Mall of Tripla is an example of green and energy-efficient construction

Guests from Russia can already see the Tripla shopping center from the window of the Allegro train.

Mall of Tripla, built by YIT in the Pasila area of ​​Helsinki, will open to visitors on 10/17/2019. It will become Finland’s largest shopping mall and holder of the maximum LEED points. He was awarded the LEED platinum certificate, which is the highest level of international environmental certification, the YIT report said.

LEED is the rating system for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly buildings The Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED), translated as "Leadership in energy and environmental design." The assignment of this certificate was particularly influenced by construction solutions that contribute to the energy efficiency of the shopping center and take into account environmental aspects.

The energy consumption of the shopping center and the consumption of clean water are approximately 40% lower than those of the corresponding new construction projects. The low level of electricity consumption reduces the operational costs of real estate and their environmental burden. The same applies to water consumption. Thus, lessees of premises will receive invoices for smaller amounts.

One of the LEED assessment criteria is storm water treatment. At the Mall of Tripla, the storm sewage system is designed so that storm water is either absorbed by the ground or reused, for example, to wash cars in a car wash. Approximately 41% of the total roof area is occupied by the green roof, which is designed to increase the area of ​​green spaces, increase the comfort of stay and control storm water. After the construction of all residential, office and hotel premises of the shopping center is completed, the green roof area will be about one hectare.

During the construction, attention is also paid to the cleanliness of indoor air, according to YIT. Numerous carbon dioxide sensors continuously measure air quality throughout the mall.

During the construction of the Mall of Tripla, not only LEED certification requirements were taken into account, but also the requirements of Helsinki regarding sustainable development and environmental friendliness. For example, the city considers it important to improve mobility conditions for pedestrians and cyclists. Therefore, the Mall of Tripla provides the maximum number of parking spaces for bicycles - as many as 3,250, much more than in other shopping centers in Finland. There are also sockets for charging electric bikes and 277 points for charging electric vehicles. There are also usual parking spaces for 2,200 cars in the building.

LEED certification was also influenced by the excellent location of the facility in a densely built-up urban environment with good transport links and numerous services facilities. It is believed that the Pasila area has optimal accessibility in Helsinki: it can be reached by any means of transport, and when the construction of the Central Pasila area is completed by 2040, the Pasila railway station will become the largest in terms of passenger traffic. By the way, guests from Russia can already see the Mall of Tripla from the window of the Allegro train.

Three islands of Airiston Helmi sold for half a million euros

Sold three islands owned by Airiston Helmi. A Russian-owned company in the summer announced the liquidation of its activities.

Three islands were put up for sale, located near the Innamo Island in the Archipelago Sea, Svenska Yle reports. The islands were bought by a businessman from the Turku region, which has several companies in Turku and Helsinki. The new owner declined to comment on the deal.

In the summer, it became clear that Airiston Helmi could not continue its business, as banks did not agree to open accounts for it. The owner of the company Pavel Melnikov announced his intention to sell all the property of his company.

The islands were sold, although the preliminary investigation into the Airiston Helmi case has not yet been completed. The owner has the right to sell the property, because large sums of money were withdrawn from him.

“The police found such a large amount of cash that they are likely to cover unpaid taxes,” said the head of the investigation, inspector Tomi Taskila from the Central Committee.

Three beneficiaries demanded a total of two million euros from Airiston Helmi. According to a company representative, two debts have already been paid. The third lender is the Internal Revenue Service, which requires EUR 1.7 million from Airiston Helmi.

Three islands sold
The first property consists of two lakes of Kolkan and Tampankari with an area of ​​six hectares. On the island of Kolkan there are a bathhouse, a warehouse and a pier. The businessman paid 285,000 euros for the two islands.

The third island of Hepokari, an area of ​​one hectare, was sold separately. It cost 250,000 euros. There are a bathhouse, a warehouse, a guest house and a pier on the island.

The price paid for the islands was acceptable, rated by Swedish real estate agent Yle Åboland.

The police last September conducted a large-scale search in dozens of real estate properties of Airiston Helmi. About 3.5 million euros were seized during the search.

Investigation of suspected money laundering and tax crimes continues.

