Helsinki has been ranked one of the top three smart cities in the world in the Smart City Index 2020, published on 17 September. The capital of Finland is joined by Singapore and Zurich in the top three, moving up to second position from eighth place year-on-year in a time when many European cities among the 109 total cities in the ranking lost ground.

Helsinki-lehti’s September issue takes a closer look at the work of the city’s designated non-discrimination officer and introduces new services with housing advice and help for spouses.

The cities of Helsinki and Tallinn are hosting the third World Summit on Digital Built Environment, WDBE, for experts in the field of urban development. Due to the Covid-19 crisis, the WDBE is partnering with Epic Games and Zoan to bring the guests an immersive virtual event experience like nothing before.

The summer season of the Senate Square concluded at the end of August, and the results of the terrace area trial have now been compiled. Over a period of two months, the terrace managed to provide some 400,000 visitors with seasonal treats and a safe meeting place. At the same time, it also directly employed about 250 professionals from a variety of fields.

The Finnish institute for Health and Welfare, THL, updated on Friday 11 September the instruction for what to do if a child gets a respiratory infection.

This year, Helsinki Education Week will be organised as a series of online events. As usual, the event will take place in November, more precisely on 2-6 November 2020.

MaaS expands to Helsinki archipelago transport. Getting to know the archipelago in Helsinki is now easier than ever before when an island-hopping ticket can for the first time be bought directly in the Whim application. The September pilot project tests the opening of ticket sales interfaces.

The Helsinki City Council approved a revision of the detailed plan for the site of the Maria 01 startup community at the City Council meeting of 9 September 2020.