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Learning unleashed: 11 ways Finland's kindergartens win

Learning unleashed: 11 ways Finland's kindergar...

Finland's education system consistently ranks among the best in the world. The foundation for that ranking isn't built in secondary school or university, it's built in the years before formal...

Learning unleashed: 11 ways Finland's kindergar...

Finland's education system consistently ranks among the best in the world. The foundation for that ranking isn't built in secondary school or university, it's built in the years before formal...

Finnish woman in a Pretty Okay t-shirt walking through Tampere city centre with a tram in the background

Saunas to Sisu: 15 Enchanting Traits of Finnish...

Finnish women don't do performance. They don't inflate themselves, soften themselves or rehearse themselves for your comfort. What you see is what you get and what you get is usually...

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Saunas to Sisu: 15 Enchanting Traits of Finnish...

Finnish women don't do performance. They don't inflate themselves, soften themselves or rehearse themselves for your comfort. What you see is what you get and what you get is usually...

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freshly picked blue berries from Finnish forest, photo by Joel Willans

Curiosities Exposed: 23 Surprising Things Finns...

Every country has its quirks. Finland just has more of them or at least more unusual ones. From outdoor baby napping in sub-zero temperatures to a near-religious relationship with silence,...

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Curiosities Exposed: 23 Surprising Things Finns...

Every country has its quirks. Finland just has more of them or at least more unusual ones. From outdoor baby napping in sub-zero temperatures to a near-religious relationship with silence,...

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Surviving 15 Finnish culture shocks: A foreigner's guide

Surviving 15 Finnish culture shocks: A foreigne...

Finland has a habit of surprising people. Not with drama, Finns aren't really into drama, but with a quiet consistency that turns out to be completely different from what most...

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Surviving 15 Finnish culture shocks: A foreigne...

Finland has a habit of surprising people. Not with drama, Finns aren't really into drama, but with a quiet consistency that turns out to be completely different from what most...

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Two young Finns laughing at a phone in Helsinki

12 Finnish Language Memes to Make You Laugh Out...

Finnish is one of the world's most unusual languages. These 12 memes prove exactly why, from kuusi palaa to kalsarikännit.

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12 Finnish Language Memes to Make You Laugh Out...

Finnish is one of the world's most unusual languages. These 12 memes prove exactly why, from kuusi palaa to kalsarikännit.

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Finnish man relaxing with a drink on a sunny city bar terrace in summer

Finland's Complicated Love Affair with Alcohol

Finns drink 10.4 litres of alcohol per year. They buy roughly a third of all the booze sold in Estonia, a country they are technically not supposed to be stocking...

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Finland's Complicated Love Affair with Alcohol

Finns drink 10.4 litres of alcohol per year. They buy roughly a third of all the booze sold in Estonia, a country they are technically not supposed to be stocking...

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