Wine as an alternative

For hundreds of years, beer has remained the national drink of the Finns. However, recently, natural wine has also become in demand.

Studies show that among the population of Finland, the popularity of natural red wine is growing. Its one-time consumption, as a rule, is limited to one or two glasses.

Red wine in Finland, as in other countries of Northern Europe, is by far the most common of all natural wines. But this does not mean at all that sparkling wine and white wine are not in demand, their consumption has also increased.

The popularity of red wine and natural wine in the whole country has reached an international level. There are as many wine lovers in Finland today as in Sweden.

However, unlike many other European countries, Finland still does not have a pronounced separation of tastes by type of red wine. If somewhere in France or even in the same Sweden people immediately call their favorite brand of wine, then the Finns are limited to indicating the color: just red wine or just white wine.

There are several explanations for this. Basically, reference is made to features of a Finnish character.

The Finnish consumer, according to wine experts from Helsinki, is positively curious and straightforward. Seeking to get acquainted with the world of wines, he rushes into its variety without unnecessary delays and weighing. And for example, for many Swedes, the image of the drink, brand, etc.

In addition, in Finland, many wine consumers are quite pragmatic. The simplicity of choosing a drink is very important for them. The shape of the packaging of the wine, which should be appropriate for the situation, also matters.

As for the dose of wine consumption at a time, then in all the Nordic countries it is about the same and is, like in Finland, one or two glasses. According to more precise data, 45 percent of Finnish wine lovers drink two glasses of wine at a time. A quarter of respondents drink one glass each.
According to the conclusion of Finnish wine experts, the main mistakes made by Finns as consumers of wine are as follows.

Cheap wine is selected.

The problem of the Finnish wine buyer is that you don’t want to spend a lot of money on wine. The pain point is 10 euros. Almost 90 percent of ordinary Finnish consumers buy wine at a price of 7.5 - 9.5 euros. Although, as experts acknowledge, adding a few euros, you could buy a truly high quality wine.

The second mistake is that the same wine is bought from time to time and from year to year.

Here again, the Finns' inherent dislike for a long reflection on the choice of wine is affected. Most often, something that is already familiar is chosen in order to eliminate the danger of error and not to buy wine that is not to your liking. That is, when the Finnish buyer finds what he likes, he already tries not to change his choice.

The following common mistake is related to the order in which wine is consumed.

In most cases, wine is drunk immediately after the bottle is uncorked, when it has not yet had time to interact with the air. Because of this, the taste of the wine does not appear completely.

Wine should be poured into a decanter, or at least left open for a while, so that it can “breathe”, or rather, so that sulfur sulfites can get out of the wine.

As one of the Finnish experts put it, it’s very difficult for the Finns to open the wine a couple of hours before consumption, as if we were afraid that it would evaporate from the bottle.

From myself, I would like to add one more explanation of the mistakes made by the Finns in matters of selection and consumption of natural wines. I believe that these mistakes come not only from national character traits, but from the traditions that have developed in the country regarding alcohol consumption.

For hundreds of years, beer has remained the national drink of the Finns. In terms of its consumption, Finland is in ninth place in the world. About 85 liters of beer per person are drunk per year in the country. As for natural wine, it remains for the Finns a drink of the "second plan", the consumption of which is very insignificant in comparison with many other countries.
As a result, most people do not have the corresponding taste habits, the language is not prepared for evaluating the shades of the drink, and the desire to enjoy wine is not as strong as that of representatives of those peoples who are more familiar with it.

It is natural and understandable that under such conditions people buy wine cheaper. Buying expensive wine with an inability to appreciate its merits will be a waste of money. This can also explain the attachment to a particular type of wine. A person who does not have experience in the consumption of wines is justifiably afraid of changing the familiar variety to another, because for him it will be a blind choice.
In this regard, we can cite the example of the USSR and Russia, where vodka remains the unconditional national drink. Dry wine in Russia has always been drunk extremely rarely, and when choosing, they paid attention only to the price. But the choice of vodka was taken more seriously, just knowing which is better and which is worse. In many ways, the situation has remained the same to this day. Everything takes time.

If the popularity of red wine in Finland will grow, then the taste will naturally develop. And for this you do not need to immediately buy fine wines. The taste will develop on simple varieties of wine, there will be sensitivity to the shortcomings of the drink and its advantages. And then, of course, there will be a craving for the better.

