The Best TV Shows on Yle Areena

Every Yle Areena Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Yle Areena has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1993 all the way to 2023. Notable series such as Metsolat and Milkshake from Yle Areena first graced the screens in 1993 and 1994. Peruse our comprehensive roster of Yle Areena’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of October 2025.

  • Metsolat
    Metsolat (1993)8.5

  • Jopet-show
    Jopet-show (2005)8.0

  • Kimmo
    Kimmo (2012)7.9

    The name of the person is a thirtysomething, work shy and relaxed Kimmo.

  • Ihmisten puolue
    Ihmisten puolue (2008)7.5

  • Unknown Soldier
    Unknown Soldier (2018)7.4

    The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union, from mobilization in 1941 to the Moscow Armistice in 1944. It's a story about how camaraderie, humor, and a desire to survive connect men on their journey. War upends the lives of both the individual soldiers and those left on the home front, and leaves its mark on the entire nation.

  • Moominvalley
    Moominvalley (2019)7.4

    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.

  • Invisible Heroes
    Invisible Heroes (2019)7.4

    Invisible Heroes tells the heroic tale of young Finnish diplomats in Chile during 1973’s infamous military coup. Finnish diplomats Tapani Brotherus and Ilkka Jaamala along with Tapani’s wife Lysa Brotherus helped over 2000 left-wing Chileans escape the military junta’s persecution. The Finns acted without official authorization while Swedish ambassador Harald Edelstam was the most visible defendant of human rights with the backing of Sweden’s Prime Minister, Olof Palme.

  • Modernit miehet
    Modernit miehet (2019)7.3

  • Kaverille ei jätetä
    Kaverille ei jätetä (1999)7.0

  • Siskonpeti
    Siskonpeti (2014)7.0

  • Wingman
    Wingman (2016)6.8

    The series follows the lives of Juha "Juhis" Koski and Tommi Mäkinen-Renwall as neighbours. The men drift too far in their everyday challenges that lead to excessive outcomes. Unwillingly, Tommi and Juhis often find themselves in awkward and embarrassing situations where they are forced to choose one of two bad options. Tommi's wife and Juhis' good friend Harriet does her best to understand the men's antics.

  • Thin Ice
    Thin Ice (2020)6.4

    In Greenland, a climate meeting for the Arctic Council is in the process of agreeing on a new and historic climate agreement that prohibits all environmentally harmful oil drilling in the area when the political advisor to Sweden's Foreign Minister Elsa suddenly disappears during a visit to a research vessel.

  • The Paradise
    The Paradise (2020)6.4

    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.

  • Karjalan kunnailla
    Karjalan kunnailla (2007)6.0

  • 66th North Precinct
    66th North Precinct (2023)5.8

    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.

  • Taivaan tulet
    Taivaan tulet (2007)5.5

  • ADULTS
    ADULTS (2019)5.0

    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.

  • Milkshake
    Milkshake (1994)N/A

  • Tie Eedeniin
    Tie Eedeniin (2003)N/A

  • Kakarat
    Kakarat (2020)N/A

    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?