You can now explore the nature of Helsinki and Tallinn guided by your smartphone. The web portal Citynature.eu is a nature guide for mobile devices that presents the Top 10 nature destinations of both cities and how to explore them.

Tourist Information will focus even more on digital services and face-to-face interactions.

The removal of crushed stone used in gritting from, say, cycling paths can be started fairly early, effective street cleaning can only be done when night temperatures remain above freezing. Streets and pedestrian and cycling ways to be cleaned in the city total over 2,000 kilometres. The spring cleaning project takes about 1.5 months.

The Helsinki City Council voted nearly unanimously at an extra session on 4 April to present to the Finnish Government a statement, according to which the package of proposals for the regional government, health and social services reform now under consideration in Parliament should not be approved.

City bikes are back on the streets in Helsinki. Fee for the whole season, 3 April-31 October, is 30 euros. You can register for the whole season or buy a day or weekly pass. The service is available online at hsl.fi/kaupunkipyörät.

The nature sites of the Helsinki metropolitan area can be visited on 134 nature tours this year. The tours have been compiled into a brochure – the Helsinki metropolitan nature tours calendar 2018.

Helsinki advances smart mobility innovation by engaging users and by serving as a development platform. A functional city embraces its global responsibilities: Helsinki has announced a detailed plan how to become carbon neutral by 2035.

A Helsinki expert group has completed a proposal for an action plan that outlines how the city can be rendered carbon neutral by 2035. Entitled Carbon Neutral Helsinki 2035, the plan details how to reduce energy consumption and how to increase on-site renewable energy generation in the city.