In conclusion, I would like to touch on a topic related to wine and alcohol consumption in general. As a rule, alcohol and its use are associated with negativity, and this is justified in many cases. However, in fairness, one cannot ignore the positive that an alcoholic drink can give.

A study conducted at the University of Michigan, USA, led to the conclusion that alcohol helps ... strengthen marital relations. It was found that couples who drink alcohol together are happier than those who do not have a tendency to such a common pastime.
It also turned out that the closer the tastes of the parties in terms of drinking, the higher the positive effect.

Finnish food tastes better

In Finland, there has been an increase in the popularity of domestic food products.

The Finnish media and public opinion centers have found an inexplicable connection between the entry into force of Russian economic sanctions, expressed in the restriction of food imports from the EU, and the behavior of Finnish consumers. Residents of Finland, it turns out, began to more actively buy domestic products, giving them preference over imported ones.
A rather large-scale study was devoted to this issue, during which persons aged 15 to 70 years were interviewed.

The greatest commitment to domestic products was demonstrated by people over 56 years old. In this age group, more than 70 percent of respondents expressed their desire to buy mainly Finnish products. However, young people, in this regard, are not too far behind veterans. In the age group from 15 to 22 years, more than 50 percent of respondents showed their preference for their own products.

The survey was conducted at the end of August, literally 2-3 weeks after the entry into force of Russian economic sanctions. This is probably why the growth of consumer patriotism began to appear as a reaction to the actions of Russia.
But how exactly could Russian sanctions rally the Finns around a domestic producer? This is difficult to explain. Their only real impact on the Finnish consumer market is that a lot of relatively cheap products were destined for shipment to the Russian Federation.

Demand for these goods was really high, and this somewhat affected the increase in the share of domestic products in total sales. But this is not a momentary surge, but a significant change in the mood of the mass consumer.
If this is a protest against Russian actions, then the form of his expression looks rather strange. Russian food products are presented on the Finnish market in a scanty assortment and in the same scanty amount. We are talking mainly about several types of canned goods, which are bought, first of all, by the Russian-speaking inhabitants of Finland.

For the vast majority of Finnish customers, Russian products are actually exotic and completely unfamiliar to them. So, a change of preferences in favor of domestic products could not harm the Russian side.
Imported products on the Finnish shelves are mainly represented by products from Spain, Sweden, Germany and other Western countries. Therefore, refusing to import in favor of their own food, the Finns are attacking not their Russia, but their EU partners.

It seems that in this case it is not a real relationship between Russian sanctions and Finnish consumer behavior, but a simple coincidence. Sanctions may have been the impetus that gave some additional acceleration to the growth of patriotism of buyers. But no more than that.
The main reason for the revealed phenomenon lies, apparently, in another.
As it turned out, the growing popularity of domestic products in Finland has been observed for more than two years. And this is no coincidence.
It was about two years ago that Finnish society, as if waking up from a long oblivion, realized the whole dramatic nature of the situation in which the economy found itself after a recession that lasted morSubsequently, external problems related to the exchange of sanctions between the EU and the Russian Federation were added to domestic economic difficulties. The situation began to look very difficult. And this has a special effect on people's moods.
The fact is that the character of the small northern people has the ability to sharply increase cohesion in the face of serious problems or troubles. And the more difficult the situation, the more united and more stable the society becomes.
The Finns demonstrated this quality both during the war of independence, and during the period of the reflection of Stalinist aggression, and in the post-war period, when the USSR was able to pay a clearly exorbitant indemnity in a short time.

The current situation, of course, cannot be compared with these historical examples, but it is already serious enough to give an impulse to awaken a sense of national unity. The people rally again in the face of difficulties. The increased consumer patriotism is most likely due to this.
Another fact revealed in the August study is evidence that the growing interest in domestic products is not related to Russian sanctions. It turns out that, in addition to their own products, Finnish citizens have become more supportive of domestic services, giving them preference over foreign ones.

If this trend in the development of consumer addictions is strengthened, then this will undoubtedly serve to boost the Finnish economy.
I would like for the current difficulties for the Russians to provide the same incentive in terms of maintaining their own producer and economic growth.e than 10 years.

