''City'' is a

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free-of-charge magazine in various cities in

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. The headquarters is in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

. ''City'' is aimed for the

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population of 18- to 35-year-olds. It has many articles about young adult culture, an up-to-date list of various happenings, and a discussion page which can be contributed to via letters,

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. ''City'' was founded in 1985 by the first

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Eeropekka Rislakki and media academic Kim Weckström, as its purpose to bring to Finland "city culture" that had been mostly missing in that country before. In 1986 the initially subscription based monthly changed format to a free monthly tabloid. The new editor-in-chief Kari Kivelä developed the paper towards a more popular format with a combination fashion-, lifestyle- and entertainment listings content. From 1986 to 2012 the magazine was available in various public places in all of Finland's larger cities, including

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

and

Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...

. Each city had its own localised version of the magazine. In 2012 ''City'' ceased print publication and became an online-only magazine. In 2013 ''City'' was relaunched as a print publication, this time as a subscription rather than publicly available for pick up. The first edition of the relaunched print magazine was sponsored by the Finnish electronics store

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.Jansson, Panu
City-lehti kolahtaa postiluukusta ensi viikolla
''City'' 30 August 2013. Accessed on 27 March 2018. The

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of ''City'' holds various discussion forums and an on-line

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