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.

In 1809 Finland was annexed by the Russian Empire and became an autonomous Grand Duchy. Until then Finland had been an integral part of the Swedish realm for more than 600 years. Finland’s destiny was ...

Pick them yourself or buy them at the market: the season for berries and mushrooms lasts through summer and autumn. Nordic growing conditions are harsh yet productive. The berries and mushrooms that ...

Hän is the gender-neutral Finnish personal pronoun that treats everyone equally. In the Finnish language, personal pronouns (words used as substitutes for a person’s name, such as he and she) do not ...

Whether in town or out in the country, Finnish people live side by side with nature. Even the largest cities have natural areas accessible by public transport, and the countryside is never far away, ...

A wooden house is known to be a pleasant, quiet and healthy environment. Finland boasts an especially great number of public construction projects using logs. “Interest in timber construction is ...

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.

Finnish happiness expresses itself in one little word, onni – and a host of other words and expressions derived from it. In English, “four-letter word” is a euphemism for “swear word.” Long ago, ...

Something you can try at home: We present the best of traditional Finnish cooking in recipe format. Cook the vegetables in their skin well beforehand until just tender. Peel the vegetables and onion, ...

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 ...