The first snow fell in northwestern Lapland

The thickness of the snow cover is several centimeters.

Not far from the village of Karesuvanto in Enontekiyo municipality, the first snow fell on Wednesday. Reindeer breeder Per-Antti Lubba is currently at the local hills with her reindeer.

- Snow fell a few centimeters. It's foggy, cloudy and cold, ”says Labba.

For local reindeer herders, the first snow in the second half of September was not a surprise.

“It often snows here this week, but it still has time to melt many times before the start of this winter.”

Last year, the first snow fell in Kilpisjärvi on September 25th.

According to meteorologists Yle, while there is no official data on snowfall in Lapland. According to meteorological radars and traffic cameras, snow or sleet fell in Enontekiyo.

The snow, however, melted immediately. On the hills, a small amount of snow may have accumulated. There is no information about the thickness of a possible snow cover.

Rainfall in the form of snow or wet snow is expected in northern Lapland in the coming days, meteorologists Yle said.

Women and men in the same barracks.

The Finnish Ministry of Defense is planning an experiment in which urgent male and female military personnel will be housed in the single sleeping quarters of the barracks. To ensure privacy, for example, in case of a change of linen, it is planned to use screens. At the same time, at least two people of the same gender are required to be placed in the general barracks.

According to the military, the law adopted in 1995 is fundamentally outdated. According to the current charter, it is necessary for women to organize separate sleeping quarters, which, in the opinion of representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Union of Conscripted Military Forces, does not contribute to the development of equality and the strengthening of team spirit.

However, this rule has more exceptions, because now women and men share sleeping space in exercises, in the field and other special conditions, as well as while serving on the Navy ships.

The experiment is under development and its details are only being specified. It is only known that it will be held simultaneously in various military units throughout Finland.

Recall that in 2018, a record number of female persons filed an application for military service - 1,500 people. A year earlier - 1,126, and in 2016 - 842 girls.

What does health depend on?

In 2018, under the auspices of the Department of Health, a study called FinTerveys was conducted in Finland. This study is conducted regularly and aims to check the health status of the population in various regions of Finland and in the country as a whole.

The study in question is, by far, the freshest in the series of such events in the health sector.

The results of the study were generally positive. They say that Finland’s health status continues to improve.

The pace of improvement in 2017 slowed somewhat compared to the previous two years, but this slowdown is not significant. The movement in the positive direction continues.

When conducting research for each specific area, the incidence index was determined. This is the name of an indicator that displays the incidence rate in the region in relation to the average incidence rate in the country. At the same time, the incidence rate in the country was indicated by the number 100.

The list of diseases examined during each study includes oncological and cardiovascular diseases, diseases of the organs of motion, mental problems and dementia. All these diseases belong to diseases that are called national.

The magnitude of the danger of each of these diseases is determined on the basis of the following factors:

Impact of the disease on mortality statistics

Impact of the spread of the disease on the number of sick leave and on quality of life

The scale of funds spent on the fight against the disease.

When comparing the situation in cities with a population of more than 50 thousand people, it turned out that the healthiest citizens live in Espoo (incidence index 73), Helsinki (81) and Vantaa (83). All these three cities have long merged with each other and represent, in fact, a single metropolitan center.

Among the most disadvantaged, in terms of public health, were cities such as Kuopio, (129), Oulu (115), Joensuu (114) and Kotka (113).

Comparison of the health status of the population of different regions showed that the residents of the Alansky Islands (63), the capital region (83) and the Pohyanmaa region, located on the western coast of the Gulf of Bothnia with the center in the city of Vaasa, turned out to be the healthiest (89).

The highest incidence rate was found in regions such as Pohjoys-Savo (130), Pohjoys-Karjala (122), Pohjoys-Pohjanmaa (122), Kainuu (118) and Lappi (115).

It was also noted that the incidence index increases with distance from the southern and western regions of the country towards the north-western regions.

Although the incidence index for Finland as a whole has decreased, the degree of its decrease in different places is not always the same.

