Helsinkis head of library services, Katri Vanttinen, said.Silence is not golden -Oodi will have areas walled off for quiet studying, but for everywhere else, there will not be a "silence" rule in force, as is common in libraries.5 million people, named the happiest in the world by the UN earlier this year.Named Oodi -- "ode" in Finnish -- it is intended as a paean to knowledge, learning and equality in what was ranked the worlds most literate country by a 2016 report based on official statistics.As the grand opening approaches, workers are frantically trying to finish the outside of the building. But whereas the parliament building is an austere and imposing hunk of granite, the new library was designed by Finnish firm ALA Architects as a welcoming, undulating structure, clad in 160 kilometres worth (99 miles) of Finnish spruce, drawing people inside with a "warm hug".

The robots will become a familiar sight to the librarys expected 10,000 visitors a day.All are housed on the librarys panoramic top floor: a sweeping 50-metre long space, with glass wood drying kilns Manufacturers walls on all sides supporting a billowing, cloudlike roof. Installing the flowing wood panelling has proven harder than expected in Helsinkis freezing climate."And I think all of these come together to this idea of hope and progress," Laitio said.It is a huge, flowing structure of wood and glass sitting on a prime spot in the city centre, directly opposite the Finnish parliament.As vital as drinking water -Although many countries have been cutting back on library services, Laitio said there were no problems winning political and public backing for the 98-million-euro ($110-million) project, thanks to the value that many Finns place on libraries."It is a house of literature but its also a house of technology, its a house of music, its a house of cinema, its a house of the European Union.

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