Rooted in functionality and accessibility, these creations do more than serve a purpose. They celebrate life’s simple ...

Step into Helsinki’s underground rave culture: secret locations, forest dance floors and a community built on music, unity ...

Turku Castle has survived fire, war, decay and prison bars to become a symbol of Finnish history and identity.

1. Santa Claus really does live in Finland! According to Finnish tradition, Santa’s original home is on Korvatunturi, a remote peak in Finnish Lapland, tucked away north of the Arctic Circle.

For many Finns, winter is the time for swimming in freezing water, in holes cut in the ice. There’s even a national championship. What on earth makes people want to do this? From late autumn until ...

Finnish culinary culture is infused with the natural flavours of the northern latitudes. It tells the story of a people who went from forest livelihoods to active interaction with neighbouring ...

Finland boasts a staggering 188,000 lakes, which provide a focus for leisure activities all year round. We also look at how a tunnel connected to Finland’s deepest lake demonstrates a pioneering ...

In 1906, the Finnish Parliament became the first in the world to allow all women to run for office. In 1906 Finland’s national assembly, Eduskunta in Finnish, became the first parliament in the world ...

Books are close to the Finns’ hearts. On average, every Finn buys four books and borrows a dozen from the library each year. Literature is close to the Finns’ hearts, today perhaps more than ever.

The Swedish-speaking Finnish trio KAJ represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest with a cheerful sauna song that was the hot favourite to win the final last May. In the end, they came in fourth ...

Уходящие корнями в функциональность и доступность эти творения не просто выполняют какую-либо конкретную роль. Они воздают ...