The autumnal equinox on Wednesday represents the true end of summer. On September 23, all points on Earth will see equal amounts of daylight and darkness.
Days in Finland will now begin to shorten while nights grow longer.
On the autumnal equinox, the sun is vertically above the equator and moves southward from the northern to the southern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, this marks the spring equinox, representing the beginning of spring and increasing daylight.
This year’s winter solstice falls on December 21. This day is simultaneously the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere.
Consumer confidence has reached its highest level since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to figures from Statistics Finland.
The participants in this year's Helsinki Pride Parade brought all the colours of the rainbow to the Finnish capital on a sun-drenched afternoon.
There have been a series of stabbing attacks on foreign-background victims in Oulu over the course of the last year, with police now investigating the possibility that the incidents are connected.
