Yet another book has been released about Helsinki 2007 - you remember last year's bookmania in Finland, don't you? This time around it's a rather academic research of what was done, where, when and how, what the people really thought about it all and how the media in Finland and abroad handled it, and how Helsinki and Finland in general was potrayed abroad. The book has 148 pages with short translations in English. Viisukuppila's Anna Muurinen has written an article for it about Eurovision music and its changes over the years. This and all the rest in this book collected by Vesa Keskinen.Some picks here: 92% of the people thought YLE did a great job. 36% of the people attending Eurovision 2007 had a university degree, 19% higher education and only 16% had only a basic school background. There were over 350 happenings or events during the Eurovision period in town, one of the most succesful ones was Ourvision singing contest (see previous posts).
Watch the Helsinki 2007 opening act once more here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEErnnErJaM
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