From 19th-century gymnastics clubs to today’s ski trails and cycling paths, fitness has long formed part of Finnish life. But ...

Finland has a plan to eradicate longterm homelessness by 2027. We asked three formerly homeless people to share their ...

In Finland, movement is often woven into daily life – not just as exercise, but as a source of fun, resilience and connection ...

Free, equal education for all One of the Finnish education system’s major strengths is its ability to guarantee the same educational opportunities for everyone, regardless of social or economic ...

Finnland hat den Plan, Obdachlosigkeit bis zum Jahr 2027 zu beseitigen. Wir haben drei ehemals Obdachlose gebeten, mit uns ...

Finland is by nature such a complex and diverse country that it is not easy to describe in a single word – except perhaps “contrast”. A world of wild contrasts The most obvious contrast is between the ...

От гимнастических клубов XIX века до современных лыжных трасс и велодорожек, физкультура давно стала неотъемлемой частью ...

Here’s our field guide to the fascinating mythical creatures that might still be lurking out there in Finland’s vast forests, or in the dark depths of a remote lake. Every country’s mythology has its ...

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 ...

The Finnish-Russian border has been redrawn many times during the past. Finland’s eastern border was drawn for the first time between Sweden and Novgorod in 1323 in the Treaty of Nöteborg. It cut ...

Von den Turnvereinen des 19. Jahrhunderts bis hin zu den heutigen Skipisten und Radwegen – Fitness war seit jeher fester ...

Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). This grows in different types of forests all over Finland all the way to Lapland in the far north. In terms of the volume picked, the bilberry is one of the most ...