE healthcare providers fi rst-rate and their net prof- “It is in the interest of There are only a few Finn- already supply almost one its continue to be at an ad- healthcare companies to in- ish healthcare companies on third of Finland’s health-cen- equate level. In 2009, the crease internal monitoring,” the international market be- tre services. In dental care, combined revenue of these says Hartman. She believes cause demand on the domes- the role of private-sector businesses was 2.56 billion that increasing trust among tic market is suffi cient for services now exceeds that of euros. This was an increase customers is vital for the sec- the small businesses that op- public dental care, according of seven per cent on the pre- tor, irrespective of who pro- erate in the sector. With the to a recent report by the Min- vious year. vides the services. right opportunities to grow istry of Employment and the The healthcare service and develop, these operators Economy. Recent malpractice sector is becoming more con- should also be able to expand Companies and organ- should prompt sector centrated. The major opera- into international markets. isations providing private to re-examine itself tors have grown and many The proximity of the Rus- healthcare can no longer be According to Sanna Hart- are now under foreign own- sian market is expected to considered simply as servic- man, sector manager for ership. Only a few of the large mean success for the export es that supplement munici- health and social services at private clinics and private of healthcare services in the pal healthcare. the Uusimaa ELY Centre, the hospitals have expanded to future. These exports could The healthcare business is sector needs to take a long become nationwide service then provide income to fi - also a lucrative one. The “eq- hard look in the mirror due providers. nance Finnish services. 6 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 DOMESTIC NEWS HELSINKI TIMES

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Christmas memo • Most shops are open on Christmas Eve 24 December from 7:00 until 12:00; however, some shops on the Helsinki Central Railway Station’s by the authorities and ground floor are open until 15:00. All shops are closed on 25 and 26 De- Police van cember. On 31 December shops close at 18:00, and all shops are closed killed for practising their

on 1 and 6 January. Small grocery stores and Central Railway Station LEHTIKUVA / RINI REKOMAA torched in religion. “By exporting arms shops may be open outside these hours, check your local store for de- Helsinki tailed opening hours. to Saudi Arabia, Finland • Banks are open as usual on 23 December, but will be closed on 24 Decem- A police van was set alight gives a signal to the effect ber. On New Year’s Eve banks are open until 13:00; on 1 and 6 December in eastern Helsinki in the that human rights viola- banks will be closed. early hours of Friday. tions and dictatorship are • Post offices will be closed on Christmas Eve. On New Year’s Eve post of- The arson attack hap- acceptable courses of ac- fices will close between 16:00 and 18:00 and on 5 December at 18:00; all pened in a parking garage, tion that Finland is ready post offices are closed on 6 December. with the fi re damaging an- to support through arms • Alko will close its doors on 23 December at 20:00 and open again on 27 other police vehicle. deals,” Hautala and Ni- December. On New Year’s Eve Alko will be open until 16:00 or 18:00; on S o m e t h i n g The police said a num- inistö said. 1 January Alko will remain closed. ber of arson attacks had “Saudi Arabia is con- happened in eastern Hel- sidered to be one of the • There will be various changes in train and long-distance coach timetables di f f e r e n t during the holidays – visit the VR and Matkahuolto web pages for further sinki in recent days. STT most undemocratic coun- information. It is also highly recommended to buy tickets well in advance tries in the world,” the Left for Alliance Youth said in a to ensure a seat on the desired date. Finland approves • Public transportation in the capital region will follow normal Saturday statement. timetables on 24 December until 15:00, and passenger traffic will com- Christmas €100 mln arms “The country is a the- mence again on 25 December at around 11:00. Ferries to Suomenlinna shipment to Saudi ocracy and a dictatorship JENNI TORISEVA in which party activity is will operate normally. For more information about Helsinki region trans- HELSINKI TIMES Arabia port, see page 14. banned.” STT The Finnish government STILL trying to fi gure out what has granted an export li- kind of a present to give that cence for 36 Patria mor- Niinistö scores 33 someone who already seems tar systems to be shipped per cent in youth to have it all? Well, here’s to Saudi Arabia, the gov- poll A Finnish day in the life something they might not ernment-controlled arms If all the things that happened in 2010 were to be divided have: a piece of old-growth maker said in a statement Finnish Youth Coopera- evenly between each day of the year, each day there would forest. Having taken more Thursday. tion (Allianssi) on Monday have been: than our fair share of earthly Patria added that to- quoted a poll as indicat- • 167 births, with 86 boys to 81 girls goods, it might not be such a gether with 1,440 ammu- ing that some 33 per cent • 139 deaths bad idea to do something very nition storage tubes and of young people intended • 82 marriage ceremonies different for a change and try spare parts the deal was to vote for Sauli Niinistö, • 37 divorces granted to conserve the few bits of un- worth 100 million euros. the National Coalition can- • 12 foreign-born recipients of Finnish nationality touched forest – and its fauna Four ministers, includ- didate, in the fi rst round • 2,403 changes of address, 1,559 of them remaining within the – that there is left. ing Erkki Tuomioja (SDP), of January’s presidential same municipality For as little as 5 euros you the foreign minister, vot- election. • 30 new residential buildings completed can buy 10m2 of land through ed against granting the Pekka Haavisto, the • 41 fires involving the fire brigade the Finnish Natural Heritage permit. Greens’ candidate, came • 91 new companies established, and 58 closed down Foundation, which purchases A number of human second with 12 per cent, • 8 bankruptcy applications put into effect old-growth forests with do- rights groups and parties followed by the Finns Par- • 160 credit cards cancelled due to inability to pay the bills nations and applies for per- have raised concern about ty’s Timo Soini with eight • 2.8 million euros paid out in Finnish development aid manent protection for them. the arms deal. per cent and Paavo Lippon- • 206 grammes of meat, 154 g of fresh vegetables, 87 g of sug- With 30 euros or more, the Heidi Hautala (Greens), en of the Social Democrats ar, 130 g of fresh fruit, and 502 g of dairy products eaten for recipient of the gift will re- the international devel- with fi ve per cent. each person in the country ceive a greetings card, while opment minister, and Commissioned by the • 1.1 million litres of medium-strength beer, 179,000 litres of with donations under 30 eu- Ville Niinistö (Greens), youth lobby, market re- wine, and 82,000 litres of hard liquor drunk ros you will receive an elec- the environment minis- search company Taylor Nel- • 28 abortions and 11 sterilisations tronic one, which you can ter, condemned the per- son Sofres interviewed • 1,183 crimes notified to the police, customs, and border se- print yourself. mit, saying Saudi Arabia about 1,000 people aged be- curity authorities, including: 58 charges of drunk driving, 54 was a dictatorship where tween 18 and 29. The margin charges of narcotics abuse, 91 charges of assaults, 2 charges political parties were not of error was stated as three of rape, 18 residential break-ins, and 37 break-ins to motor- The Finnish Natural tolerated, people tortured percentage points. STT ised vehicles Heritage Foundation • 11 million text messages sent. www.luonnonperintosaatio.fi Source: Statistics Finland 2011

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FIND YOUR WAY TO STA RT A N INTERNATIONA L CA REER: WWW.SAVONIA .FI 8 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 FROM THE FINNISH PRESS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY AINO BAIN LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI TURUN SANOMAT 18 December Almost half of foreign driving licences forged, police find

“OF THE FOREIGN driving li- in terms of their level of secu- ‘There is nothing we can cences analysed by the rity. In those cases, sometimes do about the administrative National Bureau of Investiga- even his lab can’t tell whether practices of other countries. tion (KRP), about 40 per cent they are forgeries or not. Belgium, for example, still has turned out to be forger- Minna Gråsten from the uses cardboard driving li- ies. KRP analyses the driving National Police Board says cences,’ she says. licences of people who want that in many countries forging Finland is a signatory to to exchange their licence for a driving licence is easier than international agreements, a Finnish one. in Finland. Even within in the according to which the police Petri Varjos from the tech- EU, there are countries that have to issue a Finnish driv- nical division of KRP’s crime still don’t have plastic driving ing licence in place of a for- The Finnish Tourist Board estimates that there will be up to 350,000 Russian tourists in Finland laboratory explains that the licences, using ones made from eign one after its holder has around the New Year. quality of those driving licenc- cardboard with the holder’s resided in Finland for half a es analysed can be very poor photo stapled onto it instead. year.” HELSINGIN SANOMAT 18 December. JUHANI SAARINEN ITÄ-SAVO 17 December KAUPPALEHTI 17 December Record amount of Russian tourists Dealing with coming to Finland for New Year ‘Only “A RECORD amount of Rus- The rail operator VR has An increasingly large internet bullying sian tourists will visit Fin- set aside 35 extra trains for amount of people from all over stupid land around the turn of traffi c from Russia, and long northwest Russia travel to Fin- “BULLYING is a signifi cant job is to monitor the internet, the year during the holiday queues are expected at Finn- land. For example, the number problem on the internet as in other words, to be where season. ish border controls. of Finnish visas issued in Mur- well. Bad-mouthing someone young people also are. people The Finnish Tourist Board The Finnish Consulate mansk has doubled. online, publishing their pho- ‘Does school bullying take estimates that there will be General in St Petersburg has The traffi c at the borders to after ‘photoshopping’ it, or place on the internet, too?’ pay taxes’ 300,000 to 350,000 Russian issued almost a million visas will start getting busier on creating a fake Facebook pro- ‘Yes. Many people don’t tourists in Finland around this year, while the fi gure for the Tuesday after Boxing Day fi le are all part of school bul- even think editing someone’s “During an interview with the New Year. last year was about 750,000. and will only quieten down lying nowadays. photo without their permis- the regional newspaper Kes- after Epiphany on 6 January. Senior Constable To- sion or giving out false in- kisuomalainen, the chairman The Finnish Border Guard ni Reinikäinen works with formation about others is of the shareholder associa- READER’S LETTERS estimates that up to 50,000 youth issues at the Etelä-Sa- bullying. But it happens a tion Osakesäästäjien kes- people a day will cross the vo Police Department. His lot.’” kusliitto, Timo Rothovius,

Helsinki Times wants your views on current issues northeastern border. That LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI heavily criticises Finland’s and comments on news articles as well as anything means that the border will be tax laws for discriminating of interest from a multicultural perspective. crossed every two seconds. against small investors. Extra control points have ‘If your stock portfolio is Comments should be no longer than 2,000 characters with spaces. been set up in freight con- big enough, you can always Writers should include their name, address and possible daytime tel- tainers at the border controls make the arrangements ephone number. Helsinki Times will not give the information to third in Imatra and Vaalimaa. needed for tax evasion. The parties. Pseudonyms will be accepted only in exceptional cases. Finland is by far the num- general feeling seems to be Helsinki Times reserves the right to accept or reject submissions, ber one destination for Rus- that only those stupid people and to edit and shorten all submissions chosen for publication. sian tourists if CIS countries who don’t understand any- Comments can be sent by e-mail to: are discounted. For years, thing pay taxes,’ he says. [email protected] Finland, China and Turkey Rothovius is disappoint- were competing for the title ed that no headway has been of number one destination. made towards allowing divi- This year, Finland has taken a dend yields of less than 1,500 clear lead: Russians travelled euros to remain tax-free, even to Finland more than four though politicians have spo- million times, which is over ken about the need for this. a million more than the num- Osakesäästäjien keskusliit- ber who travelled to second- to has been pushing for this place Turkey.” More and more school bullying is taking place on the internet. change to be made in the law. European Schooling Helsinki is a state school accredited to the European Schools’ network (www.eursc.eu). It offers education in PRESS REVIEW three languages: English, French and Finnish. The two-year nursery cycle starts at the age of four and the fi ve-year primary cycle at the age Impartiality guaranteed of six. The secondary cycle consists of seven year classes and leads to the European Bacca- broadcaster’s independence have to pay 280 euros a year. highlighting the plight of one laureate exam which is fully recognised in all and neutrality would be affect- A millionaire who lives alone group in isolation. the countries of the European Union, as well as ed. Instead, this solution will will pay half this. This is Par- Elsewhere, the inability to see every person in Finland liament’s prevailing concept opt out of paying to use Yle’s in a number of others. The school follows the taxed bar under-18-year-olds of equity.” services come 2013 was men- syllabi of the European Schools. and those earning less than Lahti’s Etelä-Suomen Sa- tioned. Tampere’s Aamulehti 7,800 euros a year, regardless nomat succeeded where Pen- noted the similarity between PUPIL ENROLMENT of whether they use Yle servic- tikäinen failed: the Yle tax and Church taxa- FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2012-13 es or not. At present, one TV li- “A TV licence will cost 252 tion but also the difference: cence per home is required in euros next year, but in the fu- “At least you can leave the The application period is 9-24 January 2012. Allan Bain those houses with a TV. The full ture a household with two Church – with Yle the part- Since the number of enrolments is restrict- [email protected] charge (140 euros) will only ap- earners will pay 280 euros in nership’s for life.” Jyväsky- ed the School will organise entrance tests in ply to those earning 21,900 eu- total. The increase isn’t very lä-based Keskisuomalainen February. Transfer from the Finnish schooling EDITORIAL space in Friday ros a year, with a progressive big, but it should be acknowl- chose to remind its readers system to the European schooling system is and Saturday’s papers was rate put in place for those peo- edged, not lied about.” that the tax addresses the hogged by thoughts on the ple who earn between 7,800 Seinäjoki-based Ilkka add- problem of so-called free still viable after Finnish Primary. Transfer from new Finnish Broadcasting euros and this larger fi gure. ed that, “If what is wanted is a riding by simply making the lower to upper secondary school is automatic Company (Yle) tax. The tax Helsingin Sanomat’s ed- slightly fairer charge, one per- option of using Yle’s servic- once inside the school and it is not subject to will replace TV licences in itor-in-chief, Mikael Pen- son will end up paying more in es without paying for them any further admissions procedure. The appli- 2013 as the means by which tikäinen, attacked the new the future than now and an- impossible. cation form and additional information on the Yle is funded. tax for its feasibly inequita- other person less.” In other Whatever you think of the Prior to the decision be- ble elements but had to re- words, there are always win- new tax, at least Finland’s application procedure, fees etc. is available on ing announced there had been sort to exaggeration in order ners and losers in this sort of main non-commercial broad- the School’s website www.esh.fi -> Enrolment. talk of allocating money to Yle to make his point: “If a family situation and gauging wheth- caster’s future looks secure, straight from the state budg- has two adults, both of whom er the new system will be if it was ever in any real dan- et, but some feared that the earn 21,900 euros, they’ll fairer or not can’t be done by ger in the fi rst place. HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 9 Hundreds rally in support of Bradley Manning

Hundreds of people gathered last Thursday outside the US military base where evidence against Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified information to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, is being presented before a military judge for the first time since his arrest.

