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What’s Helsinki’s nightlife like?

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issue 27 August 2022

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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said she had taken a test for illegal drugs after being filmed at a party at which some people were shouting ‘flour’ – Finnish slang for cocaine. What’s Helsinki’s nightlife like?

— The Hostelworld website identifies a Helsinki venue, Kaiku, as one of its 20 top clubs in the world.

— Insider.com names Helsinki as the second best city in the world for socialising.

— However, Finder.com rated Helsinki as the 16th most expensive city in the world in which to buy a pint, although it did come out cheaper than Oslo and Stockholm.

Screen out

Cineworld was reported to be on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, following Covid and what it said was a lack of blockbusters this year. How have cinema audiences fared over the years? Attendances in Britain peaked in 1946 at 1.635m and bottomed out in 1984 at 54m (until Covid-19, that is).

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