Join Yle News‘ ‘All Points North’ podcast for a journey through Finland‘s year in the news.

What is Finnish Independence Day all about? This week we ask what goes on at the presidential reception, why people protest on 6 December, what we have to be grateful for and find out how 4th-graders in Vantaa get to celebrate.

This episode of All Points North was presented by Egan Richardson and Zena Iovino, with additional reporting by Miyuki Jokiranta. The sound engineer was Panu Willman.

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