Slow TV now lets viewers track the daily lives of three reindeer roaming the fells of Finnish Lapland.
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PIctured here: A reindeer wandered into a Rovanemi neighbourhood on 14 November 2025. Image: Vesa-Pekka Hiltunen / Yle
Domestic outlets again take a look at the workings of the Finnish pension system, with online news outlet Verkkouutiset delving into the financial realities.
Finland’s retirement age has been rising gradually. The younger you are, the later your pension kicks in. For those born in 1994, the statutory pension age is projected to be 67 years and 10 months.
The gross average monthly pension in 2024 was 2,100 euros, with earnings-related pensions roughly amounting to half of the income earned when working.
The story goes on to explain how the system works.
Employees and employers pay into Finland’s defined pension system. In 2026, wage earners are set to contribute 7.30 percent of their earnings, while employers pay a bigger slice, forking over a bit more than 17 percent to pension providers.
You can calculate your pension and retirement age here.
Historical convenience
R-Kioski convenience stores have long been a fixture in Finland, yet a steady wave of closures continues to affect many of the largely franchise-owned outlets.
Hufvudstadsbladet reports that some 70 R-kiosks, one-fifth of all outlets, are set to shut their doors in the coming month. The chain is keeping quiet about which outlets will disappear.
R-Kioski has endured a string of difficult years. Last year, the company chalked up its sixth consecutive loss-making year, generating 220 million in revenue but still posting a 4.9 million euros loss.
The firm blames its woes on three changes: liberalised grocery-store hours eroding its niche, the pandemic, and stricter gambling rules thinning customer traffic.
Reindeer Live
Wildlife enthusiasts have long been able to get a round-the-clock glimpse into the lives of the endangered Baltic ringed seals, and now viewers can follow another iconic Finnish animal, the forest reindeer.
A new channel debuted on Finland’s digital terrestrial network on 1 December, occupying channel 24. The “Porolive” (roughly, Reindeer Live) channel offers a real-time video feed of reindeer roaming the fells of Lapland.
The service displays the routes covered by a trio of tagged reindeer: Kaija, Paula and Seppo. The channel also broadcasts live footage from the Nuuksio Reindeer Park, according to Ilta-Sanomat.
The broadcast runs until the Christmas Peace declaration on Christmas Eve. Viewers using terrestrial television will need to do a channel search to find the antlered mammals of Lapland.