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Finland has a long history of communicating astronomy to the public. Finland also (allegedly!) has the largest number of amateur astronomers per capita in the world. The nationally operating Ursa Astronomical Association is currently the most active and versatile it’s ever been during its over a hundred years of activities.
We must be doing something right! So what have we been doing?
The core of our activities is astronomy communication. Amateur astronomy in Finland is these days well established and quite visible. There is lots of accurate information about astronomy available in Finnish. There are many ways to be an “amateur astronomer”, even if you don’t care for telescopes. And the Nordic sky offers plenty of phenomena to observe all year round. The stars – and all celestial phenomena – truly belong to everyone.