Finland: City of Vantaa awards Käärijä with one year rent-free apartment
Finland continues showing appreciation to their 2023 Eurovision representative. Käärijä has become a music heroe after his Eurovision participation in Liverpool where he won the televote and overall finished in second place, Finland’s best result in the contest since 2006.
The city of Vantaa announced that it will award Käärijä with a rent-free apartment for one year. The singer whose real name is Jere Pöyhönen, said previously that he would like to move back to Vantaa where he spent most of his childhood.
The city of Vantaa will give Käärijä a one year rent-free apartment as a recognition for Käärijä’s outstanding services to the City of Vantaa”. Käärijä received the keys of his new apartment from the Deputy Mayor of the city’s urban environment unity in a special ceremony.
“Home in Vantaa always feels so much more like home” Käärijä
But the celebrations did not end there. The city has commissioned the painting of a mural that will honor the Finnish representative for Eurovision 2023. Käärijä was also awarded with “The Vantaa medal” for his achievements.
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Source: Yle
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