All Points North

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The All Points North podcast has everything you need to know about the news in Finland this week. Every Friday APN looks deeper into the stories making the headlines in Finland. Get in touch via WhatsApp or SMS on +358 44 421 0909, or at allpointsnorth@yle.fi. All Points North is presented by Ronan Browne, Zena Iovino and Egan Richardson. This podcast is produced by Yle News, a unit of the Finnish Broadcasting Company.

Episode Date
Embracing Finland's cultural norms, quirks and shocks
May 22, 2026
Who gets to be Finnish?
May 08, 2026
Can social media help you learn Finnish?
Apr 24, 2026
Will you get a pension?
Apr 10, 2026
Why is finding work in Finland so difficult for foreigners?
Mar 27, 2026
Taking the sting out of occupational burnout
Mar 13, 2026
Student life in Finland — expectation vs reality
Feb 27, 2026
The hidden forces making food more expensive
Feb 13, 2026
Should Finland ban kids from using social media?
Jan 30, 2026
A review of 2025 in Finland
Dec 19, 2025
Could Finland have a Blue Zone?
Dec 12, 2025
Finland's last remaining war veterans
Dec 05, 2025
Why is Sanna Marin so divisive?
Nov 28, 2025
Everyday life in Suomenlinna
Nov 21, 2025
Is it time to rent or buy?
Nov 14, 2025
What do Finland's new citizenship rules mean for you?
Nov 07, 2025
Are there Russian 'illegals' in Finland?
Oct 31, 2025
To Finland for love
Oct 24, 2025
What is the most storied Helsinki neighbourhood?
Oct 10, 2025
Finding home on stage
Oct 03, 2025
Bridging mental health care culture gaps
Sep 26, 2025
Should you learn Finnish?
Sep 19, 2025
What's it like to grow up in Finland?
Sep 12, 2025
Is Finland making integration more difficult?
Sep 05, 2025
Turbulent times for Finnair
Aug 29, 2025
The summer the Cold War thawed (a little)
Jun 13, 2025
Is three months enough time to find a new job in Finland?
Jun 06, 2025
Why is the scrapping of three popular tax breaks a big deal?
May 16, 2025
Do foreign sports have a future in Finland?
May 16, 2025
Sexy vs sauna: Finland steams up Eurovision
May 09, 2025
Are the kids alright? Finland's ADHD generation
Apr 24, 2025
Is Finnish politics keeping pace with Finland?
Apr 11, 2025
The 2025 election special
Apr 04, 2025
What's the best place to live in Finland?
Mar 28, 2025
What's next for Finland, Ukraine and Trump?
Mar 21, 2025
Restarting your career in Finland
Mar 07, 2025
Why should you care about local politics?
Feb 14, 2025
Staying frugal in Finland: How to fight the cost of living crisis
Feb 07, 2025
How do you find a job in Finland?
Jan 31, 2025
Are winter sports the secret hack to surviving Finnish winters?
Jan 24, 2025
When Nokia connected people
Jan 17, 2025
This year in Finland
Dec 19, 2024
A guide to Unknown Soldier(s), Finland's Independence Day staple
Dec 05, 2024
Should you join a union?
Nov 28, 2024
Can comedy help you survive the dark Finnish winter?
Nov 21, 2024
How will Donald Trump's second term affect Finland?
Nov 14, 2024
Do you need private health insurance in Finland?
Nov 07, 2024
Why don't some kids learn Finnish in school?
Oct 31, 2024
How do you become a Finnish citizen?
Oct 24, 2024
The human cost of Finland's 'education export'
Oct 10, 2024
Panda politics and polemics
Oct 03, 2024
Do Finns have a need for speed?
Sep 26, 2024
Finland pushes back on phone-based childhood
Sep 19, 2024
Is Finland losing its sisu?
Sep 12, 2024
Is it getting more difficult to find a job in Finland?
Sep 05, 2024
Is Finnish football tackling racism?
Aug 29, 2024
Learning to swim as an adult: Still taboo?
Aug 22, 2024
How to make the most of the Finnish summer
Jun 20, 2024
Why did the right-wing wave fail in Finland?
Jun 13, 2024
Social or unsocial media?
Jun 06, 2024
Don't curb your EU-thusiasm
May 30, 2024
How safe is your data?
May 23, 2024
Who rules Europe?
