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Why Half of Finland Is Named After a Lake
Finnish surnames are landscape paintings in two syllables. How the east and west ran different naming systems, why 25,000 Finns renamed themselves in one spring in 1906 and how Korhonen...
Why Half of Finland Is Named After a Lake
Finnish surnames are landscape paintings in two syllables. How the east and west ran different naming systems, why 25,000 Finns renamed themselves in one spring in 1906 and how Korhonen...
10 Sauna Habits Around the World That Would Hor...
Everywhere the sauna travelled it picked up a local habit that would make a Finn put down the ladle. Ten of them, from the Aufguss to the television.
10 Sauna Habits Around the World That Would Hor...
Everywhere the sauna travelled it picked up a local habit that would make a Finn put down the ladle. Ten of them, from the Aufguss to the television.
15 Things You Should Never Say to a Finn About ...
The rivalry is real, affectionate and absolutely not for outsiders to join in with. Fifteen sentences that will cool a Finnish room, and the history behind each one.
15 Things You Should Never Say to a Finn About ...
The rivalry is real, affectionate and absolutely not for outsiders to join in with. Fifteen sentences that will cool a Finnish room, and the history behind each one.
St. Urho: The Finnish Saint America Had to Invent
Invented in a Minnesota department store in 1956, St. Urho drove imaginary grasshoppers out of Finland to save a grape crop that never existed. The true story of Finnish America's...
St. Urho: The Finnish Saint America Had to Invent
Invented in a Minnesota department store in 1956, St. Urho drove imaginary grasshoppers out of Finland to save a grape crop that never existed. The true story of Finnish America's...
15 Things You Should Never Do in a Finnish Sauna
Nobody will tell you the rules of the Finnish sauna, because to a Finn they are not rules. Fifteen things you must never do, from swimsuits and small talk to...
15 Things You Should Never Do in a Finnish Sauna
Nobody will tell you the rules of the Finnish sauna, because to a Finn they are not rules. Fifteen things you must never do, from swimsuits and small talk to...
Ruska: Why Finland Goes Mad for Ten Days of Autumn
Every September Finland's forests catch cold fire and the whole country goes north to watch. What ruska is, why the peak lasts roughly ten days and how to do the...
Ruska: Why Finland Goes Mad for Ten Days of Autumn
Every September Finland's forests catch cold fire and the whole country goes north to watch. What ruska is, why the peak lasts roughly ten days and how to do the...
