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A serious strain of bird flu has been found in Tuusula in a barnacle goose. 

Environment

A white-fronted goose found near the Rantamo-Seittelin wetland in Tuusula has been diagnosed with highly pathogenic avian influenza, a serious disease affecting birds. The bird was taken to a veterinarian in an injured condition and, after being euthanised, was sent to the Finnish Food Authority for examination. On 24 April 2025, the examination confirmed that the bird was carrying highly pathogenic avian influenza.

White-fronted goose in water

Summer in Halosenniemi is spent under the Paris sky 

Museum

Halosenniemi's summer exhibition "Under the Parisian Sky – Artists' French Themes" opens on Wednesday, 30 April. The exhibition presents paintings by Finnish artists from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, created during their years of study in France. Paris attracted artists from all over Europe. After studying art in Finland, Pekka Halonen studied in Paris in the early 1890s. In the spring of 1894, he was taught by the famous French painter Paul Gauguin.

A painting depicting a woman in a red dress leaning on a railing, gazing at the cityscape.