Yle Radio Suomi Pori streams regional news, talk and programming in Finnish for Pori and the surrounding Satakunta region, part of Finland's most listened radio network. It is free to listen right now, anywhere in the world, no account required.
A Pilot Newsroom for Yle's Regional Network
Pori's regional desk sits inside Yle Radio Suomi, the national network that gives 18 different areas of Finland their own local news and programming rather than one single feed for the whole country. Pori was chosen as one of the pilot areas, alongside Turku, when Yle reworked its regional operating model around mobile journalists producing both local and national content, a structural change that reshaped how the broadcaster covers southwest Finland.
Finland's Jazz Capital
Pori's cultural identity runs through music more than almost any other Finnish city. Pori Jazz has run every year since 1966, when the first two-day festival drew 1,500 visitors to the riverside Kirjurinluoto island. It has since grown into one of the oldest and best known jazz festivals in Europe, now stretching across nine days and pulling in crowds of 50,000 to 60,000. Every July, the city doubles down on that moment by also hosting SuomiAreena, a public debate forum inspired by Sweden's Almedalen Week, timed deliberately to overlap with the festival.
A City Founded by a Duke, Rebuilt by Fire
Pori was established in 1558 by Duke John, who later became King John III of Sweden, giving the city nearly five centuries of history along Finland's western coast. That history has not been gentle: Pori has burned down nine times, a record matched in Finland only by the city of Oulu. Each rebuilding left its mark on the city's layout, and the same resilience shows up in the Satakunta region's continued civic pride during the festival season.
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