land’s Fort Meade, home of Exposing America’s the US National Security “dark underbelly” LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / CHIP SOMODEVILLA Agency (NSA), as dozens of “He did the right thing,” police and a helicopter cir- said Michael Patterson, a FORT MEADE, cling above looked on. 21-year-old Alaska native MARYLAND The rally, one of 50 tak- and veteran of the Iraq war. ing place across the world, A former US Army interroga- coincided with Manning’s tor, Patterson credits Man- 24th birthday and the sec- ning – and the “Collateral ond day of court hearings Murder” video of the 2007 aimed at determining wheth- massacre in Baghdad in par- CHARLES DAVIS er evidence against him is ticular – with fi nally turn- IPS suffi cient to proceed to tri- ing him against a war he once al. According to Manning’s supported. AN US ARMY intelligence an- counsel, David E. Coombs, Rather than making him Supporters of Bradley Manning hold vigil outside the gates of the US Army’s Fort George G. Meade, alyst, Bradley Manning, was the hearings are expected to a traitor, he said, Manning’s where Manning’s preliminary hearing began on 18 December. arrested in May 2010 by US conclude before Christmas. actions demonstrated his military police in Iraq when Manning is accused of commitment to upholding a Though charged with “Treatment In March, the chief a government informant re- leaking video evidence of a “soldier’s honour”. aiding the enemy, Manning tantamount to torture” spokesman for the US State ported him to law enforcement 2007 massacre outside Bagh- Manning knew his com- – based on online conversa- Manning’s case has become Department, PJ Crowley, re- after he allegedly confessed to dad in which at least 18 peo- manders would be unwilling tions he reportedly had with an international cause célè- signed after publicly remark- leaking to the public scores ple, including two Reuters to act on the evidence of war the informant who turned bre not just because of what ing, “What is being done to of classifi ed information con- journalists, were killed by US crimes he witnessed, said Pat- him in – explained that he he allegedly disclosed, but al- Bradley Manning is ridicu- taining evidence of corruption troops in what many consid- terson. “So he went outside was motivated by a desire to so because of the way he has lous and counterproductive and war crimes. er a war crime. the infl uence of the govern- inform the American people been treated in captivity. and stupid.” He has been charged with He also reportedly leaked ment and gave it to an entity about what was being car- For the fi rst 10 months of More than 50 members aiding “the enemy” through hundreds of thousands of that was for the public good.” ried out in their name. his imprisonment, Manning of the European Parliament the disclosures, a charge State Department cables ex- Despite White House “If you had free reign over was denied almost all con- sent a letter to President that carries the possibility posing US support for dic- claims that the disclosures classifi ed networks… and you tact with the outside world Obama and other top US of- of death, though prosecutors tatorial regimes, the Obama threatened US national se- saw incredible things, awful and held in solitary con- fi cials late last month de- say they are seeking a life administration’s responsi- curity and the lives of US things… what would you do?” fi nement 23-hours-a-day, manding that UN access sentence. bility for a missile strike in informants named in dip- Manning reportedly asked. contrary to the recommen- to Manning be allowed in “Bradley shouldn’t be do- Yemen that killed dozens of lomatic cables, a State De- “I want people to see the dations of mental health pro- light of reports that he “has ing time for the Pentagon’s women and children and the partment review conducted truth, because without infor- fessionals and despite the been subjected to prolonged war crimes,” chanted ap- cover-up of child rape by pri- earlier this year concluded mation, you cannot make in- fact he had not yet been to solitary confi nement and proximately 300 supporters vate US military contractors that they had caused no seri- formed decisions as a public,” trial, much less convicted of other abusive treatment tan- outside the gates of Mary- in Afghanistan. ous damage. he wrote. a crime. tamount to torture”. Iraq intervention ends with scarcely a whimper A three Of course, material US trillion dollar war losses pale when compared On the US side of the ledg- to those of the Iraqis – esti- WASHINGTON er, the costs have been stag- mated at well over 100,000 gering: nearly 4,500 soldiers dead, and countless oth- killed, with tens of thou- ers, including hundreds of sands more wounded, in thousands of children, in- many ways including se- jured or traumatised by their vere brain injuries and post- experiences. JIM LOBE traumatic stress disorders Nor can the social costs IPS that haunt and disable their also be ignored: the United victims for the rest of their Nations has estimated the WHEN The United States for- lives. number of people who have mally ended its eight-and-a- Joseph Stiglitz, winner of fl ed their homes since the in- half year military adventure the Nobel Prize for Econom- vasion at nearly fi ve million, in Iraq on Thursday with a ics, has estimated total costs roughly equally divided be- fl ag-lowering ceremony in of the Iraq war on the US tween internally displaced Baghdad presided over by De- economy, including the costs persons within Iraq and ref- fence Secretary Leon Panetta, of health care for veterans, ugees who have fl ed to neigh- hardly anyone here seemed to at more than three trillion bouring countries, including notice, let alone mark the oc- dollars, a signifi cant amount much of Iraq’s previously casion in a special manner. given the diffi cult economic thriving Christian communi- Similarly, earlier this straits in which this country ty, or beyond. week, when US President fi nds itself. Scepticism about Iraq’s Barack Obama hosted Iraqi In addition, the US suf- future stability is remarka- Prime Minister Nuri al-Ma- fered an immeasurable loss bly high, according to a NBC liki at the White House to in international credibili- News/Wall Street Journal discuss – apparently rath- ty. The stated justifi cations survey released this week. A er inconclusively – the fu- for going to war – Saddam majority of respondents said ture strategic relationship Hussein’s ties to Al Qaeda, they thought “all-out civil between the two countries, weapons of mass destruc- war” was either “very” (21%) hardly anyone paid attention. tion, a rapidly developing nu- or “somewhat likely” (39%) in The surprising lack of in- clear weapons programme the wake of the US withdraw- terest could be explained by – proved utterly unfounded, al. A similar majority rated the distractions of the holiday while the mightiest, highest- the chances of Iraq achiev- season, the Republican pres- tech war machine in history ing a “stable democracy” as idential race or the health of failed to suppress a variety of either “somewhat” (32%) or the global and US economies. rag-tag insurgencies. “very unlikely” (28%). 10 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES The problems with the euro mous, and politicians went out cent. Moreover, Spain’s overall icy, but the German econo- of their way to conceal the ex- debt level is much lower than my is expanding and needs a Europe’s difficulties tent of their borrowing. Germany’s: 61 per cent versus more neutral policy. run much deeper In response to this, the 83 per cent of GDP respective- While theoretically Eu- than fiscal most recent crisis summit ly. So if the sovereign debt crisis rope has free labour mobil- set to address the problem of is not wholly a morality tale of ity, in actuality cultural and irresponsibility. governments exceeding lim- thrift, as some economists are institutional arrangements its of the Growth and Stabili- asking, what is it? hinder it. As thousands of ty Pact: defi cits no more than people in Finland can attest, DAVID J. CORD 3 per cent of GDP, while total Optimum currency area simply being qualifi ed is no David J. Cord [email protected] HELSINKI TIMES The writer is a journalist and columnist for Helsinki Times. debt should be under 60 per A signifi cant problem with guarantee of a job if one can’t He is also a private investor with over ten years of experience. cent. The summit sought to the eurozone is that it is not speak the local language. Ac- ONE OF THE main creators of fi x some of the problems iden- an optimum currency area. A cording to the European Cen- the euro has admitted that tifi ed by Delors: surveillance number of factors that would tral Bank, labour mobility in it was fl awed from the start. and binding fi scal policies. act as automatic stabilisers America is almost 12 times Jacques Delors, in an inter- Yet some keen-eyed observ- either are not present or do greater than in Europe. view with the Daily Tele- ers have pointed out that prof- not work effectively. In a true Fiscal transfers are the graph, says that the common ligate overspending is not the optimum currency area, un- bane of European policy mak- The great butter catastrophe European currency suffered cause of the problem in other employed Spaniards would ers. In the United States, a from a lack of oversight and countries. Spain, for example, migrate to better locales, rich family in Connecticut has EVENTUALLY, some economics teacher will use this common economic policies. has been under severe pres- but labour mobility is low in no qualms about their tax dol- as a case study. A delicious array of factors has made For many – politicians, sure, with its cost of borrow- Europe. There would be risk lars going to a poor family in butter, of all things, one of the most mouth-watering- economists, pundits – the ing sometimes approaching shared via fi scal transfers, West Virginia. Yet in Europe ly prized commodities throughout the Nordic region cause of the sovereign debt the unsustainable 7 per cent but this is specifi cally for- the citizens are adamant- this Christmas. The story includes supply and demand crisis is due to fi scal irrespon- level. Spain, though, has a bet- bidden in EU treaties. In a ly opposed to their tax euros issues, sneaky international criminals, unfair trade sibility; some governments ter record of fi scal responsibil- true optimum currency area crossing borders. Politicians practices and bungled restrictions on the free market simply borrowed too much. ity than Germany: its average there are similar shocks and have attempted to get around all playing a role. Ayn Rand would love it. In the case of Greece, they annual defi cit since the crea- business cycles, but this is this via loans instead of trans- have evidence on their side. tion of the euro has been only not the case in Europe. Spain fers, but the viability of this AT THE HEART of the matter is supply and demand, the Since the creation of the euro, 1.9 per cent of GDP, while Ger- is in recession and needs an strategy has been questioned. most basic of all economic principles. The demand for Greece’s defi cit has been enor- many’s defi cit has been 2.3 per expansionary monetary pol- butter is increasing at about a 25% rate. Some have One economy or many? blamed this on a change in consumer habits. Others “As I see it,” writes Paul Krug- point out that real butter is used for Christmas cook- man, winner of the Nobel ing but margarine is used at other times. Some say it Prize in Economics, “the un- is a self-fulfi lling prophecy, as media reports of butter derlying Eurozone story is shortages have caused hording. Swedish celebrity chef pretty clear and simple. Inves- Leila Lindholm has also been blamed for promoting re- tors developed a false sense of al butter. security about lending to pe- ripheral economies; this led THEN we have a supply problem. Bad weather has to large capital fl ows from the been blamed for sub-prime dairy cattle feed, which is LEHTIKUVA / DOMINIQUE FAGET core to the periphery, and cor- blamed for poor milk production. Government restric- responding current account tions upon free trade imbalances. These capital in- have also limited sup- fl ows also caused a boom in A black market for ply. In Norway, steep tar- the periphery that raised butter apparently iffs have tried to protect costs and prices dramatically exists, strange as it domestic milk monopo- compared with the core.” ly. When the monopoly Prices have diverged sig- sounds in 21st cen- could not meet demand, nifi cantly. Infl ation has been tury Europe. the tariffs were tempo- While in theory the eurozone meets four out of the five criteria to benefit from a common currency, almost twice as high in Spain rarily lowered, but many in actuality it only meets two of the five. than in Germany since the foreign producers weren’t interested in undergoing the creation of the euro. With neg- trouble for a one-off sale opportunity. Since the euro... ative real interest rates, Span- ish citizens and businesses SEEING a market opening, at least one Russian decided Inflation Current account Gov’t deficit GDP growth were given an incentive to to do his own importing and was caught with 90 kilos Finland +1.8 +5.0 +2.8 +2.0 pile on debt, which helped cre- of butter in his car at the Swedish – Norwegian bor- Germany +1.7 +3.5 -2.3 +1.2 ate a huge real estate bubble. der. Food safety authorities have warned people not to When it collapsed, thousands buy butter from strangers. A black market for butter Greece +3.9 -9.3 -7.0 +2.2 of workers were thrown in- apparently exists, strange as it sounds in 21st centu- Italy +2.5 -1.5 -3.2 0.0 to unemployment and banks ry Europe. Spain +3.3 -6.0 -1.9 +1.1 teetered upon collapse after making bad loans. Source: OECD, 1999-2010 averages FINNISH grocery stores have struggled to meet de- While in theory the euro- mand. They have been able to increase imports: I imag- zone meets four out of the fi ve ine many readers will have seen strange foreign butter Is the eurozone an optimum currency area? criteria to benefi t from a com-

containers hastily slapped with stickers listing the in- Theory Reality mon currency, in actuality it gredients in Finnish. only meets two of the fi ve. In ef- Free trade Yes Yes fect, market participants were WITH supply decreasing and demand increasing, eco- Labour mobility Yes No operating under the belief that nomics teaches us that prices should go up. But bi- Capital mobility Yes Yes Europe was a true single mar- zarrely, many Finnish retail stores have instead tried Risk sharing No No ket and single economy with to ration butter. Two stores I checked are limiting sales similar risk levels, when that of butter to two containers per customer. Similar business cycles Yes No was not the case. The problem Source: Adapted from Frankel and Rose, University of California now is what to do about it. I HAVE no idea why they are trying to limit purchases. It makes no sense to me, unless there is some weird Finn- ish law about the price of dairy products I don’t know about, which is a distinct possibility. A better option would be to dramatically raise prices.

HERE’S why: if the price of butter were to massive- ly increase, only people who really wanted it would buy it. Customers would wonder if they really need- ed butter for €4, for example, or could manage with margarine at €2. Demand would fall. Increased pric- es would also mean increased profi ts, which would attract other suppliers. Supply would rise. Hence the market would correct itself. It’s strange how people ©MC TM forget the things they learned in their fi rst econom- Cosy hotel in the heart of Helsinki ics class. Hopefully Santa will bring them a Basic Eco- Forum nomics textbook. Annankatu, 00120 Helsinki Airport Helsinki-Vantaa Mannerheimintie 20 tel. +358-9-616 621, [email protected] Terminal 2, Boulevard 00100 HELSINKI Open every day 5.30-20.30 mon-fri 9-21, sat 9-18, sun12-18 www.hotelanna.fi HELSINKI TIMES TIMES BUSINESS BUSINESS BUSINESS 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 44 – JANUARY 10 MARCH 2012 2010 111111 HELSINKI Business Hub www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi

JANNE GRÖNING Save Our Sea The Baltic Sea Action Group is not a typical NGO. It will accept money, but it is more interested in actions and expertise.

DAVID J. CORD ronment that favours algal blooming.” He explains that the mas- FINNS are often justifi ably sive blooms of algae die and proud of their environmental sink to the bottom of the sea. record, yet right off our coast There they are consumed by is one of the most polluted microbes, attracted by the seas in the world. nutrients in the dead algae. “The area of the dead sea The microbes consume all bottom is now about the size the oxygen in the water and of Denmark,” says Mathi- so the sediment becomes as Bergman, Secretary Gen- dead and hostile to almost eral of the Baltic Sea Action all life. of collecting money and buy- a bio energy plant and is re- outdoor clothing company. High-level help Group (BSAG). “If we had “The other large invisible ing services, BSAG fi nds those trieving nutrients that would “The hazardous chemicals To scale up the work, BSAG such a dead, smelly, poison- threat to the sea and to us who can donate their exper- otherwise have been carried used for waterproofi ng out- organised the fi rst Baltic Sea ous sludge anywhere on land is the accumulation of haz- tise. Some companies may to the Baltic in runoff. The door clothes came into focus Action Summit together with we would have started a rev- ardous substances in rivers be able to directly impact the University of Helsinki has and Halti eventually start- the president and prime min- olution long ago.” and in sea bottoms,” contin- Baltic Sea, while others might started a new multidiscipli- ed looking to replace them ister of Finland in Helsinki in BSAG is a Finnish founda- ues Bergman. “These sub- be able to offer indirect sup- nary program on research with biodegradable ones,” February 2010. The partici- tion devoted to marshalling stances are potent poisons port. Without the involve- and education. she says. “The effort bore pating heads of state as well the citizens of the fourteen at extremely low concentra- ment of those in power the “We want companies to fruit and a new combination as some 140 companies and nations in the Baltic Sea’s tions. Most of them accumu- pace cannot be maintained, so support us by donating their of substances for waterproof organisations made concrete catchment area to act in sav- late in living organisms, and BSAG wants to make sure that know-how,” explains An- coating was developed.” commitments. ing it. It is not a simple lobby in many cases we and other these issues are high on politi- na Kotsalo-Mustonen, one The surface treatment, “Right now we are prepar- or public relations group; in- creatures eat them and thus cal agendas. of the founders. “This meth- Sympatex, will be biodegrad- ing for the next Baltic Sea Ac- stead it is more of a catalyt- they are transported up- “BSAG brings togeth- od profi ts all parties more able and fl uorocarbon free. tion Summit, to be arranged ic or match-making affair, wards in the food chain. er those who have solutions than traditional sponsor- Compared to other problems in St. Petersburg, Russia, in enlisting the help of individ- “These facts mean that we with the issues to solve,” ex- ing. When a company do- of the Baltic Sea, relatively 2012,” continues Bergman. “At uals, companies, organisa- have reached, and in many plains Bergman. “In this nates know-how for the little is known about the haz- the same time we are spread- tions and states. Its work has cases passed, some critical work, we are constantly work for the Baltic Sea, it al- ardous substances getting ing our activity to Sweden, never been more important thresholds of the ecological searching for organisations so becomes a receiving par- into the sea. in close collaboration with than now. balance of the Sea. The con- that have the will, means or ty. From our point of view, it “All problem areas are Crown Princess Victoria and clusion is that if we do not do resources to solve a specifi c is more effi cient to get ser- critical but special aware- Prince Daniel. Crown Princess Eutrophication anything very soon and very issue.” vice, expertise or a product ness-raising is needed with Victoria has announced that “The ecological state of the rapidly, the Baltic Sea will be- The commitments to act instead of fi rst raising mon- hazardous substances,” protecting the Baltic Sea is one sea varies from area to ar- come a stinking dead pond. are diverse. The advertising ey and then buying the need- states Bergman. of the key issues in her work. ea, but all-in-all the state of And this is not a negativism agency Taivas has agreed to ed item.” Any group or individual “As an independent foun- the sea is critical,” says Berg- – it is a basis for action.” help raise awareness. The interested in being involved dation BSAG is ready to take up man. “By letting enormous Passenger Port at St. Peters- Biodegradable should contact BSAG, Jarva the measures needed to help amounts of nutrients, phos- Relevant expertise burg has agreed to provide waterproofing says. She also points out that the Baltic Sea. We invite every- phorus, and nitrogen run in- BSAG has an unusual ap- wastewater reception facil- As an example of this process since November 2011 BSAG one to think out of the box and to the sea from farmland we proach: it asks those with rel- ities to ships at a fair price. Communications Offi cer Pie- can approach the public for fi nd fresh ideas and perspec- have created a marine envi- evant skills to help. Instead Gundby Farm is developing ta Jarva cites Halti, a Finnish fund-raising. tives. For example, the whole concept of transporting oil by tankers can be questioned. Baltic Sea Action Group The risks are far too great and www.bsag.fi so are the costs of constant de- • BSAG Focus Areas velopment of oil spill response.

