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23 fun facts about the Finnish language
Finnish is one of the most distinctive languages on earth, structurally unlike almost anything most people have encountered and genuinely fascinating once you get past the initial shock. It has...
23 fun facts about the Finnish language
Finnish is one of the most distinctive languages on earth, structurally unlike almost anything most people have encountered and genuinely fascinating once you get past the initial shock. It has...
Northern Lights in Finland: What Actually Works
The Northern Lights are real. They appear over Finnish Lapland far more often than most visitors imagine, and they are also completely indifferent to your holiday dates, your flight cost...
Northern Lights in Finland: What Actually Works
The Northern Lights are real. They appear over Finnish Lapland far more often than most visitors imagine, and they are also completely indifferent to your holiday dates, your flight cost...
Perkele Meaning: Finland's Most Powerful Word E...
Perkele is a swear word in the way the Baltic is a puddle. It is a fossil, a thunderclap, a compressed piece of Finnish history that survived conversion, modernity and...
Perkele Meaning: Finland's Most Powerful Word E...
Perkele is a swear word in the way the Baltic is a puddle. It is a fossil, a thunderclap, a compressed piece of Finnish history that survived conversion, modernity and...
Comforting korvapuusti: A guide to appreciating...
The korvapuusti is Finland's cinnamon bun, and it is in every café in the country, every morning, ordered alongside coffee without much deliberation. It has its own national day, a...
Comforting korvapuusti: A guide to appreciating...
The korvapuusti is Finland's cinnamon bun, and it is in every café in the country, every morning, ordered alongside coffee without much deliberation. It has its own national day, a...
20 Surprising Facts About Helsinki
Helsinki does not announce itself. No Eiffel Tower, no skyline that sells postcards, no monument it insists you photograph. It just sits on its archipelago looking modest while quietly hoarding...
20 Surprising Facts About Helsinki
Helsinki does not announce itself. No Eiffel Tower, no skyline that sells postcards, no monument it insists you photograph. It just sits on its archipelago looking modest while quietly hoarding...
Meet Ukko: The Finnish god of thunder
Ukko is the supreme deity of Finnish mythology: god of the sky, thunder and agricultural fertility. He predates Christianity in Finland by centuries. His legacy also runs deeper into the...
Meet Ukko: The Finnish god of thunder
Ukko is the supreme deity of Finnish mythology: god of the sky, thunder and agricultural fertility. He predates Christianity in Finland by centuries. His legacy also runs deeper into the...
