But in Helsinki, Finland’s capital, it’s a reality. The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, fondly known as Oodi, is a non-commercial, urban public space offering far more than just books and quiet ...

Oodi - a new central library for Helsinki will open on the fifth of December 2018, a day before Finland marks its 101st anniversary as an independent country. Described as the nation's birthday ...

VISITORS TO Oodi (meaning “ode”), Helsinki’s new central library, will find few books on its shelves: since it opened in December, a staggering 70% of the 100,000-odd collection has been ...

‘I think it’s quite unique to build a library in a city today,’ says Jan Vapaavuori, mayor of Helsinki. The city has just opened Oodi, a new central library designed by Finnish architecture firm ALA ...

Helsinki’s new flagship library Oodi has been voted winner of the 2019 Public Library of the Year award by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). The recognition was awarded at ...

Helsinki's Central Library Oodi is marking its fifth anniversary with an event on Tuesday, 5 December. Over the half decade since it opened its doors, the large, wavelike structure became the city's ...

Those words make you think of Moomins and Marimekko. Oodi means 'Ode' in Finnish and Helsinki's gleaming new Central Library – which is called Oodi – is an ode to words. Finnish words are ...