• Eutrophication JANNE GRÖNING The only responsible and busi- • Clean and safe maritime activities ness-wise sustainable way • Hazardous substances to do that is to use pipe lines, • Innovative solutions preferably on land.” Bergman concludes with What is a Commitment? the statement that BSAG is • Participants commit to actions that best marry their inter- borderless, neutral and al- ests with their abilities. Commitments can be financial, non- ways for the benefi t of the financial, ambitious or modest. sea. And its logic for action is that everyone can help the Examples: sea best by doing what they • Russia has announced a wastewater plant in Kaliningrad. are best at. One can make a Previously all wastewater went untreated into the Baltic. difference by using one’s ex- • IBM, VTT and SYKE are developing a smart phone applica- pertise, be that in advertis- tion so the public can monitor and report visual algae obser- ing, academics or farming. vations. “BSAG is working hard • The Finnish Navy is starting a new course for Navy personnel so we wouldn’t have to an- to learn about environmental issues in the Baltic Sea. swer to our children and • Photographer Janne Gröning has allowed his photos of the ar- grandchildren what we were chipelago to be used in media devoted to Baltic Sea environ- thinking when we let human mental work. mechanisms destroy such large areas of our habitat!”

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LEHTIKUVA / JARNO MELA Economic decline tively amount to a monopo- Court fines ly,” Möttö said. challenges degrowth Iittala €3 mln for Möttö said Onnibus’s average fare level would price-fixing be about half of the pric- supporters Finland’s Market Court on es charged by Finnish Rail- Tuesday fi ned houseware ways and existing coach TASJA SALIN – STT on whether we should in- group Iittala three million operators. STT HT crease or decrease our work- euros for aggravated re- ing hours,” Alaja says. strictive practice. DUE TO THE debt crisis cur- The court found that Iit- Finnish rently raging in Europe and Remedy for a faltering tala had engaged in retail unemployment rate the US, it is starting to seem welfare society From left to right: Elina Turunen, Antti Alaja and Paavo Järvensivu. price-fi xing for at least two doubtful whether West- Degrowth active Elina Tu- and a half years, probably in- down at 7.3 pct ern countries will be able to runen does not believe that fl ating the price paid by con- Finland’s adjusted jobless maintain constant econom- economic growth is ending. Degrowth challenges the idea of continuous growth sumers for some of Iittala’s rate fell to 7.3 per cent in ic growth. Thus, this could She thinks that the fading of • Degrowth challenges the ideology and cultural supremacy most popular products. STT November from a revised be a favourable time for the growth gives a good oppor- of economic growth. 7.5 per cent the month be- Degrowth movement and its tunity to highlight the ideas • The movement strives to promote social and ecological wel- fore and eight per cent in supporters, who believe that of the degrowth and envi- fare in ways to which the concepts, practices and agreement Onnibus to launch the year-ago period, Statis- strong ecological sustaina- ronmental movements. Until systems of economic growth in capitalism do not apply. Finland’s first no- tics Finland said in a state- bility requires intervening in now, growth has mainly been • One of the Degrowth theses is to get economic degrowth ment Tuesday. economic growth. discussed during times of on the political agenda. frills coach service The adjusted unemploy- Antti Alaja, a project co- stable growth, and thus, the • Degrowth is not only a concept, but also an international Onnibus said in a state- ment rate in the 15-24 age ordinator who has written a debt crisis may now change movement that has its origins in France. ment Monday it would band fell to 18.6 per cent report concerning degrowth the conventional stand- • In a world of limited resources, the movement sees the re- launch Finland’s fi rst no- from 19.8 per cent in No- for the Kalevi Sorsa Foun- points in the discussion. nouncement of economic growth as an outright moral duty frills coach service in vember last year. STT dation, thinks that the criti- “The fading of economic of the richest countries. January. cism of growth hits the nail growth might be a challenge • Many critics of growth recommend downshifting: the at- The company’s fi rst on the head in that the cur- to the degrowth discussion tempt to achieve a more meaningful life by accepting a route will be Pori-Tampere, Fortum offloads rent economic system has because at times like these, lower income and working less. with single fares starting two arms for exceeded or will soon exceed sustaining growth and sup- Sources: Antti Alaja: Mikä ihmeen Degrowth? from three euros. The dis- global ecological limits. Still, porting employment and de- Johdatus kasvukritiikin uuteen aaltoon, Degrowth.fi tance between the two cit- €200 mln he does not believe that the mand can easily become the ies is about 115 kilometres, Finnish utility Fortum said debt crisis will lead to a rap- only priority. The challenge or about 71 miles. in a statement Monday it id downwards spiral in the then is, how we can ensure “If that growth does not According to Alaja, the Pekka Möttö, the man- had agreed to sell two sub- economy. that the ecological aspects take place for one reason or growth criticism concen- aging director of Onnibus, sidiaries to private equity “The end of growth is don’t get left out of the dis- another, for instance as a re- trates too much on what will said the company would group EQT for about 200 not a deterministic fact, but cussion,” Turunen says. sult of environmental policy happen to growth. He thinks launch further routes million euros. Fortum add- can be infl uenced by politi- Paavo Järvensivu, a re- or economic crisis, the wel- that we should concern our- as they were opened to ed it expected to complete cal actions. In any case, de- searcher at Aalto Universi- fare society falters. The de- selves more with how we can competition. the sale of Fortum Energia- growth-related questions ty, points out that all of the growth movement strives achieve ecologically sustain- “In Finland, coach ser- ratkaisut and Fortum Term- like working-time reduction institutions currently strug- to create a Plan B that could able structural change that vices are still governed by est in the fi rst quarter of should still be discussed. I gling with the debt crisis provide the welfare state would help expand those sec- route permits, which effec- next year. STT believe that in Finland there have been built on the idea of services in such a situation,” tors that produce the least is quite a lot of disagreement economic growth. Järvensivu says. emissions. HELSINKI TIMES FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 13

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From the start of the new year, by ship, but also those living and trams will travel along the Cru- working in the Jätkäsaari area. To Jätkäsaari by tram sell Bridge to the end stop at A new residential area is being Saukonpaasi in Jätkäsaari, and built in the former harbour area, the end stop at Salmisaari will bringing thousands of jobs. From the beginning of 2012, route of tram 8 ex- then no longer be in use. A new From next autumn on, the bus tends from Ruoholahti to Jätkäsaari. From next schedule for the route will also service will be replaced by tram come into eff ect to take account 9. The tram will run from Kai- autumn, there will be a tram connection to the of the route changes. vokatu via Kamppi to Ruoho- Tram service to Jätkäsaari will lahdenkatu and on to the West West Harbour via Kamppi. be added to further from next Harbour. The bus service 15 will August on, when tram route 9 is from then on operate as a rush extended to the West Harbour. hour service between Ruoho- lahti metro station and Salmi- More buses to the West Harbour saari. Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) increases its bus services in the New tracks and trams West Harbour area. Bus 15A from Extensions of the Jätkäsaari Elielinaukio to the West Harbour tram service are also in the plan- will run more frequently on week- ning, but plans are still at a very days, with at least three buses an early stage. From 2025, when hour during the daytime. the Jätkäsaari residential pro- One extra morning service ject is due to be completed, a from Elielinaukio will also be loop-shaped tram network will added to the 15A route, and one serve the area. Transport plan- extra evening service from West ners are also working on a tram Harbour, with both additional service to Hernesaari. services running from Monday to With the new tracks will come Saturday. Sunday services on the new trams. In spring 2011, tram 15A route will be changed in or- service operator Helsinki City der to take account of changes Transport (HKL) signed a con- in the ship schedules. tract with Finnish rolling stock The increases in bus service manufacturer Transtech Oy for benefi t not only those travelling the delivery of 40 new trams.

Hybrid buses Award for Service during the come into Journey Planner’s Christmas and New Year operation open data

The fi rst two hybrid buses will HSL’s open-source timetable data holiday season come into operation in the Hel- and the mobile technology appli- Regular Friday service will be in am. The Suomenlinna ferry will sinki metropolitan area on route cations that have been designed operation on 23 December, but run throughout the day. All HSL 24 in Helsinki from the beginning using it have been awarded the of the new year. The route will be Phenomenon of the Year by Mik- the early-morning buses will not services on 26 December will op- operated by Helsingin Bussiliiken- roPC magazine. In announcing its be running on the night of 23-24 erate on the Sunday schedule. ne Oy. The Volvo buses are 30 per decision, the magazine noted that December. Regular Friday service will be cent more effi cient in terms of fu- HSL’s open-source policy direct- The regular Saturday schedule in operation on New Year’s Eve. el consumption than regular die- ly benefi ts consumers. The data will be in operation on Decem- There will be additional bus- sel buses, with a corresponding has been used in the development ber 24, but service will end at ap- es running that night, and met- reduction in CO2 emissions and of many useful services, allowing proximately 3 pm. The Suomen- ro service will continue for two 40 to 50 per cent less particle and public transport users to check linna ferry will run until nighttime, hours longer than usual. nitric oxide emissions than regular timetables, routes, stops and oth- however. All HSL services will run on the diesel buses. er details on their mobile devices. On Christmas Day, service Sunday schedule on New Year’s The diesel motors will switch Journey Planner has now been will begin at approximately 11 Day. Early-morning buses will be off at the bus stop and electric in operation for ten years. Devel- motors will get the buses on the opers are free to take advantage am, and will run on the Sunday running on the night between move again, saving passengers of the reserves of open-access schedule. There will be reduced New Year’s Eve and New Year’s from both the noise and the fumes data available on HSL’s Journey service on regional bus routes Day. of diesel engines. The electric mo- Planner open API. Instructions on on Christmas Day, and reduced All services on 6 January will tors will be powered from battery using the interface are available commuter train service before 11 operate on the Sunday schedule. cells that are charged by braking. on HSL’s website. HELSINKI TIMES LIFESTYLE 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 15 Time to welcome yet another year

JENNI TORISEVA idly changing and strongly Maggie Reilly – famous for HELSINKI TIMES coloured lights – or simply hits such as ‘Moonlight Shad- The Helsinki Baroque prefer to stay indoors – have ow’ and ‘Family Man’ – along Orchestra & Lezhneva FOR YEARS, a traditional and a decent amount of excellent with Finnish tenor Pentti Helsinki Music Centre, 19:00 popular way to greet the New alternatives. Hietanen. Tickets: €16-36 Year in Helsinki has been to If you enjoy the eloquent Going to the other end of www.musiikkitalo.fi spend it under the fi re-blaz- sounds of classical music, the music scene, Jukka Poi- ing sky in Senate Square. then the New Year’s concert ka, the head fi gure of Finnish Rockabilly Jamboree On Tour Also, the speeches and fi re- at the Helsinki Music Centre, reggae, will be spreading his DOM Helsinki, Fredrikinkatu 42 works are accompanied by Brave New World, may suit Caribbean-infl uenced war- 20:00-04:00 a spectacular light installa- your interests. The house bles at Tavastia, together with Tickets €20 Heidi Wellinger was born in Helsinki. After graduating tion that uses the Helsinki will be taken over by the Hel- the Sound Explosion Band. If www.domhelsinki.fi from the University of Helsinki in 2003, she went abroad Cathedral as its canvas. Lux sinki Baroque Orchestra, rockabilly happens to be more and currently lives and works in Berlin and Frankfurt. Helsinki will also be present- who will be interpreting ari- to your liking, prepare to boo- Riku Niemi Orchestra ing its lightshow creations at as from Händel’s operas Al- gie with the Swedish group the Finlandia Hall, 19:00 Hesperia Park, on the Finlan- exander the Great and Julius John Lindberg Trio and Ten- Tickets: €55/€45/€35 dia Hall, the Olympics Tow- Caesar. A couple hundred nessee-bred Hillbilly Casino Show & Dinner €109 Thoughts that count er and the Helsinki Music metres away the Finlandia at the Rockabilly Jamboree On Dinner from 17:00 Centre. Hall will be housing the Riku Tour event at DOM Helsinki. www.finlandiatalo.fi THERE is no time of the year when the gap between Those who are prone to an Niemi Orchestra, starred by If none of the above are to the advertisement’s fi ctional life and real life is great- epileptic seizure from rap- the fairy-voiced Scot singer your liking, how about plain Jukka Poika & Sound er. The commercials create images of peaceful ginger- dancing to good ol’ oldies? Explosion Band bread-smelling winter wonderlands, where children Consider heading to Töölö’s Tavastiaklubi behave like little angels because they know that San- “Cultural Factory”, Kor- Urho Kekkosen katu 6 ta Claus’ Big Brother is watching. In the real world, jaamo, which will be host- 20:00-23:30 kids are constantly begging for this and that. Peo- ing a groovy New Year’s Ball. Tickets in advance €23.50 ple get stressed out organising pre-Christmas parties The ball will be the biggest of €25 at the door and are frantic about the time-consuming Christmas all dances organised by We www.tavastiaklubi.fi shopping. Finding the right presents is a challenge. But Love Helsinki, taking over there is a way out. Korjaamo’s mighty settings We Love Helsinki:

LEHTIKUVA / KIMMO MÄNTYLÄ pretty much entirely. Dance New Year’s Ball ENDING the present-buying habit can actually be a re- in the romantic Wagon Hall Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo lief for most. Not to mention making better economic amid the old wooden wag- Töölönkatu 51 a-b sense. There is a great deadweight loss – as the econ- ons, along tunes from the 21:00-04:00 omists call it – in Santa’s bag even though Christmas beloved 1930s, the swanky Tickets in advance €13 spending does, at fi rst glance, generate GDP growth. 1970s, or anything from be- €13.50 at the door This is because the choice of the presents is often bad- tween, while the Corner Hall www.korjaamo.fi ly thought out. Studies have shown that even if the gift is reserved for Kreba-Disco, is well received, the average recipient’s valuation of it featuring Finnish pop, rock lies at 90% of the buying price. This year the average and disco classics. Be sure suits and women their fan- Finn will spend €295 on presents. The deadweight loss to dress up accordingly: men cy dresses. Don’t be shy with of 10% is almost €30. Multiplying this amount across should dig out their snappy the bling. the country is easy maths. Think about the loss of mil- lions (hours lost to shopping not included) sitting un- der the Christmas tree when you choose your presents.