May 16, 2024
Finding Finnish friends
Apr 25, 2024
What does Finland's spending clampdown mean for you?
Apr 18, 2024
How important is learning Finnish?
Apr 11, 2024
Why does Finland have so many guns?
Apr 04, 2024
Finland's blood berries
Mar 28, 2024
Has Finland really 'solved' homelessness?
Mar 21, 2024
Is Finland's strike wave going to end?
Mar 14, 2024
Is Finland ready for euthanasia?
Mar 07, 2024
Duelling citizenships
Feb 15, 2024
Stubb takes over
Feb 12, 2024
The race for the presidency: Two peas in a podcast?
Feb 01, 2024
Could voters of foreign background swing the Finnish presidential election?
Jan 25, 2024
How will voters decide?
Jan 18, 2024
Do younger voters care about the president?
Jan 11, 2024
Finland's year in news
Dec 28, 2023
Old Christmas traditions mix with new
Dec 21, 2023
Finland's Middle East muddle
Dec 14, 2023
Independence Day unwrapped
Dec 07, 2023
Can volunteering help immigrants better integrate into Finnish society?
Nov 30, 2023
Can Finland close the Russian border?
Nov 23, 2023
How safe is Finland?
Nov 16, 2023
Who can challenge Finland's grocery duopoly?
Nov 09, 2023
How to get a job in Turku
Nov 02, 2023
Will the capital's new tramline help get commuting back on track?
Oct 26, 2023
Scammed students
Oct 19, 2023
The science, myths and social media power of Finland's aurora borealis
Oct 12, 2023
Finland's herring pickle
Oct 05, 2023
Are worker rights threatened in Finland?
Sep 28, 2023
Is Finland ready for foreign nurses?
Sep 21, 2023
Is Finland doing enough to help endangered species?
Sep 14, 2023
Sorry not sorry? Finland wrestles with racism
Sep 07, 2023
Is it a buyer's or renter's market in Finland?
Aug 31, 2023
Should jobseekers get lower benefits if they don't know Finnish?
Aug 24, 2023
Are Finnish schools supporting every child?
Aug 17, 2023
Is racism becoming normalised in Finland?
Aug 10, 2023
How will the new right-wing coalition change Finland?
Jun 22, 2023
In Finland there is such a thing as a free lunch, but what's the catch?
Jun 15, 2023
Should Finland ban conversion therapy?
Jun 08, 2023
Immigration deals and incentive traps
Jun 01, 2023
Escape to the country, Finland-style
May 25, 2023
Finding an English-language balance in education.
May 11, 2023
Kenyan students’ education nightmare continues
May 04, 2023
Children and smartphones. How much is too much?
Apr 27, 2023
Finland’s educational cliff
Apr 20, 2023
Exit Marin, enter Orpo: Election analysis
Apr 03, 2023
APN’s Parliamentary election special
Mar 30, 2023
Finland’s formula for happiness
Mar 23, 2023
Finland’s foreign talent flight
Mar 16, 2023
When Finnish education export dreams turn sour
Mar 09, 2023
Anneli Auer and the Ulvila homicide
Mar 02, 2023
Finland's FaceTime fathers
Feb 16, 2023
An intercultural stem cell hunt
Feb 09, 2023
Finland’s Finnish problem
Feb 02, 2023
Finland’s Nato dilemma
Jan 26, 2023
Finland's disinformation wars
Jan 19, 2023
How to save on your taxes this year
Jan 12, 2023
Finland's year in news
Dec 29, 2022
What's your Finnish Christmas problem?
Dec 22, 2022
Is it time for Finland to reform Migri?
Dec 15, 2022
Independence Day protests and long Covid patients’ uphill battle
Dec 08, 2022
Why are migrant women under-employed and the resurfacing of an old pandemic
Dec 01, 2022
Can immigration really fix Finland?
Nov 24, 2022
How can Finland persuade foreign students to stay after graduation?
Nov 17, 2022
Whose forests are they anyway?
Nov 10, 2022
China concerns, carbon conundrums and driving in the dark
Nov 03, 2022
All Points North: Have Finland’s foreign jobless rates really improved?
Oct 27, 2022
Why is Finland no longer top of the global classroom?
Oct 13, 2022
Food inflation’s winners and losers
Oct 06, 2022
What's happening at Finland's border with Russia?
