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.

Free school meals became available to all elementary school students in Finland in 1948. In the early years, kids’ favorite ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of Finland’s most inspiring celebrations arrives every year on December 6: Independence Day. (Try pronouncing it in Finnish, Itsenäisyyspäivä; or in Swedish, Självständighetsdagen.) Finland became ...