Clear News | Thursday 12.2.2026

Primary school. Rovaniemi apartment rental. Eero Hirvonen. Weather.

The future of primary school

First, news from school.

The most important thing in comprehensive school in the future is that the child grows up to be a good person. This is what the Ministry of Education and Culture says. The ministry has been thinking about what comprehensive school will be like in 2045.

The Ministry of Education and Culture believes that schools must change as the world changes.

Verna Bernelius from the Ministry of Education and Culture:

-Let’s learn to work together for a good goal and a better world. Let’s learn to see the possibilities of our own actions, and that will also strengthen our faith in the future.

The Ministry of Education and Culture has been thinking about the school of the future. The ministry believes that schools must change with the world.

Apartments for rent in Rovaniemi

The next news is from Lapland.

Many foreign tourists come to Lapland in winter.

Many people in Rovaniemi rent out their apartments to tourists. In December, Rovaniemi residents earned almost 22 million euros in rental money from tourists.

Tiina Ylikangas rents an apartment to tourists in Rovaniemi:

– I love traveling and I do this so I can travel myself. I have a trip to Jamaica booked. The other thing is the feedback I get from tourists and meeting them, I like that.

Bronze medal for Eero Hirvonen

Now sports.

Eero Hirvonen was 3rd in the combined normal hill race at the Olympics. Hirvonen’s medal is Finland’s 1st of these Olympics. Ilkka Herola was 5th in the same combined race.

In men’s ice hockey, Finland’s tournament started badly. Finland lost to Slovakia 4-1. Finland will next play Sweden. The game is on Friday.

In figure skating ice dance, the Finnish pair Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis were in 12th place.

In biathlon Suvi Minkkinen was 20th in the standard distance competition.

Weather

Still a weather forecast.

Tomorrow, Friday, the sun will shine in almost the entire country. It may be cloudy in places in the north and on the south coast. The weather will also get colder in the south by the end of the week.