Sep 29, 2022
Why is Finland still open to Russian gas and tourists?
Sep 22, 2022
Is Finland teaching Finnish to foreigners the right way?
Sep 15, 2022
Is English enough in Finland?
Sep 08, 2022
Finland braces for turbulent autumn
Sep 01, 2022
Finnish political culture faces a Midsummer storm
Jun 23, 2022
Are foreigners in Finland pushed into entrepreneurship?
Jun 16, 2022
Is summer the most stressful season?
Jun 09, 2022
Rising inflation and Finland's torille tradition
Jun 02, 2022
What's Turkey's beef about Finland joining Nato?
May 19, 2022
Russia nudges Finland into Nato
May 12, 2022
Why is there so much racism online?
May 05, 2022
Who's Finnish enough for Finland?
Apr 28, 2022
No, Russia isn't moving military materiel to the border
Apr 21, 2022
Earning a living wage in Finland
Apr 07, 2022
Should Finland reintroduce Covid rules?
Mar 31, 2022
How is Finland welcoming Ukrainians?
Mar 24, 2022
Finland's Nato navel-gazing
Mar 17, 2022
Finland faces a changed world
Mar 10, 2022
What Russia’s attack on Ukraine means for Finland
Mar 03, 2022
Is food in Finland becoming more expensive?
Feb 17, 2022
The fallout from Convoy Finland
Feb 10, 2022
Can Finland reach new Olympic heights?
Feb 03, 2022
Divorce drama, Posti problems and political multitaskers
Jan 27, 2022
APN listeners figuring out Finnish politics
Jan 20, 2022
Do Finland’s voters care about healthcare?
Jan 13, 2022
Climate reactions, municipal elections and viral repetitions
Dec 26, 2021
Is Finland cancelling Christmas?
Dec 16, 2021
Covid clubbing, Finland’s far-right terrorists, and job openings beyond Helsinki
Dec 09, 2021
Behind the curtain: Inside Finland's Covid wards
Dec 02, 2021
The taxman never forgets, foreign name problems and Buy Nothing Day
Nov 25, 2021
Unpaid wages, football disappointment and winter cycling tips
Nov 18, 2021
A Wolt from the blue
Nov 11, 2021
A dangerous healthcare runaround and Finland’s “unique” hiring process
Nov 04, 2021
Job discrimination, Nato and Marin v “boomers”
Oct 28, 2021
Funding Finnish retirement and sustainably electrifying Finland
Oct 14, 2021
Climate considerations, Pandora papers and crime confusion
Oct 07, 2021
All Points North: Espionage, facial recognition and online predators
Sep 30, 2021
Foreigners’ Finnish banking problems
Sep 23, 2021
Speedy visas, freebie hobbies and leftover lessons
Sep 16, 2021
Does Finland have a foreigner salary gap?
Sep 09, 2021
Speaking English in Finland, compulsory religion and a fallen hero
Sep 02, 2021
Relocation aggravation and operation evacuation
Aug 26, 2021
Afghan implications for Finland, climate report and voting on healthcare
Aug 19, 2021
All Points North:Winners and losers, mosquito biocide and freeing the nipple
Jun 17, 2021
Election preview, verbal violence and football history
Jun 10, 2021
Frustrated foreign students and breakfastgate
Jun 03, 2021
APN meets: Sanna Marin of the Social Democrats
May 27, 2021
Crowds, compasses and living room election debates
May 20, 2021
Intern exploitation, reforming Migri and getting jabbed
May 06, 2021
Budget breakthrough, Brexit blunders
Apr 29, 2021
Working life, vaccines and Brexit
Apr 22, 2021
Migri queues, voting issues and housing loans
Apr 15, 2021
Getting out the vote
Apr 08, 2021
APN meets: Harry Harkimo of Movement Now
Apr 01, 2021
APN meets: Petteri Orpo of the National Coalition Party
Mar 25, 2021
APN Meets: Sari Essayah of the Christian Democrats
Mar 18, 2021
APN Meets: Li Andersson of the Left Alliance
Mar 11, 2021
APN Meets: Annika Saarikko of the Centre Party
Mar 04, 2021
APN Meets: Anna-Maja Henriksson of the Swedish People's Party
Feb 25, 2021
All Points North Meets: Maria Ohisalo of the Green League
Feb 18, 2021
APN Meets: Jussi Halla-aho of the Finns Party
Feb 11, 2021
Busy schedules and wasted potential
Feb 04, 2021
Housing, elections and a tale of two Finlands
Jan 28, 2021
Kids' hobby ban scrutinised and virtually leaving Finland
Jan 21, 2021
Cold weather and Covid vaccines
Jan 14, 2021
2020 according to All Points North
Dec 17, 2020
Housing, elections and a tale of two Finlands
Nov 26, 2020
Jobs in a Covid economy and Finland’s football flop
Nov 19, 2020
Child welfare, youth crime and Covid vaccines
Nov 12, 2020
US election tension, residency rights mixups, boys’ big snip
Nov 05, 2020
Data breach, safe sports and who needs daylight saving time?
