Tampere, Finland
This week I had the pleasure of visiting the first place I’ve been to in Finland outside of Helsinki. I’ve worked with the Finnish state broadcaster YLE for some years now, usually in their offices at Pasila towards the north of the capital. On Wednesday I gave a talk on Short Form Video as part of their FutureZone series at their Tampere offices (Mediapolis). Tampere is 160km north of Helsinki, the second or third largest city in Finland (depending on how you are measuring) and the largest inland urban population in the Nordic countries. It is situated between two large lakes.
The event was delightfully hosted by YLE news anchor/journalist Milla Madetoja who presents the regional news nightly. Finland is divided into 9 regions which become larger and more sparsely populated as you head north.
Selfie by Milla Madetoja
At lunch I was asked by the Head of Current Affairs to explain what was going on in the UK with Brexit. I couldn’t.
Tervetuloa! / All welcome! poster
Robot camera in news studio
No-nonsense regional news studio (one of a pair)
Photos of famous old Finnish stars around the Mediapolis auditorium
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