{"id":20889,"date":"2025-08-22T14:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.france.fi\/culture\/inauguration-de-linstitut-francais-de-finlande\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:04:08","slug":"opening-of-the-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.france.fi\/en\/culture\/opening-of-the-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of the French Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Join us for the official opening of the renewed French Institute on Thursday, September 4th, from 17.30 to 21.00!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(Re)discover our library, meet new people, and find out more about our upcoming events, courses, and activities \u2014 all in a festive and welcoming atmosphere!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the occasion, we\u2019re also thrilled to welcome a very special guest: French author Olivier Norek, whose novel \u201cWinter Warriors\u201d about the Finnish Winter War was recently translated into Finnish. 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