Pond hockey, a self-rising chair and the world’s most innovative companies

It has been a good week for academic research in Finland. Researchers at universities in Helsinki and Tampere have been awarded several multimillion-euro grants by the European Research Council. Furthermore, Fortum has created a chair that picks itself up, and the biggest stage in the Nordics built for dance has opened in Helsinki. Click on any photo and take a look at recent creativity from Finland.