Helsinki Times asks… AVOIDING deadweight is easy. Giving money – yes, 1. Are there Finnish Christmas traditions that you particularly like? dosh, dough, moolah or wonga – will provide a total 2. Are there some that you would do better without? fl exibility for the recipient and prevent deadweight. 3. What kind of Christmas traditions do you miss from your own country? Another option is to give a gift voucher. The only jus- 4. How does Finnish Christmas differ from your native one? tifi cation for giving non-cash gifts is when adopting the list services of the type normally used by people getting married. Don’t get carried away by sentimen- Britta (26), from Germany, has lived in Finland for six years. tal nonsense, like the celebrated idea of “personal pre- 1. I really like the tradition of Christmas rice porridge with the “lucky almond”. It’s a lot of fun and it sents”. The system works, whether you like or not. tastes delicious! Another favourite of mine is glögi [mulled wine] with almonds and raisins. It’s a lot better than our Glühwein in Germany. SOME might argue that a happy childhood includes 2. Some hardcore Finns and Swedes go to the church early in the morning on Christmas Day. That I Christmas presents. Others might oppose cash gifts to can definitely live without! I have never done it myself and I am not planning to try it. children while having doubts about kids’ investments 3. The only thing I really miss are Christmas markets, and I mean big Christmas markets that open in choices. There is always the option of saving money in November and last until Christmas, like in Germany. The one in Helsinki (in Esplanadi) is way too a children’s account, which they can have when they small and unspectacular for my taste. turn 18. This might cause some whining during the hol- 4. It does not differ that much. The only thing that differs a lot is the food. I once brought my parents idays but the 18-year-old will appreciate the money typical Finnish Christmas food (ham, rosolli, different laatikot, tähtitortut), but the only thing they more than the Lego pirates or the Hello Kitty junk. Ei- liked was the glögi. Otherwise, they thought it was not very special and something we would eat in ther way, telling the truth about Santa sooner rather Germany on a normal weekday. than later could actually be a good idea. With this ap- proach, dealing with disappointment is good for the Richard (34), from the UK, has lived in Finland for 13 years. character. 1. The best part of Christmas in Finland, since I have two children, is getting a friend to dress up as Santa and have him visit the house. The children are so excited and it makes the giving of gifts much more fun. WHICHEVER type of giver you choose to be, keep in 2. There is only one thing I could do without at Christmas and that is the tradition of going to the cem- mind that giving is more blessed than receiving. Sev- eteries. I do it out of respect to my wife and my mother and father-in-law, it’s something they all eral studies state that those keeping their money for wish to do around midday each Christmas eve. For my 18 years of living with my parents in the UK, themselves are less happy than the ones sharing it self- I cannot remember once ever going to visit dead relatives at Christmas. lessly. The enhanced gift-giving procedure would con- 3. It is difficult to be away from family at Christmas but I have got used to it because I have been away sist of three steps: a cash gift worth 90% of the value of from the UK so long. But I do have my Finnish family and we have a great Christmas together. The the intended purchase; the difference of 10% for char- only traditions I had back in the UK was to wake up, open gifts and later on have a great Christmas ity; and the time saved by not shopping used for mo- dinner, drink some wine and beer, and then talk and watch TV in the evening. ments spend with loved ones. 4. The food on the table is very different, but I add to that with a few British dishes, which my Finnish family also enjoys. I still cannot believe that they had never had a roast potato before I made it for THE “It is the thought that counts” argument is just a them. I do miss the feeling of Santa coming during the night and waking up on the morning of 25 lame excuse for bad presents. In case you insist on giv- December to open the gifts. ing non-cash gifts, put the receipt in the package. This way you will at least enable the inevitable refund. (Re- Robert (40), from the Netherlands, has lived in Finland for 11 years.* member to leave the price tag on.) This way everyone 1. In Finland, being with family is much more important than in Holland, where you can easily do it just will know who loves whom and how much. with your own family or even just with friends. In Finland you are with your family, no matter what! 2. Porkkana- and maksalaatikko! [Carrot- and liver and rice casseroles] 3. I again have to go with the variation of food. In Holland we eat well, just as in Finland, but one year it can be a big table of sushi, the next can be raclette. There is variation. And sometimes being with friends can be nice, too. 4. For one, it is a much bigger celebration here in Finland, because in Holland we have also Sinterk- Follow Helsinki Times laas (with Saint Nicholas) on 5 December. It’s just as big a celebration for children, as Christmas is in Finland. At least Finland gets points for serving up a white Christmas, whereas in Holland it is usually just windy and wet! *Robert and his son Max-Emil, who passed away no long before Christmas last year (22 May 2005

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‘twas the weeks The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo surrounding Christmas Release date: 21 December Director: David Fincher JAMES O’SULLIVAN too, Rapace, to battle their Starring: Daniel Craig, HELSINKI TIMES adversary, Professor Mo- Rooney Mara riarty (Jared Harris). Fin- AMONG the Michael Bays of gers crossed that everything Sherlock Holmes: this world, it’s fair enough clicks this time around. A Game of Shadows to say that David Fincher A week later, and 50/50 Release date: 23 December stands tall as one of the most lands in cinemas, bring- Director: Guy Richie innovative and interesting ing with it a swag of posi- Starring: Robert Downey Jr, cinema auteurs working in tive word-of-mouth talk as it Jude Law American cinema today. Af- deftly walks the line between ter the early career wobble comedy and drama. Here, Jo- 50/50 (K11) of Alien³ (1993), Fincher has seph Gordon-Levitt learns Release date: 30 December gone on to create an unpar- that he has cancer, with pal Director: Jonathan Levine alleled run of high quality ef- Seth Rogan being one of the Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, forts, including Se7en (1995), few people remaining by his Seth Rogen Fight Club (1997) and last side. With the title depicting year’s The Social Network. the odds that Gordon-Levitt My Week With Marilyn Up this week sees his ad- now faces with his predica- Release date: 30 December aptation of Stieg Larsson’s ment, laughs and tears are Director: Simon Curtis The Girl with the Dragon Tat- ensured in equal measure. Starring: Michelle Williams, too for the American audi- Also out just before New Kenneth Branagh ence. With Daniel Craig and Year’s Eve, My Week With Rooney Mara stepping into Marilyn charts a week in the The Darkest Hour the shoes previously made life of the infamous blonde Release date: 30 December comfortable by Michael bombshell Marilyn Monroe Director: Chris Gorak Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace, (Michelle Williams) and di- Starring: Emile Hirch, Joel Kin- it remains to be seen how the rector Sir Laurence Olivi- naman book will translate to Ameri- er, during the making of The can sensibilities. Will the plot Prince and the Showgirl in the Varasto (K11) Eduardo Balanza’s installation The record is not over yet can be seen at Kiasma from 20 January. remain the same? Will Mara 1950s. While the fi lm hasn’t Release date: 30 December prove to be an acceptable re- been bowling critics over, Director: Taru Mäkelä artist Sophie Calle. The ex- placement for Rapace? Re- Williams’ performance has Starring: Kari-Pekka Toivonen, hibition, composed of pho- gardless of the answers to been winning praise. Minttu Mustakallio tography and videos that these questions, however, And if it’s a bunch of al- Design and beyond mix the private with pub- advance word suggests that iens invading Moscow that lic life, is titled Take Care of it’s going to be huge. you are after, then look no JENNI TORISEVA of Finnish Architecture and Yourself, which were the last Not to be outdone, a cou- further than The Darkest Last, local fi lm Varasto HELSINKI TIMES Museum of Design in Eira. words written by Calle’s ex- ple of days later and Sherlock Hour, also out on 30 Decem- sees a variety of comedy high When considering an ar- boyfriend in e-mail when he Holmes: A Game of Shadows ber. Here, Russian director jinks involving chief protag- FINLAND is well known for ea where, contrary to de- ended their relationship. An- arrives in cinemas, hopeful- Timur Bekmambetov (Want- onist Antero Rousku (Ka- its sleek and relatively min- sign, the idea itself is more other exhibition in the same ly making for a better view- ed, Night Watch) makes ri-Pekka Toivonen) and his imalistic design. Many important than the physical facilities presents the jewels ing experience than the himself comfortable in the workmate Raninen, just a may think of design sim- form – that is, art – there is of Italian futurism, includ- rather tepid original. Here producer’s chair for this ef- few of the characters work- ply as something extrava- a healthy abundance on offer ing works of artists such as Robert Downey Jr. and Jude fects-heavy tale, with Emile ing in the warehouse of a gant and available only for in the coming year as well. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Law team up with the origi- Hirsch on hand to save the paint shop. See what you the hip and high-fl ying elite. Starting on 20 Janu- with whom the entire move- nal Girl with the Dragon Tat- day. think. But what usually goes unno- ary, Kiasma will play host to ment originally began. ticed is that design is visible an exhibition titled Thank everywhere, in everything You for the Music, featuring hugely infl uential rock band man-made. works that examine our re- Helsinki Hanoi Rocks. The fi rst album, Every second year, the In- lationship with music and its World Design Capital Rocking out 2011 the brilliantly titled Bangkok ternational Council of So- ability to take our minds to www.wdchelsinki2012.fi Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi cieties of Industrial Design different places, irrespective JAMES O’SULLIVAN roe” seemed to be the per- Rocks, saw the band explode (ICSID) recognises one city for of time and space. Thank You for the Music HELSINKI TIMES fect fi t. onto the scene. its accomplishments in utilis- From 10 February The 20 January-17 June 2012 One of the most popu- Subsequent releases saw ing design as a tool to improve Finnish National Gallery will Kiasma WHEN you come up with a lar rock artists to have ever Monroe developing his rock social, cultural and economic host the works of Swede Carl www.kiasma.fi stage name, you’d best fi nd come from Finland, Monroe persona both onstage and off life. In 2012 the World Design Larsson (1853-1919), whose something that personi- truly personifi es the term as the band began to enjoy Capital will be Helsinki, which work has had an enormous Carl Larsson – In Search of fi es who you want to be- “rock star”, with his shock of growing attention from differ- has chosen Open Helsinki as impact on the perceptions of the Good Life come when parading in front bleached-white hair and rock ent corners of the world. The its theme – connoting trans- Swedes and other Europeans 10 February-29 April 2012 of throngs of adoring fans. attire. After Monroe met gui- unfortunate death of drummer parency, curiosity, global re- of what constitutes a better The Finnish National Gallery For Matti Antero Kristian tarist Andy McCoy in the late Razzle in 1985 saw about the sponsibility and innovation. life. Apart from more than a Ateneum Fagerholm, “Michael Mon- 1970s, the two started the demise of the band, with Mon- The year-long programme hundred paintings, the exhi- www.ateneum.fi roe emerging from the ashes to consists of up to 300 events, bition also presents Carl and continue as a solo artist. projects and initiatives that his wife, Karin Larsson, as Sophie Calle – Take Finally, in February 2001, all examine the ways in designers of furniture and Care of Yourself Monroe and McCoy per- which design is embedded art handicrafts. & Italian Futurism formed together for the fi rst in everyday life, while al- From 2 March the Espoo 2 March-10 June 2012 time since breaking up, go- so being open for conversa- Museum of Modern Art (EM- Espoo Museum of Modern Art ing on to reform Hanoi Rocks tion and communication. A MA) will showcase French www.emma.museum after a successful tour per- crucial element in these pro- VILLE AKSELI JUURIKKALA AKSELI VILLE forming as a duo. Fast for- grammes is the belief that ward to 2011 and Monroe design can make Helsinki a remains as big a star as ever, better place to live, not only both with his continuing solo for ourselves, but for the fu- career and with Hanoi Rocks. ture generations as well. So, wondering just how World Design Capital col- to celebrate the end of 2011? laborates with the makers of Well, head on down to Nos- events such as the DocPoint turi on 30-31 December to Festival, organised on 24-29 join Monroe! Support on both January, and the Design Cap- nights comes from Imperial ital Weekend, on 3-5 Febru- State Electric, fronted by the ary, during which you will former lead singer of The Hel- not only bump into some lacopters, Nicke Andersson. extraordinary design all over the wider Helsinki ar- ea and Lahti, but may also Michael Monroe – The End take part in the many organ-

Of The World Party ised workshops, exhibitions WDC HELSINKI / ERIKSSON & COMPANY / VALTTERI HIRVONEN 30-31 December, 20:00 and shows. In May, Helsin- Tickets €27 ki will see the opening of the Nosturi wooden WDC Helsinki 2012 Telakkakatu 8 Pavilion, which will be lo- Helsinki, the World Design Capital of 2012, will feature interest- Michael Monroe, a true rockstar. Helsinki cated between the Museum ing design-related events and activities throughout the year. 18 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES

HEATHER SUNDERLAND pounder, food mill or a food processor. Delicious 4. Add the breadcrumbs, syrup, seasoning and a little vegetarian of the water that they were cooked in until the mixture is quite runny. dishes for 5. Pour the mixture in- to a greased oven dish. Use Christmas a spoon to make dents in the surface and sprinkle bread- HELSINKI TIMES crumbs over the top. 6. Cook on the bottom shelf of the oven at 175°C for EVEN though lots of people 1-1.5 hours. are vegetarian, varied veg- etarian dishes are seldom Turnip casserole: follow the served at Christmas and far instructions for swede cas- too many vegetarians have serole but use turnips and to make do with just pota- add oat milk instead of add- toes and salads. ing the water that was used Preparing varied, tasty to boil the turnips. You will and Christmassy vegetari- also need to add more syrup. an dishes is easy and fun, but Recipe from a vegetarian The Yule log (Bûche de Noël) is a traditional dessert served at Christmas in the UK and several francophone countries and former it is not always easy to fi nd cookery book by Somersa- French colonies. recipes for good vegetarian lo, Mattila et al. Härkäpapua dishes. Veggie dishes provide sarvista – herkullista kasvis- the baking paper out from variation and are a welcome ruokaa läheltä, Multikustan- underneath. change to the tradition- nus 2006. 14. Slice the ends of the al dishes normally served at Christmas Yule log sponge so that they are Christmas. Here are some Chocolate fondant straight and neat looking. vegetarian recipes courtesy Serve the chocolate fondant 15. Chop off about 1 third of cookery-book author and cakes hot from the oven or HEATHER SUNDERLAND 1. Line a baking tray with 8. Bake for 15 minutes un- of the cake and add it as a chef Inna Somersalo. heated up so that the inside is HELSINKI TIMES baking paper and oil it light- til risen and just about fi rm branch about a third of the melted chocolate. Serve with ly. The best way to do this is when you press lightly on the way along the main log. Smoked tofu – an raspberries and whipped oat CHRISTMAS is a magical time to pour a little oil onto a piece top. 16. To make the frost- easy, meat-free cream. of the year – a time for family of wadded-up kitchen paper 9. Remove from the oven ing, beat the butter in a bowl alternative to ham and celebration. It can also be and use the kitchen paper to when ready and leave in tin and then sift in the icing-sug- You can eat smoked tofu on Dough: a bitter-sweet time for those of oil the baking paper. to go completely cold. ar and cocoa. Add the water its own, or diced and added – 50 g margarine us who live abroad and are un- 2. Separate the eggs. Put 10. To remove from the tin, and mix together. If the mix- to salads. You can also slice it – 100 g dark chocolate able to spend Christmas with the yolks in one bowl and the fi rst gently go round the edg- ture is still a little too stiff and fry it in oil in a pan. Using – 2 dl soya milk family and friends from home. whites in another. The easi- es of the sponge with a knife, to spread, when fi nished you smoked tofu you can make – 2 tbsp strong coffee While we might not be able to est way to separate eggs is making sure the sponge isn’t can add a little more water, a a tasty dish that is similar to – 1 dl icing sugar arrange to fl y our entire fami- by pouring it out gently on- sticking to the tray where tablespoon at a time. a leg of ham: Cover a whole – 3.5 dl wheat fl our lies’ network of friends out for to your hand and letting the it has gone over the edg- 17. To decorate the yule block of smoked tofu with a – 1 tsp baking powder Christmas, we can certainly whites drain away through es of the paper. Place anoth- log, spread the frosting even- loose dough made from wheat – 0.25 tsp vanilla powder or 1 bring a little bit of home to the your fi ngers, being careful er piece of baking paper over ly over the sponge with long fl our, salt and water. Fine- tsp vanilla sugar pinch of Christmas table. not to break the yolks. the top of the sponge and an- strokes, being careful around ly crush some hapankorp- salt For me, Christmas just 3. Whisk together the other baking tray, upside any cracks in the sponge and pu (crispbreads) and roll the isn’t Christmas without a de- brown sugar and the yolks in down, on top of that. Quick- the join of the branch and the dough-covered tofu in the Chocolate licious yule log. a large bowl. ly and carefully fl ip the trays log. crispbread crumbs. Bake in fondant filling: 4. Melt the chocolate with over and then remove the top 18. To make the bark ef- the oven at 250°C for 15-20 Ingredients: 8 tbsp of cold water by plac- tray. Carefully peel away the fect, drag a fork down the minutes. You can also make a – 0.5 dl oat cream ing it in a bowl over a pan of back the baking paper. length of the log in the direc- mustard or red-wine sauce to – 75 g dark chocolate For the sponge simmering water. 11. Whisk the whipping tion of the bark and make cir- serve as an accompaniment. A little oil for greasing the tray 5. Add the melted choc- cream into soft peaks and cular patterns at the ends. You First make the fi lling: 300g brown sugar olate to the sugar and yolk spread over the sponge. Scat- can add a little Christmas dec- Swede casserole heat the oat cream in the (fariinisokeri) mixture. ter the raspberries over the oration like holly – to make You can start the preparation saucepan. 12 eggs 6. Whisk the egg whites to top. the holly on my cake I added of this dish well in advance of Break the chocolate into 500g cooking chocolate stiff peaks. Stir a spoonful of 12. To roll the sponge, take two bay leaves and then three Christmas and freeze it, so all pieces and add to the cream, A little icing-sugar for the whisked egg whites into hold of the baking paper on or four glacier cherries. you need to do later is cook it in remove from the heat and decoration the chocolate mixture and then the long side opposite you, 19. Sieve a little icing-sug- the oven. Partially defrost the stir until the chocolate has carefully fold the rest of the and gently lift and pull it to- ar over the top. casserole and place in the oven melted. Leave to cool. The For the fi lling egg whites into the mixture. Be wards you. Keep pulling so 20. Enjoy! on the day of serving. This rec- fi lling should be slightly set 500ml of whipping cream sure to get all of the chocolate that the sponge rolls all the ipe makes one 2.5-litre casse- when fi lling the cakes. 300g raspberries – defrosted mixture from the bottom of the way towards you. The sponge role dish or two smaller dishes. Next, make the dough. bowl mixed in too. might break and crack as you The cheat’s way It is a good idea to put sever- Melt the margarine in a sauce- For the frosting 7. Pour the mixture into do this. Don’t worry about A simpler way to make this, al different Christmas casse- pan. Break the chocolate into 250g butter your baking tray. Cover the it, that will all be hidden be- if you are short on time, is role dishes into the oven at the pieces and add to the mixture 450g icing-sugar whole tray, making an even neath the frosting. simply to buy two Swiss rolls same time. and stir until the chocolate has 50g cocoa rectangle and don’t worry 13. Transfer the cake to a from the supermarket. Chop melted. Add the milk and cof- 6tbsp water if some of the mixture goes serving dish by gently pull- one in half, place one half – 1 kg swede fee and stir. Mix the dry ingre- over the edges of the baking ing it on to the dish using end to end with the full roll – 3-4 dl water dients together and add to the Pre-heat over to 200ºC paper. the baking paper. Then slide to make it a little longer, and – 1 tsp salt dough, and stir until smooth. the other one third of the – 1 dl breadcrumbs Prepare the cake moulds: way down as a branch. Then – 2-3 tbsp syrup you do not need to do any- follow the instructions from – 2 dl oat cream thing to silicone moulds. If you number 16. – 0.5 tsp powdered ginger are using a metal muffi n tray, pinch of white pepper place paper or silicone muf- pinch of nutmeg fi n cases in the holes or grease – for greasing the dish: the holes. 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LEHTIKUVA / TIMO JAAKONAHO Top chef Aki Wahlman’s ham tips a small piece. This is the on- hams can be left in a little long- For many, Christmas ly way of being sure that the er to be on the safe side. meat is cooked to the right When the ham has cooled just wouldn’t be temperature,” says profes- down slightly, it’s time for Christmas without sional chef Aki Wahlman. coating. When opening the Also essential to remem- roasting bag, the liquid can be the traditional roast. ber is to allow the meat to handily poured from the bag work up to room tempera- into a pot. Remove the rind, ture before putting it in the which comes off easily with a HELSINKI TIMES oven – and the bigger it is, knife after the ham has cooled the longer it takes to warm slightly. “Remember to leave a up. The oven only needs to be decent layer of pork fat, then THE TROUBLE taken to prop- preheated for about ten min- just coat the whole ham liber- erly prepare a leg of roast utes, since the ham will be ally with mustard and sprin- This piggery, in Loimaa in southwest Finland, has 200 sows and 1,000 pork pigs. Instead of being pork is a normal part of the cooked at around 100 °C. kle breadcrumbs on top. The sent to the slaughterhouse, many young sows are selected for raising piglets. Christmas routine. Even sea- “The ham is put as it is in- coated ham can be about fi ve soned home chefs, however, to the bag and put on a roast- minutes or so in a 200-degree cally weighs 60-70 kilos. This need to do some revision be- ing tray. Close the bag, and cut oven, to give it a nice colour is less than regularly fat- fore rolling up their sleeves a small opening in the top cor- and crispness.” tened pigs, since the organi- to get to work. ner. Put the meter in place, and The tasty but very salty cally raised animals are less “It’s worthwhile check- off it all goes into the oven.” liquid that has been poured A piglet’s life constrained and get to burn ing in advance if you have a Without a roasting bag, cook- off should be watered down off some of their energy. The working meat thermome- ing takes longer and the oven to make it suitable for a sauce RIITTA SILLANPÄÄ, MIKKO NIILES – STT days old. The piglets are then piggery, in Loimaa in south- ter and a roasting bag of the will be heavily spattered with to go with the ham. HT kept in the farrowing area for west Finland, has 200 sows right size. The thermome- fat during cooking. When the Make sure in good time another week, after which and 1,000 pork pigs. ter is stuck through the bag thermometer reads 80 de- that your meat thermometer PORK IS on the menu for they’re transferred to a sep- “The simplest difference into the thickest part of the grees, the ham is suffi cient- is in working order by testing many this Christmas – if arate area. A month later, af- between organic and regular joint, even when cooking just ly cooked, although organic it in a glass of hot water. “If not literally, then as a topic ter they have put on about piggeries is that the organ- your oven has a fan, remember of heated debate. There are 25-30 kilos, the animals are ically raised animals have to have it switched off while many questions – do organi- transferred to the main area. about twice as much space. the ham is roasting. Larger cally raised pigs have a better Pigs spend their days The fodder is about 95 per and leaner cuts of meat are standard of life than inten- sleeping, eating and grub- cent organic, and the ani- better cooked the traditional sively raised animals, for in- bing for food. The animals on mals have to be able to spend way, in a slow oven. “The old stance? Organically bred the piggery never go outside, some time outdoors,” Kari rule of an hour per kilo is still animals at least have more says Arja Nokso. The own- Nyman says of the criteria valid, but it’s better to rely on a space, and spend some time ers have installed chewable for a piggery to be classifi ed thermometer, which should be in outdoor pens. But organ- toys for the animals, which as organic.

LEHTIKUVA / SARI GUSTAFSSON put in the middle of the ham ic piggeries can also be large: are hung from the roof above After birth, the piglets are but not up against the bone. one such piggery in Loimaa the pens. They are also given left with the sow for two to The meat is ready and really has more pigs than a regular old newspapers to tear up – three weeks, and then two to tender at 80 degrees.” piggery in Ilmajoki. which seems to delight them, four sows and their piglets are If there’s too much meat, the Noksos say. transferred to the same “fam- some of it can be packed and Cramped conditions The feeding process is au- ily pen.” The sows are taken put in the freezer as soon as Arja and Risto Nokso have tomated, and the pigs are fed away when the piglets are six it’s cooled. Leftovers can be 150 sows and 750 pigs four times a day. Pork pigs weeks old, but the young ani- used in pea soup, in pies, piz- for meat. Each female pig put on about a kilo a day in mals are left together in the zas, and other recipes. Roast- raised for meat is kept in an weight. Their staple feed is same small groups. ing bags can also be used for 11-square metre pen with barley gruel with rapeseed “The family pen is our Make sure your meat thermometer is in working order before do- storing and freezing cooked ten others. The animals are oil. The pigs are also given vi- own innovation. It allows the ing any roasting. ham. weaned off the mother at 31 tamins and minerals to keep animals to be more sociable, them healthy. Sick animals and they learn to eat better are taken to a separate pen. before being transferred to 66 ПЛАЗМЕННЫХ ТВ, 6 СКРИНОВ, СТОЛ ДЛЯ КЁРЛИНГА, Painkillers are administered the main area for fattening. 950 ПОСАДОЧНЫХ МЕСТ И ОБСТАНОВКА СПОРТИВНОГО АЗАРТА! ALA before castration. The automated feeding sys- M Y The pigs are taken to tem is on all the time,” Kari ВЕДУЩИЙ СПОРТИВНЫЙ I A slaughter at around six Nyman says. H months of age by which time At 12 weeks old, all the РЕСТОРАН СЕВЕРНОЙ ЕВРОПЫ they weigh around 120 kilos. pigs are transferred to the Nepalese Cuisine The slaughterhouse truck fattening area, and are tak- Since 1993 comes to the Nokso piggery en from there for slaughter The Oldest Nepalese once a week, taking about 50 at 6-8 months of age. “We SPORTS ДРУГИЕ Restaurant in Finland pigs each time. The pigs are have no problems in sell- taken to the Atria slaughter- ing our meat. The meat goes ACADEMY АРЕНЫ house in Seinäjoki, where the from the slaughterhouse to Open Mon-Fri 11-23, weekends 12-23, animals are stunned with the supermarkets, although Lunch: Mon-Fri 11-15 carbon dioxide before killing. the price is higher than reg- Salomonkatu 19, Helsinki Contact ular pork.” Tel. 09 694 0750 Ratakatu 1B, 00120 Helsinki. Organic raising Instead of being sent to Mon-Fri 11-23, Sat 12-23, Sun 12-22 Book your table At four months old, a pig on the slaughterhouse with the www.ravintolatandoor.net tel. (09) 647 551, mob 040 7347 638 www.himalaya.fi Jaakko, Kari and Mervi Ny- rest, many young sows are man’s organic piggery typi- selected for raising piglets.

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graphic designers / illustrators processing graffiti culture with various techniques. Make Your Mark Gallery Kaasutehtaankatu 1 Tue-Fri 12:00-19:00 Sat 11:00-16:00 Towards the World Design Capital 2012 Sun 12:00-16:00 The traditional New Year celebrations at Helsinki’s Senate Square will wel- www.makeyourmark.fi come 2012 and also celebrate the city becoming the World Design Capital. Until Sun 8 January The highlight of the evening is an extensive light and video spectacle joint- Young Artists 2011 ly produced by Mural Media and Agent Pekka. The turn of the year will cul- Traditional exhibition with minate in a video presentation entitled Ylistys Helsingille (“Praise to Helsin- “a freshness guarantee”. ki”), which uses a 3D architectural mapping technique, decorating Helsinki Kunsthalle Helsinki Nervanderinkatu 3 Cathedral with light. Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 The evening will offer various musical performances, such as The Out’n Wed 11:00-20:00 Loud choir, AiA band, Step Up Dancers, beat boxer Felix Zenger and the Finn- Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00 ish tango master, Jari Sillanpää. “Resolutions bar”, opening at 10 pm, is the Tickets €0/5.50/8 place for making resolutions for the new year and drinking hot chocolate. www.taidehalli.fi As part of the Senate Square New Year celebrations, a pre-celebration will Until Sun 8 January be held at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma for families with children. An The Magic of Lapland adventure filled with light is to be set up in the empty exhibition halls with The exhibition focuses on the impres- workshops, shadow puppets, light painting and a dance of shadows. sions of Finnish Lapland given by art and includes works by dozens of art- ists, from the unknown maker of a Sat 31 December World Design Capital shaman’s drum to the latest works of Kiasma 13:00-17:00 www.wdc2012helsinki.fi contemporary art featuring many dif- Mannerheiminaukio 2 ferent working methods and styles. Free entrance Ateneum Art Museum Kaivokatu 2 Senate Square 22:15-00:05 New Year’s Eve will see a colourful, meticulously planned light spectacle projected Tue & Fri 10:00-18:00 onto Helsinki Cathedral. Wed & Thu 10:00-20:00 Sat & Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €0/8/10 www.ateneum.fi Mon 26 December-Tue 3 January Fri 30 & Sat 31 December Sat 31 December Wed 4 January MUSIC Until Sun 8 January La Rondine The End Of The World -Party: Hello 2012: Super8 & Tab, Club Säpinää: Black Twig Sandra Kantanen: Landscapes Puccini’s lovely opera. Michael Monroe, Imperial State Orkidea, Alex Kunnari, Heikki L Psychedelic pop and dusty rock. Photography meets Asian land- Thu 22 December Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Electric (SWE) Techno, house etc. Kuudes linja scape painting tradition in the Club Folks: Ville Leinonen Helsinginkatu 58 Last days of the year filled with The Circus Hämeentie 13 timeless and beautiful works of Finnish singer-songwriter. Tickets €14-77 heavy rock. Salomonkatu 1-3 Free entrance Sandra Kantanen. Korjaamo Culture Factory www.opera.fi Nosturi Tickets €15-25 www.kuudeslinja.com Korjaamo Gallery Töölönkatu 51 B Telakkakatu 8 www.thecircus.fi Töölönkatu 51 B www.korjaamo.fi Tue 27 December Tickets €27-50 Mon-Sun 11:00-17:00 “Wild Xmas 2011”: Children of www.elmu.fi Sat 31 December THEATRE & DANCE www.korjaamo.fi Thu 22 December Bodom Jukka Poika & Sound Explosion Club Törstdag: Ilmari & Tripple J Gloomy modern metal. Fri 30 & Sat 31 December Band, Asa, DJs V.G. & Andor Until Sun 15 January Hip hop. The Circus, Salomonkatu 1-3. PMMP Brilliant ”Suomi-reggae”. Thu 22 December & Wed 4 January The Power of Colour – Works Kuudes linja Tickets €35/37 Energetic pop rock. Tavastia The Nutcracker and the Mouse from the Collections of the State Hämeentie 13 www.thecircus.fi Virgin Oil CO. Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 King (Wayne Eagling and Toer Tretjakov Gallery Free entrance Kaivopiha Tickets €22/25 van Schayk – Petr Tchaikovsky) Early 20th century Russian art www.kuudeslinja.com Tue 27, Thu 29 & Sat 31 Mannerheimintie 5 www.tavastiaklubi.fi The Christmas favourite at the Opera. featuring the beloved masters Marc December Tickets €25 Finnish National Opera Chagall, Kasimir Malevich and Thu 22 December Juha www.virginoil.fi Sat 31 December Helsinginkatu 58 Wassily Kandinsky. Club Roots & Culture New production of the powerful Femme En Fourrure, Bendagram Tickets €14-72 Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace Reggae. Finnish opera classic is destined to Sat 31 December Welcoming the 2012 with www.opera.fi Salomonkatu 15 Pacifico, Helsinginkatu 15 astonish and delight. Rockabilly Jamboree live music. Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00 Free entrance Finnish National Opera, 19:00 On Tour feat. John Lindberg Bassment Mon 26 December-Sun 1 January Tickets €0/8/10 www.pacifico.fi Helsinginkatu 58 Trio (SWE), Hillbilly Casino Pohjoinen Rautatienkatu 21 Talvisirkus Nenä Tickets €22-84 (USA), Flatbroke Trio & Tickets €8 (“Winter Circus Nenä”) Until Sun 15 January Sun 25 December www.opera.fi Shoebox Revue www.bassment.fi Legendary annual winter show for Impressive Stones Tapanin Tanssit New Years Eve full of rockabilly. the whole family. Brilliant circus art Exhibition presents a wide and DJs Käki, ODJ Harri & Jori Thu 29 December Dom Sun 1 January by international artists. diverse selection of art created Hulkkonen. Metsatöll (EST) Fredrikinkatu 42 After Hours & Aftherapy: 23 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth using the lithographic technique. Siltanen Metal influenced by Estonian folk. Tickets €20 Hour New Year Morning Tallberginkatu 1 Among the artists featured are Hämeentie 13 Dom www.domhelsinki.fi DJs Milla Lehto, Unik, Paul Easy Tickets €16/17/27 Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and Free entrance Fredrikinkatu 42 etc. www.hurjaruuth.fi Kuutti Lavonen. www.siltanen.org Tickets €10 Sat 31 December Club Playground, 05:00-04:00 Ateneum Art Museum www.domhelsinki.fi We Love Helsinki New Year´s Iso Roobertinkatu 10 Tue 4 & Wed 5 December Kaivokatu 2 Sun 25 December Eve Ball Tickets €11.20-25 Circo Aereo & Race Horse Com- Tue & Fri 10:00-18:00 Daptone Records Soul Dance Thu 29 December Welcoming the New Year with a www.playground.fi pany: Petit Mal Wed & Thu 10:00-20:00 Party Jukka Ruostila & Kaaoksen traditional urban ball. Amazing new circus. Sat & Sun 11:00-17:00 DJs Nydia Ines, Markus-setä, Ystävät + support Korjaamo Culture Factory Sun 1 January Helsinki City Theatre Tickets €0/8/10 Sami Dariush etc. Rock. Töölönkatu 51 B Venue New Year Morning Party Ensi linja 2 www.ateneum.fi Kuudes linja Bar Loose Tickets €12-15 Dance ´til you drop. Tickets €11-27 Hämeentie 13 Annankatu 21 www.korjaamo.fi Venue, 05:00-14:00 www.hkt.fi Until Sun 15 January Tickets €6 Tickets €5/6 Pohjoinen Rautatienkatu 21 Raakel Kuukka: Retrospective www.kuudeslinja.com www.barloose.com Sat 31 December Tickets €11.20-25 The retrospective shows Kuukka’s Helsinki Baroque Orchestra & EXHIBITIONS works from the 1980s up to the pre- Mon 26 December Fri 30 December Lezhneva: New Year´s Concert Sun 1 January sent day, with vintage prints, new Tavastian Lauantaidisko: French Films, Stockers! Brave Old World – music from [REIV:] New Year´s Eve Afterparty works and a number of videoworks. Tapsan Tanssit Indie rock. Händel’s operas. 10 hour dance hypnose. Until Sat 31 December The Finnish Museum of After Christmas party. Tavastia Music Centre, 19:00 Kuudes linja, 05:00-15:00 Contemporary Burners Photography Tavastia, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Concert Hall Hämeentie 13 Antti Ratinen – Grégoire The Cable Factory Tickets €5/6 Tickets €10/12 Tickets €15-35 Tickets €10 Thomas – Matti Kunttu – Santtu Tallberginkatu 1 www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.musiikkitalo.fi www.kuudeslinja.com Mustonen. Works from four Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 Tickets €0/4/6 www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi

Until Sun 15 January Akseli Gallen-Kallela: European Master Exhibition presents the artist’s aesthetically most brilliant peak, a selection of masterworks. Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace Salomonkatu 15 Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00 Tickets €0/8/10

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Find Helsinki Times on Facebook HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 23 Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English and other language broadcasting on Finnish television.

thursday 22.12. friday 23.12.

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09:30 Heartbeat 10:05 The Young and the 09:30 Heartbeat 10:05 The Young and the 11:05 YLE News in English Restless 11:05 YLE News in English Restless 11:10 Holby City 11:00 Emmerdale 11:10 Holby City 11:00 Emmerdale 12:10 Coronation Street 13:00 Design Inc. 12:10 Coronation Street 13:00 ER 17:10 Heartbeat 14:05 Kath & Kim 17:10 Heartbeat 14:05 Rita Rocks 19:00 As the Time Goes By 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 23:05 Charles at 60- The 14:35 Freaks and Geeks 22:45 Les Enfants FILM 18:00 Emmerdale Passionate Prince DOC 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful Directed by: Christian 21:00 Mentalist (K13) Prince Charles at home, 18:00 Emmerdale Vincent. Starring: Gérard 22:35 Modern Family abroad, at work and on duty. 22:45 Slap Shot (K15) FILM Blue Bloods Spy Hard Lanvin. France/2005. 23:05 Death Wish 2 (K18) FILM The revealing film goes behind 01:00 Sensing Murder Nelonen 22:00 Nelonen 21:00 In French. the closed doors of his world.

SUB 09:00 James Martin: Sweet SUB 09:00 James Martin: Sweet TV2 09:30 A Baby Story TV2 09:30 A Baby Story 07:10 Capri 10:00 Bulging Brides 15:30 Marienhof 10:00 Bulging Brides 06:50 Children’s Programming Three episodes. In Italian. 10:30 Property Virgins 06:50 Children’s Programming 16:00 Jamie’s Chef 10:30 Property Virgins In Finnish. 14:15 E! Entertainment: Reality 13:00 A Baby Story In Finnish. 17:00 Sturm der Liebe 13:00 A Baby Story 10:35 Snowy River: The Hell 13:30 Bulging Brides 10:35 Globe Trekker: Holland 19:30 That Mitchell and Webb 13:30 Bulging Brides McGregory Saga 14:35 Capri 14:00 Property Virgins 12:00 Wallace and Gromit: A Look 14:00 Property Virgins SERIES ENDS. 15:30 Marienhof 14:30 James Martin: Sweet Matter of Loaf and Death 20:00 Simpsons 14:30 James Martin: Sweet 14:10 The Secret Millionaire 16:00 Jamie’s Chef 15:00 Heavy Weights FILM 12:35 Don Matteo 21:00 X Factor USA 15:00 Gary Unmarried 15:40 Artemisia Sanchez 17:00 Sturm der Liebe 17:10 Dr. Phil In Italian. 23:30 Knight Rider 15:30 Eddie & Jeff In Italian 19:30 That Mitchell and Webb Look 18:10 Married... with Children 14:10 Kurenai no buta FILM 00:30 Miami Vice 16:00 Extreme Makeover: Home 17:21 Children’s Programmin 20:00 Simpsons 21:00 Criminal Minds (K15) 15:40 Artemisia Sanchez 01:30 Terminator: The Sarah Edition In Finnish. 20:30 Simpsons 22:00 Blue Bloods (K13) In Italian. Connor Chronicles 17:00 The Santa Clause 3 FILM 20:00 Ein Fall für Zwei 21:30 Models of the Runway 23:15 Frasier 16:30 Wallace & Gromit’s World 02:25 That Mitchell and Webb 19:00 Wipeout UK In German. 23:30 C.S.I. New York (K13) 00:20 Oz (K15) of Invention Look 21:00 Spy Hard FILM 22:35 Tatort - Borowski Cycle 00:30 Pushing Daisies 17:24 Children’s Programming 22:55 Oz (K15) (K13) 01:25 Vampire Diaries 20:00 Ein Fall für Zwei 00:05 The Darwin Awards (K15) In German JIM 22:00 Law & Order: Criminal TV5 FILM 00:05 True Blood (K15) Intent (K15) TV5 10:15 Fifth Gear 23:40 Rush (K15) 14:10 America’s Funniest Home 11:40 MasterChef Australia Videos JIM YLE TEEMA 13:15 Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show 13:20 Dinner Impossible 14:40 That 70’s Show

14:15 America’s Funniest Home 13:50 Sliced YLE TEEMA 16:05 Dad Camp 11:05 Fifth Gear 20:30 Whatever! The Science of Videos 14:15 Richard Hammond’s 17:00 America’s Funniest Home 12:35 Dirty Jobs the Teenagers 14:40 That 70’s Show Engineering Connections 15:35 Vogliamo anche le rose Videos 13:30 Dinner Impossible 21:00 Eyewitness DOC 16:05 Relic Hunter 15:15 Dragon’s Den UK DOC 17:30 My Wife and Kids 14:00 Sliced 22:00 Ruthless FILM 17:00 America’s Funniest Home 16:10 Pawn Stars 17:45 A Family Is a Family Is a 18:00 That 70’s Show 14:25 JIM D: Ancient Ink Horace Vendig shows Videos 16:35 Fifth Gear Family DOC 18:30 The King of Queens 15:15 Dragon’s Den UK himself to the world as a 17:30 My Wife and Kids 18:00 Dragon’s Den UK A portrait of the diversity of 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 16:10 Pawn Stars rich philanthropist. It turns 18:00 That 70’s Show 19:00 Pawn Stars families today highlighting Videos 16:35 Fifth Gear out this is far from the case. 18:30 The King of Queens 19:30 South Park same-sex parents, mixed- 19:30 Airline 19:00 Pawn Stars Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 20:00 Runaway Squad heritage families, single 20:00 Jersey Shore 19:30 South Park Starring: Zachary Scott, Videos 20:30 Border Security: parents and stories of adoption. 21:00 The Grimm Brothers 21:00 JIM D: CI Asia (K15) Louis Hayward. 19:30 Airline Australia’s Front Line 19:45 From the Master’s Brush FILM 22:00 Weird or What? USA/1948 20:00 Jersey Shore 21:00 JIM D History: 20:00 Maps: Power, Plunder and Directed by Terry Gilliam. 23:55 Destroyed in Seconds 21:00 Video Game Awards 2011 Nostradamus Effect Possession DOC Starring: Matt Damon, (K15) (K-15) 22:00 Pawn Stars 21:50 What’s Eating Gilbert Heath Ledger, Monica 00:25 Ultimate Tourist Scams Programmes on Yle Teema 22:45 The Only Way is Essex 22:30 Rude Tube (K15) Grape FILM Bellucci. USA/Czech 00:55 Jack Osbourne - may be viewed in the original 00:20 Born to Kill? (K-15) 23:00 South Park Directed by Lasse Hallström Republic/UK2005 Adrenaline Junkie language(s) by changing the 01:15 Deadline (K-15) 23:30 Naked & Funny (K15) Starring: Johnny Depp, 23:10 Navy NCIS 01:45 Manhunters: Fugitive Task digital receiver’s settings. SERIES BEGINS. 00:00 Modern Marvels: Potato Leonardo DiCaprio. 00:05 The Patriot FILM (K-15) Force (K13) In German. 00:50 The Real A & E USA/1993 03:00 Jersey Shore 02:10 Naked & Funny (K15)

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08:05 Feasts 12:50 Black Cauldron FILM 09:05 Saving Luna DOC 11:10 Knick Knack 13:50 Becoming Jane FILM In Finnish. 11:15 L’instit 11:15 Just for Laughs Gags The story of Jane Austen’s 15:30 Luxo Jr. In French. 12:20 Kate and the Real romance in her youth. 15:35 Aladdin FILM 12:00 Last of the Summer Wine Housewives of Anglesey Directed by Julian Jarrold. In Finnish. 13:00 Pope’s Christmas Message 17:00 Private Practice Starring: Anne Hathaway, 17:10 Your Friend the Rat 13:40 Nature Wonders 19:10 Break-Up FILM James McAvoy. UK/2007 In Finnish. 13:50 First Life 21:45 Gladiator (K15) FILM 15:50 Andrea Bocelli & David 17:20 Leon 15:00 Farewell Comrades! 00:30 Chase Foster: My Christmas 19:10 From All of Us to All of You 16:00 Adventures of Sherlock 01:20 Without a Trace The Holiday 18:10 Keeping Up Appearances 20:00 Holiday FILM Holmes Miss Marple: Pale Horse MTV3 20:00 Hyacinth orders his husband 22:25 Amazing Race 17:05 Cloud: Challenge of the TV1 19:00 to work as a Santa Claus. 23:20 A Fish Called Wanda (K15) Stallions DOC SUB 19:45 Monk 11:20 The Wild FILM 19:00 Miss Marple: Pale Horse 08:35 Wipeout UK 22:05 The Bolshoi Theatre In Finnish. 22:30 Law & Order: UK (K13) 07.15 Capri 09:50 Monster High New Ghoul re-opening SUB 12:50 Waverly Place Wizards 23:15 Seven days in the life of In Italian. at School 00:00 Christmas Midnight Mass 13:45 Rules of Engagement Father Christmas 09.00 Red Bull Cliptomaniacs 10:15 Brother Bear FILM 09:30 Garfield the Movie FILM 14:10 90210 00:10 Fever (K15) FILM 09.30 King of the Hill 11:35 Animal Planet: Ultimate 11:00 Simpsons 14:55 Qian li zou dan qi FILM 10.00 The Big Bang Theory Zoo TV2 Eight episodes. In Chinese and Japanese. 11.00 Simpsonit 12:30 Animal Rescue 15:00 Glee 16:50 The Family Man FILM TV2 Eight episodes. 13:10 Frasier 08:05 Children’s Programming 16:00 Privileged 19:00 Pink Panther 15:00 Friday Night Lights Four episodes. In Finnish. 17:00 X Factor USA 19:10 Wipeout UK 08:00 Children’s Programming 15:55 Southern Belles 14:55 Glory Road FILM 11:28 The Snowman 19:30 United States of Tara 21:00 Across the Universe (K13) In Finnish. 16:50 Project Runway 17:05 Twitches FILM 12:40 Wallace & Gromit 20:00 Shrek FILM FILM 10:26 Connor Undercover 17:50 Models of the Runway 19:00 Pink Panther Directed by Nick Park. 21:45 Three Amigos (K15) FILM 23:20 Legend of the Seeker 13:10 It’s a Wonderful Life FILM 18:20 Jamie Oliver’s Food 19:10 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 15:20 Lost Land of the Jaguar 23:40 Entourage 00:10 Dragonslayer (K15) A Christmas drama about a Revolution FILM DOC 00:10 C.S.I. Miami (K13) FILM desperate man who gets a 19:20 Harry and Paul 21:00 Dreamgirls FILM 23:40 Yle Live: Nobel Peace 01:05 Knight Rider chance to see his life from a 19:55 Mythbusters 23:20 Californication (K13) Prize Concert 01:55 Rock of Love new point of view. Directed 21:00 Inside Man (K15) FILM 00:30 Raising the Bar 02:45 That Mitchell and Webb JIM by Frank Capra. Starring: 23:30 Vampire Diaries 01:20 Blue Bloods (K13) Look James Stewart, Donna Reed. 00:30 The White Beauty Myth YLE TEEMA 09:35 The Osbournes: Christmas USA/1946 01:30 Bones Special 15:20 Lost Land of the Jaguar 02:25 Red Bull Cliptomaniacs JIM 09:10 The Silk Road TV5 10:45 Monster Jam DOC

14:25 Oh, Christmas tree! DOC 11:15 Airways 20:30 Wallace & Gromit FILM 09:25 Carter Can A German documentary 10:55 Smile TV 11:40 Sliced TV5 12:05 Dirty Jobs explores the history of the 11:25 The King of Queens 12:05 JIM D: Ancient Ink 12:30 Right to the Edge: Sydney Christmas tree with visits to the 11.50 I Know My Kid’s a Star 12:55 JIM D Biography: Eddie YLE TEEMA 13:00 The Secret of Loch Ness to Tokyo by Any Means USA, Germany, Finland and 13.15 Packed to the Rafters Murphy FILM 13:35 Breakout Japan, all of which have their 14.10 Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show 13:45 Bizarre Foods with Andrew 10:00 Pride and Prejudice 14:45 Dad Camp 14:30 Cowboy Builders own traditions concerning the 14:35 That 70’s Show Zimmern Three episodes. 15:40 Relic Hunter 15:20 Dangerous Encounter with Christmas trees. 15:05 The Fast Show 15:25 Cowboy Builders 15:45 Brief Encounter 16:30 Lego Hero Factory Brady Bar 16:15 Eyewitness DOC 16:00 5D: Holiday Home Battle 16:15 Customs 18:00 The Fugitive Kind FILM 17:00 That 70’s Show 16:20 American Pickers Part 2/3. 17:00 The Grimm Brothers 19:10 Border Security: In a film based on a play by 17:30 102 Dalmatians 17:15 JIM D History: Another staged crime takes FILM Australia’s Front Line Tennesee Williams a drifter FILM Nostradamus Effect place. High tech eye tracker 19:10 Are we there yet? FILM 21:00 JIM D: Mega Disasters arrives at a small town and 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 18:05 Dinner Impossible cameras allow us to compare Starring: Ice Cube, Nia 21:55 Top Shot stirs things up. Directed Videos 19:00 Man v. Food what witnesses remember Long, Aleisha Allen. 22:40 Trigger Happy TV by Sidney Lumet. Starring: 20:00 Flashpoint 19:30 Anthony Bourdain: No from the crime with what USA/2005 23:05 Penn & Teller (K15) Marlon Brando, Anna 21:00 Anger Management Reservations they actually saw. 21:00 Mr. & Mrs. Smith (K-15) 23:35 Amazing Survival Stories Magnani. USA/1960 FILM 21:00 JIM D Biography: Matt 17:15 1492: Der Kolumbus- FILM (K15) 22:00 Bratja Karamazovy 23:00 Navy NCIS Dillon Effekt! DOC 23:10 Under Siege (K-18) 00:30 Destination Truth 22:55 Voyage au bout du monde 00:00 Are we there yet? FILM 23:20 Weird or What? 18:10 Opera: La Cenerentola 01:10 Jean-Claude Van Damme: SERIES ENDS. DOC 01:40 Video Game Awards 2011 00:20 Top Shot 21:00 The Royal Family Behind the Closed Doors 02:10 Naked & Funny (K15) 01:05 JIM D: CI Asia (K15) 24 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

monday 26.12. tuesday 27.12.