In recent years, the incidence rate in the country has decreased by 16 percent. At the same time, in the top ten, in terms of population health, it became 36 percent lower, but in ten lagging areas the decrease was only 5 percent. According to experts, such unevenness is based on such reasons as living conditions, lifestyle, hereditary factors and differences in the degree of effectiveness of the work of health authorities.

The study showed that the education of the population also affects the level of its incidence.

Among people with higher education, health problems are much less than among people with only a primary level of compulsory education.

In this regard, I would like to note that this circumstance cannot be a matter of pride for more educated people.

Of course, it is more difficult for a driver of a heavy truck, who sleeps at customs in a truck cab, or a welder who inhales metal combustion products, to maintain his health than an office worker or a person who studies, for example, the problems of globalization.

It seems that people studying public health issues need not only to compare numbers and indicators, but to go, so to speak, to the people, getting acquainted with those areas of work where the threat to the health and even the lives of workers is most real and concrete.

Among such areas requiring close attention should be construction, dyeing and chemical production, deforestation, many transportation sectors, metal and metalworking, work of personnel in homes of disabled people, etc.

It is strange that, exploring a wide variety of topics, ranging from artificial intelligence to animal dreams, researchers bypass the topic of the impact of work on the health status of workers, as well as the theme of the development of occupational diseases.

At least in the media, these issues are not in sight. So when conducting the FinTerveys study, the incidence rates were compared by region, not by occupation.

But it is precisely the people who work in uncomfortable and, at times, hazardous to health conditions, create the very GDP in its final form. That’s the budgetfrom which funds are allocated to finance institutions and the large state apparatus.

A healthy lifestyle is not only good nutrition and proper leisure. In many cases, the workplace and working conditions have a decisive influence on the health status of thousands of people. This effect is often so significant that it can negate the benefits of proper nutrition and morning jogging.

Best beer

Finland's best beer - Kuopio Brewery wins decisively

The competition for the best beer was held for the ninth time.

The best Finnish beer of 2019 was Groteski-olut produced by the Iso-Kallan Panimo brewery.

This Piwo Grodziskie style beer is distinguished by its moderate alcohol content, as well as the aroma of wheat beer and haze.

“According to the jury, this fresh and interesting beer is the undisputed winner of the finals,” said the chairman of the jury, Mariaa Nelimarkka, in a press release.

This year 46 breweries took part in the competition and offered 300 types of beer.

CNN: Entrepreneur from Rovaniemi plans to open a pop-up hotel at the North Pole

You can book a hotel room at the North Pole for 100,000 euros.

Luxury Action from Rovaniemi next spring will open a pop-up hotel at the North Pole, according to CNN. The luxury travel company will transport ten heated snow-ice igloos to the North Pole. Hotels advertise under the name North Pole Igloos.

Company founder Janne Honkanen says in an interview with CNN that the North Pole has long been the most exclusive tourism destination in the world, but there are no options for comfortable accommodation. About 1,000 people visit the North Pole annually, but they usually sleep in cold tents.

Most of the year it is impossible to travel to the North Pole, but in April helicopters can land there, which means that goods and people can be transported to the North Pole.

The North Pole Igloos Hotel will be open only in April. The igloo and tourists will be transported from the Norwegian part of Svalbard.

According to Honkanen, the hotel has, among other things, a warm toilet, a cook and customer service staff.

Despite all the comfort, the character of a traveler-explorer is required from clients.

What is valued at home

The inhabitants of Finland, for the most part, are ready to incur significant expenses when it comes to the house of their dreams.

To date, the real estate market in Finland is distinguished by both growth in demand and growth in supply.

The increase in demand is caused by an increase in the level of well-being of citizens, which has taken place in recent years. This was reflected in an increase in wages, in the growth of employment, in the revitalization of the consumer market and in the increase in the purchasing power of the population.

As for the growth of supply on the real estate market, it is due to the fact that, starting in 2015, the volume of construction, including housing construction, increased sharply.

It is easy to assume that in these conditions Finnish home buyers, as well as those who are going to be them, have become more picky. Old or, say, age-old real estate has become less appreciated than before. But the prices for new housing began to increase.

In addition, the attitude to different types of real estate has changed.

Individual houses became an object of increased attention in the consumer market, while apartments in storey houses began to lose their former popularity among home buyers.

