A new 'rage room' in Finland's capital allowing clients to vent their post-pandemic anger with a baseball bat is proving a smash hit among the Nordic country's women. The venture has been fully booked since opening this summer, with frustrations caused by the pandemic the main causes of clients' anger, but with a divorce-themed smash-up room also proving popular. Although rage rooms exist elsewhere, notably in the US, the idea of founding one in Helsinki had a particular resonance for 44-year-old founder Janne Raninen, who has spent almost his entire adult life in prison, including for two gang-related murders, and wanted to create an outlet for people to safely channel their aggression. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES