Finland's libraries are increasingly being valued not by how many books they lend, but how they help societies function.

Editor’s Note: Laura Houseley is the editor-in-chief of Modern Design Review. Is there any other nation that loves its libraries as much as Finland? In 2016, the Finnish Ministry of Education and ...

The new Helsinki Central Library Oodi - Finland's largest and arguably most lavish - opened its doors to the public on Wednesday. Although it's technically a library, it goes far beyond merely a place ...

Helsinki: What do you give the world's most literate country for its 100th birthday? For Finland's politicians and public, the answer was simple: a vast, state-of-the-art library, a new "living room ...

HELSINKI (AFP) - What do you give the world's most literate country for its 100th birthday? For Finland's politicians and public, the answer was simple: a vast, state-of-the-art library, a new "living ...

Copy of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Refugees was due to be returned to Helsinki’s central library month after USSR invaded Finland A book borrowed from a Helsinki library has been returned – 84 years overdue ...

HELSINKI, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Digitization and internet have not impaired the role of public libraries in Finland. The libraries arrange lending and reading of e-books free of charge, as well that of ...

JKMM Architects’ Kirkkonummi Library adapts an existing building with a copper-clad facade, creating a new community center for the town of 40,000. Located approximately 20 miles west of Helsinki, ...

It might not look like a karaoke hotspot, but Tikkurila library visitors can belt out Whitney classics for hours ByNews from Elsewhere... ...as found by BBC ...

It might not look like a karaoke hotspot, but Tikkurila library visitors can belt out Whitney classics for hours ByNews from Elsewhere... ...as found by BBC ...