https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/ Helsinki is building flood protection at Töölönlahti Bay, testing an AI documentation assistant in its health and social services and preparing 275 new street charging points for electric cars. en https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/new-building-regulations-take-effect/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/new-building-regulations-take-effect/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTHelsinki's new building regulations took effect on 5 November 2026, capping built coverage on detached and semi-detached house plots at 35% unless the local plan says otherwise and making bird-safe construction a requirement. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/substance-use-prevention-action-plan/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/substance-use-prevention-action-plan/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTHelsinki's Culture and Leisure Committee approved a 2026–2029 Action Plan for Substance Use Prevention on 3 November 2026, covering alcohol, drugs, tobacco, nicotine, gambling and online gaming, with seven focus areas and training for sports clubs and coaches. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/arabia-circular-hub-network-construction/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/arabia-circular-hub-network-construction/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTHelsinki has ended its two-year Arabia Circular Hub Helsinki project, which ran the ARKI 135 hub, held 30 public events and two business programmes, and built a network of more than 100 operators that now feeds the city's circular construction cluster. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/integration-training-3000-immigrants-yearly/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/integration-training-3000-immigrants-yearly/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTHelsinki Employment Services puts around 3,000 jobseekers a year through roughly year-long integration training in Finnish or Swedish, and nearly nine in ten participants with a higher education degree reach at least language level B1.1. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/migration-integration-programme-international-talent/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/migration-integration-programme-international-talent/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTHelsinki has moved its 2026–2029 Development Programme for Migration and Integration into implementation, aiming to attract, settle and retain international talent as its roughly 150,000 residents of foreign origin are forecast to grow by almost 100,000 by 2045. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/karamzininranta-park-square-new-cycling-routes/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/karamzininranta-park-square-new-cycling-routes/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTHelsinki has moved cyclists around Töölönlahti to the one-way cycle tracks on Mannerheimintie from 21 October while it turns paved Karamzininranta, beside Finlandia Hall, into a park-like square with five planting beds, due for completion in July 2027. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/rental-model-electric-car-charging-points/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/rental-model-electric-car-charging-points/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTHelsinki has proposed renting street parking spaces to charging operators under a 'Helsinki Model', with a first phase of 61 stations and 275 charging points, adding to 441 existing street points, and applications opening in December. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/park-renovation-finished-ahead-of-schedule/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/park-renovation-finished-ahead-of-schedule/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTHelsinki will complete the renovation of Kaisaniemi Park on Monday, 19 October, more than a year ahead of schedule, adding a new central playground and a dog park, while water basin repairs continue until summer 2027. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/ai-documentation-assistant-pilot-expands/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/helsinki/news/ai-documentation-assistant-pilot-expands/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTHelsinki is extending its pilot of an AI-based documentation assistant from physiotherapy and occupational therapy to units in student health services, dental care and social services in October, with client consent required and no client data stored or used for training.