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09:05 Heartbeat 10:05 The Young and the 08:05 S&M: Short and Male DOC 10:05 The Young and the Restless 14:10 Life Restless 09:05 Oceans 10:55 Emmerdale SERIES BEGINS. 10:55 Emmerdale SERIES BEGINS. 13:05 Jamie’s Kitchen Australia 17:10 Heartbeat 11:45 Big FILM 10:00 Heartbeat 14:10 Two and a Half Men 18:10 Decade of Discovery DOC 13:40 Leon 10:45 Life – Behind the Scenes 14:40 Garfield & Friends 13:50 Better Off Ted 11:05 YLE News in English 15:35 National Geographic 14:20 Bah Humduck! A Looney 11:55 Coronation Street Programming TV2 Tunes Christmas 14:10 Life 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 15:15 Kung Fu Panda 16:00 Global Food DOC 18:00 Emmerdale Your Very First Puppy 30 Rock 06:50 Children’s Programming FILM 17:10 Heartbeat 21:00 Love Bites TV2 12:58 MTV3 00:30 In Finnish. 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 19:00 Feasts 22:35 C.S.I. Miami (K13) 10:01 Connor Undercover 18:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Upstairs, Downstairs 23:35 Nip/Tuck 11:05 Wallace and Gromit: A 19:10 Liar Liar FILM 11:20 Pete’s Dragon FILM 23:20 Decade of Discovery DOC 00:30 30 Rock 09:30 A Baby Story Matter of Loaf and Death 21:00 C.S.I. Miami (K13) 13:35 Twitches Too FILM 10:00 Bulging Brides 12:10 Among the Great Apes 22:35 In Plain Sight 15:15 Annapolis FILM 10:30 Property Virgins with Michelle Yeoh DOC 23:30 Burn Notice 18:10 Married... with Children TV2 SUB 13:00 A Baby Story 12:58 Your Very First Puppy 20:00 America’s Next Top Model 13:30 Bulging Brides 14:40 Lost Land of the Jaguar 21:00 Erin Brockovich FILM 06:50 Children’s Programming 14:35 Capri 14:00 Property Virgins DOC SUB 23:45 Frasier In Finnish. In Italian. 14:30 James Martin: Sweet 16:45 V75-Trot SPORT 00:50 NCIS Los Angeles (K13) 10:00 Bridge to Terabithia FILM 15:30 Marienhof 15:00 Pink Panther 23:20 Rush (K15) 08:00 Sturm der Liebe 01:45 Legend of the Seeker In a fantasy adventure two In German. 15:10 RV: Runaway Vacation In German. children create a magic 16:00 Southern Belles FILM 09:00 Marienhof world called Terabithia. 17:00 Sturm der Liebe UK/Germany/USA 2006 YLE TEEMA In German. JIM Directed by: Gabor Csupo. In German. 17:10 Dr. Phil 11:00 Simpsons Starring: Josh Hutcherson, 18:00 That Mitchell and Webb 18:10 Married... with Children 10:00 The Last Time I Saw Paris Five episodes. 09:35 JIM D: Modern Marvels Anna Sophia Robb. Look 21:00 NCIS (K13) FILM 15:30 Marienhof Enter & Exit USA/2007 18:30 Will & Grace 22:00 NCIS (K13) USA/1954 16:00 F Word 10:25 JIM D Biography: Genesis 11:32 Lost Land of the Jaguar DOC 19:00 Friends 23:20 Frasier 11:55 Cleopatra FILM 17:00 Sturm der Liebe 11:15 JIM D Biography: Tom 12:25 Wallace & Gromit 19:30 Two and a Half Men 00:25 Tracey Ullman An epic drama of the 19:30 United States of Tara Selleck 15:40 Artemisia Sanchez 20:00 Simpsons 01:25 Body of Proof (K13) Egyptian queen Cleopatra 20:00 Glee 12:05 JIM D Biography: Santa In Italian. 20:30 X Factor USA and her conquests. 21:00 Evan Almighty FILM Claus 17:23 Children’s Programming 22:30 Skins Directed by Joseph L. 23:00 The Best Job In The World 13:45 Dinner Impossible In Finnish. 23:30 Smallville JIM Mankiewicz. Starring: DOC 14:15 Sliced 20:30 Wallace & Gromit’s World 00:25 Heroes Elizabeth Taylor. 00:05 Merlin 14:40 Madhouse of Invention 01:20 Harry & Paul 12:45 Dirty Jobs USA/1963 15:30 Anthony Bourdain: No 22:05 The Night of the Generals 13:40 Dinner Impossible 15:50 From Master’s Brush Reservations (K15) FILM 14:05 Sliced 16:00 Opera: La Cenerentola TV5 16:20 Dinner Impossible Directed by Anatole Litvak. TV5 14:30 Iron Chef UK 18:48 From the Master’s Brush 17:10 Man v. Food Starring: Peter O’Toole, 15:25 Dragon’s Den UK 19:00 Nannerl, la soeur de 13:10 Holiday Home Battle 18:05 Dragon’s Den UK Omar Sharif. 13:10 Around the World for Free 16:20 Pawn Stars Mozart FILM 14:10 America’s Funniest Home 19:00 Half Pint Brawlers UK/France/1967 14:10 America’s Funniest Home 16:45 Fifth Gear France/2010 Videos 19:30 South Park Videos 18:05 Dragon’s Den UK 22:00 The Royal Family 14:35 That 70’s Show 20:00 The Crocodile Hunter 14:40 That 70’s Show 19:00 Pawn Stars 23:00 Raging Bull (K15) FILM 16:00 The Little Couple 20:30 Border Security: YLE TEEMA 16:30 Airline 19:30 South Park The story of a self- 16:30 Jon & Kate Plus 8 Australia’s Front Line 17:00 America’s Funniest Home 20:00 Customs destructive boxer, whose 17:00 America’s Funniest Home 21:00 JIM D: Tsunami 16:05 Walks with the Architect Videos 20:30 Border Security: temper leads him to the top Videos 22:00 Pawn Stars 17:05 Hard Times at Douglass 17:30 My Wife and Kids Australia’s Front Line in the ring and destroys his 17:30 My Wife and Kids 22:30 Wildest Vacation Videos High DOC 18:00 That 70’s Show 21:00 JIM D: Ancient Aliens life outside it. 18:00 That 70’s Show (K13) 19:00 Bratja Karamazovy 18:30 The King of Queens 22:00 Pawn Stars Directed by: Martin 18:30 The King of Queens 22:55 South Park In Russian. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 22:30 Trigger Happy TV Scorcese. Starring Robert 21:00 Cliffhanger (K-15) 23:25 Naked & Funny (K15) 19:55 19th Century Tales and Videos 23:00 South Park De Niro. 23:05 Anger Management FILM 23:50 JIM D Biography: Matt Short Stories 19:30 Airline 23:30 Naked & Funny (K15) USA/1980 01:00 Navy NCIS Dillon 23:05 The Royal Family 20:00 Jersey Shore 23:55 JIM D: Man Who Predicted 01:50 Flashpoint 00:45 The Real A & E 21:00 The Pianist (K-15) FILM 00:50 The Real A & E

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08:05 Shop ’til you drop DOC 10:05 The Young and the Restless 08:05 Mind Over Money DOC 10:05 The Young and the 09:05 Oceans 11:10 Alpine Skiing SPORT 09:05 Oceans Restless 10:00 Heartbeat 12:15 Emmerdale 10:00 Heartbeat 11:10 Alpine Skiing SPORT 10:45 Life – Behind the Scenes 13:15 Private Practice 10:45 Life – Behind the Scenes 12:15 Emmerdale 11:05 YLE News in English 14:30 Alpine Skiing SPORT 11:05 YLE News in English 13:15 Design Inc. 11:10 Holby City 15:25 How I Met Your Mother 11:10 Holby City 14:30 Alpine Skiing SPORT 12:10 Coronation Street 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 12:10 Coronation Street 15:25 Kath & Kim 13:10 Feasts 18:00 Emmerdale 14:10 Life 15:55 Bad News DOC 14:10 Life 20:00 Bad News 16:00 Global Food DOC 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful Sisi 17:10 Heartbeat 21:00 C.S.I. (K13) 17:10 Heartbeat 18:00 Emmerdale The World’s Fastest Indian YLE Teema 19:00 19:00 Otto Frank, Father of Anne 22:35 Mythbusters 19:00 As the Time Goes By 20:00 Ski Jumping World Cup TV1 22:30 19:55 Last of the Summer Wine 23:40 Fringe 19:30 Absolutely Fabulous (K13) SPORT 22:25 Murderland (K15) 10:00 Bulging Brides 22:30 The World’s Fastest Indian 21:00 Mentalist (K13) 09:00 James Martin: Sweet 10:30 Property Virgins FILM 22:35 Modern Family 09:30 A Baby Story SUB 13:00 A Baby Story The life story of Burt Munro, 23:05 Prison (K18) FILM 10:00 Bulging Brides TV2 13:30 Bulging Brides who spent years building a 10:30 Property Virgins 14:10 E! Entertainment: Reality 14:00 Property Virgins 1920 Indian motorcycle to set 13:00 A Baby Story 06:50 Children’s Programming Hell 14:30 James Martin: Sweet the land-speed world record. SUB 13:30 Bulging Brides In Finnish. 14:35 Capri 15:20 Honey I Blew Up the Kid Directed by Roger 14:00 Property Virgins 11:35 Lost Land of the Jaguar In Italian. FILM Donaldson. 14:10 E! Entertainment: Reality 14:30 James Martin: Sweet DOC 15:30 Marienhof 17:10 Dr. Phil Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Hell 15:15 Popeye FILM 12:30 Wallace & Gromit 16:00 F Word 18:10 Married... with Children Iain Rea. New Zealand 14:35 Capri 17:10 Dr. Phil 15:10 Wallace & Gromit’s World 17:00 Sturm der Liebe 21:00 Body of Proof (K13) 2005. In Italian. 18:10 Married... with Children of Invention 18:30 Will & Grace 22:00 King Solomon’s Mines 18:30 Will & Grace 21:00 Criminal Minds (K15) 15:40 Artemisia Sanchez 19:00 Friends (K15) FILM 19:00 Friends 22:00 Blue Bloods (K13) In Italian. 19:30 Two and a Half Men 00:15 Frasier TV2 19:30 Two and a Half Men 23:20 Frasier 17:22 Children’s Programming 20:00 Simpsons 01:20 Raising the Bar 20:00 Simpsons 00:20 Oz (K15) 19:20 Your Very First Puppy 20:30 Simpsons 06:50 Children’s Programming 21:00 Eat Yourself Sexy 21:00 Project Runway In Finnish. 21:30 Models of the Runway 22:30 Fly Girls JIM 11:35 Lost Land of the Jaguar 22:30 Sons of Anarchy JIM YLE TEEMA 23:00 Numb3rs DOC SERIES RETURNS. 23:55 Smallville 11:15 Fifth Gear 12:30 Wallace & Gromit 23:30 C.S.I. New York (K13) 11:05 Fifth Gear 12:50 Le Jeu de la Mort DOC 12:45 Dirty Jobs 12:55 Oz and James Drink to 00:25 Pushing Daisies 12:30 Dirty Jobs In French. 13:45 Dinner Impossible Britain! SERIES ENDS. 13:20 Dinner Impossible

14:25 Vogliamo anche le rose DOC TV5 14:10 Sliced 15:40 Artemisia Sanchez 01:20 Vampire Diaries 13:45 Sliced A documentary on the 14:35 Dinner Impossible In Italian. 14:10 Richard Hammond’s sexual liberation from the 13:15 Jon & Kate Plus 8 15:25 Dragon’s Den UK 17:21 Children’s Programming Engineering Connections 50s until the 70s in Italy. 14:15 America’s Funniest Home 16:20 Pawn Stars 20:00 Ein Fall für Zwei TV5 15:10 Dragon’s Den UK Directed by Alina Marazzi. Videos 16:45 Fifth Gear 22:35 Tatort – Borowski Cycle 16:05 Pawn Stars Italy/2007. 14:40 That 70’s Show 18:05 Dragon’s Den UK (K13) 13:15 Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show 16:30 Fifth Gear In Italian. 16:05 X-Weighted: families 19:00 Pawn Stars In German. 13:45 America’s Funniest Home 18:05 Dragon’s Den UK 17:00 Tearing Down the Iron 17:00 America’s Funniest Home 19:30 South Park 00:05 True Blood (K15) Videos 19:00 Pawn Stars Curtain DOC Videos 20:00 Dirty Jobs 18:00 That 70’s Show 19:30 South Park 18:00 Japanese with Erin 17:30 My Wife and Kids 20:30 Border Security: 18:30 The King of Queens 20:00 Runaway Squad 19:00 Sisi 18:00 That 70’s Show Australia’s Front Line YLE TEEMA 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 20:30 Border Security: 21:45 Roma (K15) FILM 18:30 The King of Queens 21:00 JIM D: Secret Videos Australia’s Front Line Fellini’s impressionistic 19:00 America’s Funniest Home Underground 17:00 Tearing Down the Iron 19:30 Airline 21:00 JIM D History: portrait of Rome blending Videos 22:00 Pawn Stars Curtain DOC 20:00 Jersey Shore Nostradamus Effect autobiography with scenes 19:30 Airline 22:30 Gene Simmons Family 19:00 Sisi 21:00 Wild Wild West 22:00 Pawn Stars from present-day Roman life. 20:00 Jersey Shore Jewels 20:40 Whatever! The Science of FILM 22:30 Rude Tube (K15) Directed by Federico Fellini. 21:00 Ghost Dog (K-15) FILM 23:00 South Park the Teenagers 23:00 The Only Way is Essex 23:00 South Park Italy/1972 23:10 Jean-Claude Van Damme: 23:30 Naked & Funny (K15) 21:10 Eyewitness DOC 00:35 Born to Kill? (K-15) 23:30 Naked & Funny (K15) 23:40 The Royal Family Behind the Closed Doors 23:55 JIM D: Ancient Aliens 22:10 Das Wunder von Berlin 01:30 Deadline (K-15) 23:55 JIM D: Secret Underground The Golden egg cup. 00:10 Navy NCIS 00:45 The Real A & E FILM Germany/2007 In German. 00:45 The Real A & E HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 25