Oct 29, 2020
Divided Helsinki, long Covid and dodgy banknotes
Oct 22, 2020
Sote explained, electricity price gouging and more mask wrangling
Oct 15, 2020
Is it ever okay for police to pepper spray protesters?
Oct 08, 2020
Finland calls for masks and early pub closures to fight Covid
Oct 01, 2020
Heritage language classes, face mask police, and Finnish homoerotica in Japan
Sep 24, 2020
What in the world is a 'budget barn'?
Sep 17, 2020
Finland talks immigration (again), how many homes is enough, and is First Dog Lennu OK?
Sep 10, 2020
What's stopping foreigners buying flats in Finland? And will Finland spend more on kids to save money in the long run?
Sep 03, 2020
Is Finland the world's next Covid haven?
Aug 27, 2020
Climate hunger strikers, skin lightening and a stadium reopening
Aug 20, 2020
School language options, sports injuries and tree hugging
Aug 13, 2020
Finland’s mask dance, Covid-era school and work and a premier’s wedding
Aug 06, 2020
Mask tug of war, foreign students in a fix and the great outdoors
Jul 30, 2020
Marin punches back, foreigners in local elections, jobless benefits
Jul 23, 2020
Finland moves towards a post-Covid era
Jun 18, 2020
Foreign students, entrepreneurs struggle in coronavirus Finland
Jun 11, 2020
Going the distance
Jun 04, 2020
Corona crisis fallout: EU edition
May 28, 2020
Normalising the abnormal
May 14, 2020
Finland’s great coronavirus exit
May 07, 2020
School's (not yet) out for summer
Apr 30, 2020
All Points North: Finland cancels summer
Apr 23, 2020
Masks, Marin and the mass cottage exodus
Apr 16, 2020
Finland's self-employed fight to survive coronavirus
Apr 09, 2020
Adapting to online-only school in Finland
Apr 02, 2020
Coronavirus and the isolation of Uusimaa
Mar 26, 2020
Life in the time of coronavirus: The new normal?
Mar 19, 2020
Gig workers face tough choices over coronavirus
Mar 12, 2020
Finland's sick buildings
Mar 05, 2020
The Lutheran Church's gay marriage dilemma
Feb 27, 2020
What's it like being an Erasmus exchange student in Finland?
Feb 20, 2020
What's in a name? Women's football looks to become just 'football'
Feb 13, 2020
When you're on the wrong side of the child welfare system
Feb 06, 2020
Brexit finally means Brexit, but what does it mean for you?
Jan 30, 2020
Dry January: Can it curb Finland's alcohol habit?
Jan 23, 2020
Does Finland still have the "best schools" in the world?
Jan 16, 2020
What do locked doors have to do with your pay? A lot!
Jan 09, 2020
2019: Elections, eagle owls, and is Finland really still the world's happiest country?
Dec 26, 2019
Christmas Special: How Santa became Finnish
Dec 19, 2019
Is investing really only for the rich?
Dec 12, 2019
APN New Prime Minister special
Dec 11, 2019
What happened next after Finland gained independence?
Dec 05, 2019
Why did Finland's Prime Minister resign?
Dec 04, 2019
Costly city homes, crumbling country houses: Navigating Finland's housing market
Nov 28, 2019
Can startups tackle Finland's workplace diversity problem?
Nov 21, 2019
How high can the Huuhkajat fly?
Nov 14, 2019
Grading Antti Rinne's first 150 days in office
Nov 07, 2019
Does Finland need a flight tax?
Oct 31, 2019
Who do you call when you suspect biased hiring practices?
