Finnish Town has Culture on the go with Mobiles

Fancy a dose of culture in the Finnish city of Oulu? According to Reuters, all you need is a mobile phone.

"Get theatre tickets digitally, download a smart video trailer of how the play was directed, order and pay for snacks for the interval and, after a culture-packed night, order a taxi home -- all by just swiping a cellphone over smart tags placed on the menus or around the foyer of the theatre.

The Oulu City Theatre in northern Finland, 600 kilometers (373 miles) north of Helsinki, says it is the world's first cultural institution turn mobile phones into wallets.

... NFC (near-field communication) technology is activated by waving phones over wireless readers, or smart tags, and is widely used in public transport access cards."

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