A gorgeous building, modern, forward-thinking and offering spaces to develop one's creativity. Everyone is welcome. There are seats, free bathrooms, Wifi and materials for a small fee. Plus books, a cafe and an international vibe.

The initial idea that everyone should hone and develop their creative skills is pioneering but the actual execution is not as inclusive as one may expect. For example, only Finns or those who live in Finland can book the services for 3D printing, music producing studio, and other facilities online. You need a Finnish bank account and ID otherwise it is not possible to book any of the services as a foreign visitor. Not even with a credit card. As a visitor, it is simply not possible and the website hasn't been updated so the information that "even visitors can use it" is inaccurate. I was lucky as I kindly send them an email ahead of my stay in Helsinki and one of the staff took pity and booked me in. But this was a one off. You can be luckily on the day but Oodi is popular and booking any of the services in advance is advisable.

I personally don't like that the bathrooms are unisex, nor that literally everyone is allowed to enter the building. I've seen homeless people and worst, Heroin drug addicts roaming the place. They are low key aggressive, smell and make me feel uneasy. The seats are all dirty and I do not want to know who has sat in them before.

The children's playground is another issue, whilst I have nothing against kids and understand children are part of society, I feel a playground is not appropriate in a library. Especially since it is near the study rooms and people require silence to focus.

Whilst I understand and respect Finland's national value of equality, I feel Oodi is somewhat a strange concept given how Finns are also extremely introverted and not necessarily known for community/Geselligheit and collective sitting on top of one another and listening to each other's pretentious TED talks, when in a tram you'll break about 1000 rules of Finnish social etiquette when daring to occupy the seat next to an introverted Finn.