Clear News | Friday 25.9.2026

Food prices. Textbooks. Finnish Tivoli. Weather.

Food price

Initially, the topic is the price of food.

The price of food is rising.

Pellervo’s economic research firm PTT says that food prices will rise by 1.5 percent this year and 2.5 percent next year.

This year, beef and soft drinks in particular have become more expensive.

Next year, for example, coffee, cocoa and rice are at risk of rising prices. Their harvest prospects are uncertain due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, says PTT.

El Niño causes, for example, heat and drought, heavy rains and floods.

Rising energy and fertilizer prices are also driving up food prices.

Textbooks

Then news about school and learning.

Riihimäki middle schools have returned to using paper books. Digital materials were replaced with traditional books 2 years ago.

The experiences are good, say teachers, students and parents

Students’ concentration has improved and there is more peace in the classroom. It is easier for parents to monitor their children’s development when they have a paper book and notebook.

Riihimäki middle schools are using paper books again.

This is what Kara School 9th grader Eetu Rajala said:

- Concentration is usually a little better with paper books, so if there are those machines, then you can go there on the machine and do something completely different.

Finnish Tivoli

Finally, the topic is the traveling amusement park Tivoli of Finland.

Tivoli Finland is closing down.

Tivoli says it’s out of money. It’s been losing money for 7 years in a row.

The economic difficulties are due, for example, to the coronavirus pandemic and rising costs.

The Finnish Tivoli was open for its last day in Kerava at the beginning of September.

The amusement park toured the country for almost 140 years.

Saturday weather

Still a weather forecast.

Tomorrow, Saturday, there will be scattered showers in many places.

In the east, it will still be breezy during the day, but cloudy.

Starting in the early evening, the rains will become more uniform.

The temperature is between 10 and 15 degrees.