In Helsinki and elsewhere in the capital area, several home schools have emerged that the Finnish security and intelligence service (Supo) regards as potential threats to national security.
Supo told Helsingin Sanomat that social exclusion — and the radicalisation that can stem from it — is typically found in areas where income and education levels are low and a large share of residents speak languages other than the national ones.
Finland is also home to individuals with fundamentalist interpretations of Islam and who, according to Supo, want to start home schools in the capital area.
At the same time, education officials speaking to HS said they had not seen evidence of children being radicalised in home schooling groups.
In the Åland Islands, dozens of families with far-right sympathies have in recent years settled after relocating from Sweden, where homeschooling is illegal.
Golden sun
Dust from the Sahara is drifting over Finland, most visible at sunrise and sunset, reports Hufvudstadsbladet.
A warm air mass moving in from the southwest on Tuesday is sweeping across the country, bringing temperatures that in some places may climb above 10 degrees Celsius.
Along with this warm flow comes fine sand dust from the Sahara, affecting the southern and central parts of Finland, according to the weekly forecast from weather service Foreca.
Those hoping to spot the phenomenon should look to the skies at dawn or dusk. In clear conditions, the airborne dust can lend the horizon an unusually deep orange-red glow.
Finland's most revolting food
The tone of the Disgusting Food Museum is signalled by its admission ticket: a sick bag.
Maaseudun Tulevaisuus explains that the museum is devoted to foods that visitors around the world tend to find revolting rather than appetising.
Among the culinary curiosities from neighbouring countries are Sweden's fermented herring, surströmming, and Iceland's hákarl, or fermented shark.
Finland's contribution is more unexpected. On display are Tervaleijona candies, a tar-flavoured sweet originally developed in Oulu and nowadays manufactured in Italy. They are displayed in a case dedicated to Salmiakki, alongside other Nordic products.
According to the museum's guides, it is salmiakki that most shocks first-time tasters, often provoking the strongest physical reactions of anything in the exhibition.