We can say that today, for Finnish consumers who are looking for and buying housing, the most desirable acquisition is a new individual house. Therefore, prices for such residential properties are rising.

But the value of individual houses increases not only due to increased demand, but also because they, in accordance with the needs of the population, become more comfortable and more equipped.

Until relatively recently, at least in the 90s of the 20th century, houses in Finland, called the "front-line house", were in great demand. This is the name of two-story houses that were built in 1948 - 1955. on a similar project and were intended for participants in the war.

For their time and for subsequent decades, such houses seemed quite vast and well-maintained. In addition to two levels, they have a spacious basement, which houses a sauna and boiler room.

The “Front-line House” is still not uncommon in various parts of the country. Many of them are newly renovated, reconstructed and equipped in a new way.

However, even in a reconstructed form, these houses do not satisfy the needs of most of today's buyers.

Demand for more modern private houses built in 1960 - 1970 is also decreasing. Buyers, as it was written in one of the Finnish newspapers, want something “new, clean, bright and shiny.”

It is noteworthy that the novelty is put in first place in comparison with the size of housing. This allows buyers to avoid exorbitant costs for the acquisition of real estate. Therefore, in the context of growth in sales of new, more comfortable and more isolated housing, the share of housing expenses in the family budget remained the same or even decreased. This is due not only to savings in footage, but also to an increase in household incomes.

Probably, in every country there are special ideas about ideal housing, determined by the national mentality. Naturally, the inhabitants of Finland also have their own preferences.

Despite the influx of population into large cities, the Finns, with their lack of hassle and a desire for a relaxed atmosphere, still strive to live away from the noisy city center and outside densely populated areas.

This was revealed during a survey of 600 residents of the country, conducted by a group of researchers.

Three quarters of the respondents said that the most desirable type of housing for them is an individual house. Only 18 percent would like to live in an apartment in a multi-storey building.

Blocked cottage was of interest only to every tenth of the survey participants.

The survey also revealed that, in addition to the desire to live in their own house, the Finns attach importance to the place in which this house is located.

Half of the respondents dream that their home should be in a calm place and, preferably, near a reservoir.

The next most popular accommodation option is a small house or half-house on the outskirts of the city.

Only 16 percent spoke in favor of living in the city center.

Even among people under 30 years of age, there was no ardent desire to live in the center, although, as is commonly believed, young people tend to gravitate towards the noisy central areas.

As for the size of housing, most respondents would like to live on at least 70 square meters. The most popular quadratures for ideal housing were living space sizes of 150 m2 and 70-100 m2.

Less demanding in terms of spacious housing were people aged 50-60 years. This can be explained by the fact that after the children leave for an independent life, their parents do not have an urgent need to maintain a large apartment.

The survey showed that the Finns, for the most part, are ready to incur significant expenses when it comes to their dream home. A significant part of the citizens surveyed is ready to spend 100 to 300 thousand euros on the purchase of housing. About 6% of the respondents agree to invest more than 800 thousand euros in real estate.

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Finland took 1st place in the nomination of countries for travel in the wild!

If you love tourism and relaxation away from civilization, then according to the Global Wildlife Travel Index 2019, you will not find a better place than Finland.

According to the authors of the ranking, which was attended by 107 different countries, 73% of Finland's territory is covered by forests. Moreover, there are 39 national parks at the service of tourists in Finland, waiting for all adventure seekers all year round.

Other factors that determined Finland’s high position were the high level of environmental sustainability, species diversity, beautiful natural landscapes and efforts to preserve environmental footprints. Sweden took second place on the list, and Brazil came third. Russia is located in 14th place.

First 10 Global Wildlife Travel Index 2019

1. Finland
2. Sweden
3. Brazil
4. Canada
5. USA
6. Norway
7. Spain
8. Germany
9. Poland
10. Slovenia

Today is the first day of Finnish food

With the help of a theme day, they want to draw attention to domestic food products and the Hyvää Suomesta quality label.

Today is the first day of Finnish food.

The theme day was initiated by Ruokatieto. The purpose of the event is to draw attention to domestic food products and the “Made in Finland” quality label (Hyvää Suomesta).

The organization also encourages people to raise flags in honor of this day.

At the moment, Finnish Food Day is not an official reason for raising the flag.