Across the timeline from 1982 to 2023, Yle Areena has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Premiering in 1982 and 1993, Reinikainen and Hunajan maku are among Yle Areena’s most celebrated shows. As of June 2025, we’ve curated over 20 of Yle Areena’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure.
The name of the person is a thirtysomething, work shy and relaxed Kimmo.
A satirical spy comedy. Aleksis Nyqvist, an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is pushed to the head of Finland's newly founded secret service, when a suitable dummy is needed for the position. However, Nyqvist identifies with his role too well and accidentally causes a security political crisis - and soon Helsinki is swarming with secret agents. How is Nyqvist doing?
Follow the life and adventures of curious, kind and idealistic Moomintroll. A typical hero in a coming-of-age story, Moomintroll tries to tackle the puzzle of growing up to his true, individualistic self while remaining a beloved part of the family.
The work and life of Finnish police officer Artturi Sakari Reinikainen.
One night on a cruise ship between Helsinki and Stockholm, six stories of happiness and misfortune.
Three workers die in a mysterious explosion accident deep down in a mine shaft. The incident is obscured, but rumors begin to spread about a find that no one can explain.
Two murders shake the Finnish community of Fuengirola, a group that made this tiny corner of Málaga their own little Finnish paradise on the shores of the Mediterranean. Hilkka Mäntymäki, a veteran crime detective aged 60, is travelling from Helsinki to help the local police on a case that will soon claim new victims. Because escaping the cold and the dark is much easier than leaving your own past behind.
Oona (20-something) runs a small coffee shop in the heart of hipsteresque Kallio district in Helsinki. Oona’s is not really the classic entrepreneur type: she’s often late to work and throws out customers she dislikes. She’s also constantly in a state of existential crisis over what she should become and whether she’s a somebody or just a nobody. Oona’s best friend is Arttu, a 25 y.o. gay artist-dj-creator-whatever. Together they hate, love, party and cry and try to become adults.
Police work, boxing and family life in Lapland! Maria Pudas (Saara Kotkaniemi), a former boxing world champion, investigates crimes with her partner Samu Pajala (Karim Rapatti) in Lapland. The life of Maria's cordial and slightly chaotic family (Iina Kuustonen, Eero Saarinen, Katariina Kaitue and Heikki Ranta) changes when Maria's father Esko has a seizure and it is revealed that he has debts of 500,000 euros. In order to save her family, Maria decides to return to the ring once more, and to resolve the situation, only victory matters.
Two friends from a small village chase their dream of becoming world famous gangsta rappers.
Samu and Joona are an inseparable couple, each other's only friends. They don’t leave each other in the lurch, even if they run the risk of getting fired from school or a badge in their buttocks. In fact, the boys are so intertwined that they are willing to do anything to be together. Like breaking into the principal’s office, lapping at millionaires, escaping half-brother Mark from the grenade, or being buried alive.
Young couple, graffiti artist Asta and skateboarder Joona are planning to leave their small hometown and move abroad to study and experience the world. Things get complicated when they find out that Asta is pregnant. Is it possible to conquer the world and have a baby at the same time?