The forthcoming Lux Helsinki light festival leads festival-goers from the Kansalaistori square in the city centre to the pretty district of Etu-Töölö. Satellite installations will spread the festival wider than ever before. Taking place from Saturday 5 January to Wednesday 9 January 2019.

Helsinki Central Library Oodi will opened its doors to the public on 5 December at 8am, a day before Finland’s 101st birthday. Designed by ALA Architects, this library of a new era is an ode to Finnish culture, equality and freedom of expression. Oodi offers everyone an open, public urban space at Kansalaistori Square, right opposite Parliament House.

Helsinki is a City in development, with thousands of street works of different sizes carried out every year. In the most functional City in the world, the street works must be performed in a way which causes as few disturbances as possible to the everyday lives of the city residents. The City starts a wide-ranging project, the objective of which is to produce systemic and cultural changes that considerably reduce the harmful effects caused by street works to the city residents.

Helsinki is developing an internationally significant Startup Campus with around 5,000 jobs and 70,000 square metres in connection to the successful Maria 01 startup hub.

The unique appeal of the Finnish capital is obvious also during the Christmas season: Helsinki is a place where you can energise yourself in many ways. The warm atmosphere, communal activities, stunning nature and other Christmas elements are described in detail on the myhelsinki.fi website.

Preparation for the needs of a growing City lies at the heart of Mayor Jan Vapaavuori's 2019 budget proposal. The rapid growth of the City shows in Helsinki's investments – volume of repair construction and new replacement construction increases

VR-Helsinki aims to become the service platform for sustainable tourism. The unique virtual city experience has been developed by the City of Helsinki together with its partner VR-studio ZOAN.

On 28 November, the Hel.fi website will be relaunched with a new design in accordance with the Helsinki brand. The changes to the site's appearance will be extensive and they are liable to cause malfunctions.