Oct 24, 2019
Foreign dads seek community during parental leave
Oct 17, 2019
Is Finland welcoming enough to foreign workers?
Oct 10, 2019
Back to school: Can Finland teach in English?
Oct 03, 2019
Climate Change policy: Is Finland doing enough?
Sep 26, 2019
All Points North: Gambling with addiction -- does Finland have a problem?
Sep 19, 2019
Brexit: The unknown unknowns
Sep 12, 2019
Obstacles for international students in Finland - and other useful info
Sep 06, 2019
All Points North: The "Famous Five" begin their four-year government adventure
Jun 06, 2019
Entrepreneurship in Finland - what you should know before taking the plunge
May 31, 2019
Europarliament election - what's at stake for voters in Finland?
May 24, 2019
All Points North: Women in Finland's military - voluntary, obligatory or not at all?
May 17, 2019
How equitable is Finland's higher education system, anyway?
May 10, 2019
Talk is cheap, especially in politics -- or is it?
May 03, 2019
Philippine nurses in Finland - swallowing a bitter pill
Apr 26, 2019
Finland veers left -- and right: Finding consensus after a divisive election
Apr 17, 2019
The Social Democratic Party -- election victory in sight?
Apr 12, 2019
Yle News Debate 2019 - All Points North special edition
Apr 10, 2019
The National Coalition Party -- power under pressure
Apr 05, 2019
The Centre Party and the burden of office
Mar 29, 2019
On the brink of a breakthrough? The Greens
Mar 22, 2019
Election dark horse? The Finns Party
Mar 15, 2019
The surprise government collapse and a look at the Left Alliance
Mar 08, 2019
Stuck in a rut? The Swedish People's Party
Mar 01, 2019
Breakaway Blue Reform - Life after the Finns Party with Sini Korpinen
Feb 22, 2019
The Christian Democrats' crusade to safeguard family values with Sini Korpinen and Sam Kingsley
Feb 15, 2019
Breaking into the Finnish job market with Taina Susiluoto and Eve Kyntäjä
Feb 08, 2019
Top 5 reasons Finland loves lists with Peter Vesterbacka and Frank Martela
Feb 01, 2019
Much ado about Brexit with Ilkka Salmi and Tim Bird
Jan 25, 2019
Child sex abuse allegations in Finnish media
Jan 18, 2019
Poverty in Finland with Eeva-Maria Grekula, Liisa Heinämäki and Jiri Sironen
Jan 11, 2019
Jobs, workers' rights, discrimination - and Trump: APN 2018
Dec 21, 2018
Finland's measles scare with virologist Mia Kontio
Dec 14, 2018
Money or kids with Osmo Kontula and Safa Ali
Nov 30, 2018
Marjukka Turunen and Risto E.J. Penttilä assess Finland's basic income trial
Nov 23, 2018
Tiina Ristikari and Elina Marjamäki on young people's mental health
Nov 16, 2018
Henna Huttu and Sam Kingsley on Roma portrayals in Finnish media
Nov 09, 2018
Outi Haanperä and Hanna Aho talk Finland's climate strategies and their implications for ordinary people
Oct 12, 2018
Ville-Veikko Pulkka evaluates the state of workers' rights in Finland
Oct 05, 2018
Allyana Thomas makes the case for fast-tracking integration in Swedish
Sep 28, 2018
Steve El-Sharawy takes us on a guided tour of the underbelly of social media
Sep 21, 2018
Kaisu Keisala-Kaseja and Edem Agbekey-Taylor talk migrants and entrepreneurship in Finland
Sep 14, 2018
Tuomas Enbuske has opinions about empathy in Finland, politicians' silly season and how to be bored
Sep 07, 2018
Michaela Moua on PoC haircare in Finland, the veneer of Finnish honesty, and coping with isolation
Aug 31, 2018
James MacDonlad talks about life as a transgender person, limits of civil disobedience, a tarnished hero and bad dogs
Aug 24, 2018
Teivo Teivainen talks presidential powers, foreign minister's abortion views, jobs and living in Helsinki
Aug 17, 2018
Trump-Putin summit special
Jul 17, 2018
Lauren Stevens talks about marriage equality, LGBT rights and Helsinki Pride
Jun 15, 2018
Toivo Haimi explains everything you (n)ever wanted to know about Finnish politics
Jun 08, 2018