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08:05 Les femmes de la Brukman 10:05 The Young and the 08:05 Feasts 11:10 Rallying SPORT DOC Restless 11:15 L’instit 13:10 National Geographic 09:05 Oceans 11:00 Emmerdale In French. Programming 10:00 Heartbeat 13:00 ER 13:30 Joanna Lumley in the Land 14:10 Candid Camera 10:45 Life - Behind the Scenes 14:05 Rita Rocks of the Northern Lights 14:40 Just for Laughs Gags 11:05 YLE News in English 14:35 Freaks and Geeks 15:05 Der 90. Geburtstag 14:50 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of 11:10 Holby City 15:45 National Geographic In German and English. the Furious Five FILM 12:10 Coronation Street Programming 15:25 Lewis 15:20 Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the 14:10 Life 17:25 Ski Jumping World Cup 18:15 Yellowstone DOC Hat FILM Dick Tracy Apollo 13 16:00 Cloud: Challenge of the SPORT 22:00 Alles Walzer – May I Have 16:55 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Nelonen 21:30 MTV3 22:30 Stallions DOC 22:35 Casino Royale FILM This Dance DOC FILM 17:10 Heartbeat 01:00 Sensing Murder In German and English. 20:00 Ski Jumping World Cup 19:00 Lark Rise to Candleford 10:00 Bulging Brides SPORT 10:20 Jack FILM 21:30 La grande séduction 10:30 Property Virgins 21:00 Amazing Race 12:25 Waverly Place Wizards 23:20 Britain’s Royal Weddings SUB 13:00 A Baby Story TV2 22:30 Apollo 13 FILM 12:55 Make It or Break It DOC 13:30 Bulging Brides 13:50 The Secret Life of the 08:00 Sturm der Liebe 14:00 Property Virgins 07:45 Children’s Programming American Teenager In German. 14:30 James Martin: Sweet In Finnish. SUB 14:40 90210 TV2 08:50 Marienhof 15:10 Gary Unmarried 17:23 V75-Trot SPORT 15:30 Melrose Place In German. 15:40 Eddie & Jeff 17:57 Globe Trekker: Ukraine 10:50 Capri 16:25 A Far Off Place FILM 06:50 Children’s Programming 13:45 E! Entertainment: Reality 16:10 Extreme Makeover: Home 20:50 Stolberg Four episodes. In Italian. 19:00 Pink Panther 12:35 Wallace and Gromit: A Hell Edition In German. 14:30 Red Bull Cliptomaniacs 19:10 Wendy Wu: Homecoming Matter of Loaf and Death 14:30 Capri 17:10 Pink Panther 23:35 Yle Live: Adele - Live at 15:00 Will & Grace Warrior FILM 13:05 Don Matteo 15:30 Marienhof 17:15 Dr. Phil Albert Hall 17:00 Glee 21:00 Face/Off (K15) 15:40 Artemisia Sanchez 16:00 Jamie’s Chef 18:10 Married... with Children 00:35 Human Nature 18:00 X Factor USA FILM 16:30 Wallace & Gromit’s World 17:00 Sturm der Liebe 21:30 Dick Tracy FILM 20:30 United States of Tara 23:55 Legend of the Seeker of Invention 18:30 Will & Grace 23:50 Oz (K15) 21:00 Sea of Love (K15) FILM 00:50 The Battle of Red Cliff aka 17:24 Children’s Programming 19:00 Friends 01:00 Seven Magnificent YLE TEEMA 23:15 Entourage Chi bi (K15) 20:00 Ein Fall für Zwei 19:30 Two and a Half Men Gladiators (K15) FILM 23:45 Sons of Anarchy 22:05 Law & Order: Criminal 20:00 Simpsons 10:00 Welcome to the 80’s 00:45 Knight Rider Intent (K15) 21:00 X Factor USA Eight episodes. JIM 23:45 Rush (K15) 22:30 C.S.I. (K13) JIM 15:15 Coma DOC 23:30 Knight Rider 18:30 Eyewitness DOC TV5 10:55 Airways 00:25 Miami Vice 12:10 Fifth Gear Part 3/3. When the only 11:25 Sliced YLE TEEMA 01:25 Terminator: The Sarah 12:45 Dirty Jobs witness is the victim. if the 07:30 Grounded for Life 11:50 JIM D: Black Blizzard Connor Chronicles 13:35 Dinner Impossible only witness happens to be 07:55 Lego Hero Factory 12:40 JIM D History: Ancient 10:00 Comte de Monte Cristo 14:00 Sliced the victim, the police will 11:25 The King of Queens Discoveries Eight episodes. TV5 14:25 JIM D: Ancient Ink have a hard time finding out 11:55 I Know My Kid’s A Star 13:30 Bizarre Foods with Andrew 17:20 I Can´t Do This, But I Can 15:20 Dragon’s Den UK what happened. How does a 12:50 Packed to the Rafters Zimmern Do That DOC 16:15 Pawn Stars traumatic experience affect 13:45 My Strange Addiction 15:15 Cowboy Builders 17:52 From the Master’s Brush 14:40 That 70’s Show 16:40 Fifth Gear the memory? 15:40 5D: Holiday Home Battle 16:05 Customs 18:05 In Search of Memory DOC 16:05 Dad Camp 18:30 Dirty Jobs 22:20 The Last Waltz DOC 16:40 Penelope (K-7) FILM 17:30 Half Pint Brawlers Neuropsychiatrist Eric 17:00 America’s Funniest Home 19:00 Pawn Stars A film about the final Directed by Mark Palansky. 19:00 Border Security: Kandel has researched the Videos 19:30 South Park concert of The Band. Starring: Christina Ricci. Australia’s Front Line physiological basis of the 17:30 My Wife and Kids 21:00 JIM D: CI Asia (K15) Directed by Martin Scorsese. UK/USA/2006 21:00 JIM D: Mega Disasters brain’s memory storage. 18:00 That 70’s Show 22:00 Weird or What? USA/1978 19:00 Evolution FILM 22:00 Top Shot The documentary follows 18:30 The King of Queens 23:55 Destroyed in Seconds 01:15 Alice’s Restaurant 21:00 Legend of Zorro FILM 22:50 Trigger Happy TV his journey into his own 19:00 America’s Funniest Home (K15) FILM 23:30 That 70’s Show 23:20 Penn & Teller (K15) memory. Videos 00:25 Ultimate Tourist Scams Arlo Guthrie plays himself in a 00:00 Little Man FILM 23:55 Amazing Survival Stories 21:45 La fin de l’innocence DOC 19:30 Airline 00:55 Jack Osbourne - film where his song is converted Directed by Keenen Ivory (K15) A documentary about the 20:00 Jersey Shore Adrenaline Junkie into a motion picture. Wayans, Starring: Shawn 00:50 Big Trouble In Thailand Kennedy family’s tragic 21:00 Little Man FILM 01:45 Manhunters: Fugitive Task Directed by Arthur Penn. Wayans, Marlon Wayans. 02:25 Naked & Funny (K15) story from the point of view 22:50 Navy NCIS Force (K13) Starring: Arlo Guthrie. USA/2006. of the children. 23:45 Jersey Shore 02:15 Naked & Funny (K15) USA/1969 01:39 Sexcetera (K-18)

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08:05 Yellowstone DOC 10:45 At the End of My Leash 08:05 The Future of Food DOC 10:05 The Young and the 10:00 Alles Walzer – May I Have 11:50 Pink Panther FILM Part 1/2. Restless This Dance DOC 14:55 Skiing World Cup SPORT 09:05 Oceans 13:15 Candid Camera 11:05 Life - Behind the Scenes 17:00 Private Practice 10:00 Heartbeat 14:05 At the End of My Leash 11:15 L’instit 20:30 Find My Family UK 10:47 Life - Behind the Scenes 14:35 Garfield & Friends 12:30 Vienna New Year’s 22:40 Chase 11:05 YLE News in English 15:05 Better Off Ted Concert 23:40 Without a Trace 11:10 Holby City 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 15:00 Otto Frank, Father of Anne 12:10 Coronation Street 18:00 Emmerdale 16:00 Return of Sherlock Holmes 14:10 Life 21:00 C.S.I. Miami (K13) The Horse Whisperer 19:00 Miss Marple: The Secret of SUB 17:10 Heartbeat 22:35 In Plain Sight Total Recall: The Toyota Story Nelonen 14:25 Chimneys 20:20 Modern Times Wonders 23:35 Burn Notice TV1 21:30 22:35 Law & Order: UK (K13) 09:00 King of the Hill 21:30 Total Recall: The Toyota 23:25 Omid Djalili Show 09:30 Friends 10:45 Animal Planet: Ultimate Story DOC 13:30 Bulging Brides 11:30 Two and a Half Men Zoo SUB 14:00 Property Virgins 13:30 Simpsons 12:10 Animal Rescue 14:30 James Martin: Sweet TV2 15:00 Friday Night Lights 12:35 Frasier TV2 15:00 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 15:00 Pink Panther 16:00 Southern Belles Four episodes. 15:30 Make Me A Supermodel 15:05 Build a New Life in the 07:45 Children’s Programming 17:00 Project Runway 14:25 The Horse Whisperer 06:50 Children’s Programming 16:30 Marienhof Country In Finnish. 18:00 Models of the Runway FILM In Finnish. 17:00 Sturm der Liebe 16:05 Extreme Makeover: Home 10:53 Connor Undercover 18:25 Jamie Oliver’s Food 19:00 The Spiderwick Chronicles 09:40 Globe Trekker: Vietnam 18:00 World Palooza Edition 12:35 Wallace & Gromit Revolution FILM 10:37 Among the Great Apes 18:30 Will & Grace 18:10 Married... with Children 14:40 Astérix aux jeux 19:20 Harry & Paul 21:00 Into the Wild FILM with Michelle Yeoh DOC 19:00 Friends 20:00 America’s Next Top Model olympiques FILM 19:55 Mythbusters 23:55 Raising the Bar 15:45 Heartland 19:30 United States of Tara 21:00 Good Wife Directed by Frédéric 21:00 The Simpsons Movie FILM 00:45 Blue Bloods (K13) 16:30 Wallace & Gromit 20:00 Glee 22:00 Nurse Jackie (K13) Forestier and Thomas Directed by David 17:00 Children’s Programming 21:00 Die Hard 4.0 (K15) FILM 22:35 Californication (K13) Langmann. Silverman. Starring: Dan In Finnish. 23:35 C.S.I. New York (K13) 23:25 Frasier France/2008. Castellaneta, Julie Kavner. JIM 20:55 Mr. Bean 00:35 Axe Attack Survivor 00:30 NCIS Los Angeles (K13) In French. USA/2007 22:40 Rush (K15) 01:35 Merlin 01:25 Legend of the Seeker 22:05 Episodes 22:50 Vampire Diaries 09:00 Extreme Makeover: Home SERIES BEGINS. 23:45 The Best Job In The World Edition 22:35 Yle Live: Coldplay 00:50 Bones 09:50 Carter Can YLE TEEMA TV5 JIM Glastonburyssa 02:40 Red Bull Cliptomaniacs 10:15 Half Pint Brawlers 11:45 Dirty Jobs 10:00 Greatest cities of the 08:10 Grounded for Life 14:30 Madhouse 12:10 Right to the Edge: Sydney World with Griff Rhys 08:35 The Hottest Home Baker 15:20 Anthony Bourdain: No

YLE TEEMA TV5 to Tokyo by Any Means Jones 09:50 The Big Spender Reservations 13:20 Breakout Six episodes. 14:35 Jon & Kate Plus 8 16:10 Dinner Impossible 10:00 Monty Don’s Italian 07:45 Grounded for Life 14:20 Animal Mega Moves 17:00 Tearing Down the Iron 15:55 Airport 17:00 Man v. Food Gardens 08:10 Airline 15:20 Dangerous Encounter with Curtain DOC 16:30 Hale and Pace 17:30 New York City Food Show Four episodes. 08:40 Airline Brady Bar 18:00 The Diary of Anne Frank 17:00 America’s Funniest Home 18:00 Dragon’s Den 13:55 Rick Stein’s Taste of 12:05 5D: Holiday Home Battle 16:20 American Pickers 19:00 Romy FILM Videos UK Italian Opera 13:00 The Secret of Loch Ness 17:10 JIM D History: A biography of Austrian 17:30 My Wife and Kids 19:00 Half Pint Brawlers 18:00 The Farmer’s Daughter FILM Nostradamus Effect actress Romy Schneider. 18:00 That 70’s Show 19:30 South Park FILM 14:50 Penelope (K-7) FILM 18:05 Dinner Impossible Starring: Jessica Schwarz 18:30 The King of Queens 20:00 The Crocodile Hunter A farmer’s daughter leaves 16:45 Lego Hero Factory 19:00 Man v. Food Directed by Torsten C. 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 20:30 Border Security: the farm to study nursing 17:15 Dad Camp 19:30 New York City Food Show Fischer. Germany/2009 Videos Australia’s Front Line in the big city and gets 18:10 Matilda (K-7) FILM 20:00 Anthony Bourdain: No 21:55 Barfuss (K13) FILM 20:00 Jersey Shore 21:00 JIM D (K15) involved in politics. 20:00 Navy NCIS Reservations Nick is a hedonistic bachelor 21:00 Little Black Book 22:00 Pawn Stars Directed by H. C. Potter. 21:00 Two for the Money (K-15) 21:00 JIM D Biography: John whose life is suddenly FILM 22:30 Wildest Vacation Videos Starring: Loretta Young. FILM Belushi changed by a woman 23:00 5D: Bra Wars Boom or Bust (K13) USA/1947 23:15 Flashpoint 22:00 American Chopper who is a mental (K-15) 23:00 South Park 20:00 The World According to 00:10 Legend of Zorro FILM 22:55 Weird or What? patient. 00:00 Hostile Intent (K-15) 23:30 Naked & Funny (K15) Ion B DOC Starring: Antonio Banderas, 23:55 Top Shot Directed by Til Schweiger. FILM 00:00 JIM D Biography: John 22:35 Bratja Karamazovy Catherine Zeta-Jones. 00:45 JIM D: CI Asia (K15) Germany/2005 01:40 Flashpoint Belushi In Russian. USA/2005 26 22 DECEMBER 2011 – 4 JANUARY 2012 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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Banks and Bureaux de Change. Banks are usually open Mon-Fri 9:15-16:15 except for the bank at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which is open 6-22 daily. The currency exchange counter at the harbour in Katajanokka, Helsinki is open every day (Mon-Sat 10-11:30, 16- 17:30 and 19:30-21:15, Sun 10-11:30, 16-17:30 and 6:30-8). The Fo- rex desk at Helsinki Central Railway Station is open Mon-Sun 8-21. See www.forex.fi for more information.

Grocery stores. Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat 7-18 and Sun 12-21. Grocery stores in the Helsinki Central Railway Station tunnel are open Mon-Sat 7-22 and Sun 10-22.

Post Offices. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 10-18. Hel- sinki’s General Post Office is also open at the weekend 10-18. See www.posti.fi

Emergency Numbers. Dial 112. F or non-urgent ambulance servic- es, dial 09 394 600, and non-urgent police matters, dial 09 1891.

Market halls. Wanha Kauppahalli (“Old Market Hall”) at the Mar- ket Square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (“Hakaniemi Market Hall”) are the most popular. Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16 but Tell us what you want Christmas special are closed on Sundays. to read about in Restaurants. Restaurants in the Helsinki area can be found from the internet service www.eat.fi, which provides information on res- Helsinki Times! off ers until 23.12.2011 taurants, their menus, opening hours and some user rating etc.

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LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER FRIDAY Rescue members stand next to the cargo ship TK Bremen which ran aground, spilling oil off the coast of France’s northwestern region of Brittany and lay stranded on 16 December. An oil slick was reported to be floating to- ward the coast between the city of Lorient and the Quiberon peninsula, according to the Brest maritime authorities.

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