Clear News | Friday 17.7.2026

Rental apartments. Parliament and the Garden project. Strawberry shortage. Saturday weather.

Rental apartments

Initially, the topic is rental housing.

There is a lot of demand for rental apartments now.

The rental housing market is at its busiest time of the year. Almost 60,000 new students are looking for housing in July and August.

Oskari Kurki, 19, is looking for an apartment in Tampere. He has received a study place at the University of Tampere.

A suitable rental apartment has not yet been found. Kurki is surprised at how difficult it is to find an apartment.

There is a lot of demand for rental apartments now.

The most expensive places to rent are in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku.

Parliament and the Garden project

Then the topic is politics.

Parliament will discuss the controversy surrounding the Helsinki Garden project on Tuesday.

Speaker Jussi Halla-aho has summoned Parliament to a meeting. This will interrupt the Parliament’s summer recess.

Interrupting the summer recess of Parliament is rare.

The government will issue a statement on the funding decision for the Garden project at the session. After that, Parliament can vote on the government’s confidence.

Parliament will discuss the controversy surrounding the Helsinki Garden project on Tuesday.

The government has received a lot of criticism for supporting the Garden project, a project in which private companies want to build a new multi-purpose hall in Helsinki.

Strawberry shortage

Finally, the topic is strawberry.

There is a strawberry shortage in some places in Finland.

There are fewer strawberries on sale now than usual in July.

The heavy rains of recent days have destroyed the open-field strawberry crop. The cool weather has also slowed down the ripening of strawberries at times.

There is a strawberry shortage in some places in Finland.

Strawberries are also expensive. For example, a 5-kilo box of strawberries can cost 60 euros.

Saturday weather

Still a weather forecast.

Rain is becoming more common in Finland. It is still warm in the south.

In the north it is dry, meaning it doesn’t rain.

It will rain a lot on Sunday.