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My first Finnish Christmas: Cold but cosy

An Englishman who has lived in Helsinki for decades recalls the magic of his first Christmas in Finland.

Christmas Santa Claus

Finland’s ambassador of Christmas

Santa’s an ambassador of Christmas, telling kids across the world about snow, elves, reindeer and more.

Christmas Cuisine

Oh-so-sweet Finnish Christmas!

Finnish Christmas is filled with mouth-watering treats and taste-bud-tickling delicacies. Beware of the sugar rush!

December 24

Santa Claus arrives with the presents on Christmas Eve, not Christmas Day

Christmas Christmas traditions

Calm and harmony: A relaxing sauna continues to be a Finnish Christmas tradition

A steaming hot sauna, softly illuminated and filled with the fragrant aroma of birch leaves, is a centuries-old Finnish tradition intended to bring calmness, harmony and peace before the start of Christmas celebrations.

Christmas Christmas cuisine

A Finnish chef puts a fresh spin on Christmas recipes

We meet chef Timo Lepistö to get some refreshing new versions of Finnish Christmas recipes and discuss his favourite things about Christmas in Finland, in an article that is sure to make you hungry.

483 m (1,437 ft)

Height of Korvatunturi, the peak where Santa lives in Finnish Lapland

Christmas Christmas fun

That time Santa Claus visited Finland’s Twitter chat

Santa Claus himself took part in ThisisFINLAND’s Twitter chat just a short while before Christmas, and you can still read his posts online.

Christmas Christmas fun

Artificial intelligence helps Santa in Finnish Christmas videos

Santa has installed several artificial-intelligence innovations to help keep gift deliveries rolling. But as ThisisFINLAND’s videos show, he still has the answers when the machines are stumped.

Christmas Music

Finland’s heavy-metal stars reveal their lighter side at Christmas

Getting together with friends and family during the Christmas season is always special, and heavy metal musicians are no exception – even if, on stage, they are bad boys and girls all year long.

Christmas Christmas fun

The Finland emojis take off on Christmas adventures

ThisisFINLAND proudly presents four short animated videos that celebrate the Finnish Christmas season.

Christmas Santa Claus

Amid preparations at home in Finland, Santa says Christmas deliveries will go ahead

Approaching the end of another year filled with coronavirus concerns and travel restrictions, Santa Claus wants everyone to know that he will not be deterred from delivering presents to the world’s children.

Christmas Christmas traditions

Old-fashioned Christmas fun in Helsinki

Thousands of Helsinki families enjoy traditional outdoor fun and games every December at the Seurasaari Christmas Path.

My first Finnish Christmas: Cold but cosy

Finland’s ambassador of Christmas

Oh-so-sweet Finnish Christmas!

Calm and harmony: A relaxing sauna continues to be a Finnish Christmas tradition

A Finnish chef puts a fresh spin on Christmas recipes

That time Santa Claus visited Finland’s Twitter chat

Artificial intelligence helps Santa in Finnish Christmas videos

Finland’s heavy-metal stars reveal their lighter side at Christmas

The Finland emojis take off on Christmas adventures

Amid preparations at home in Finland, Santa says Christmas deliveries will go ahead

Old-fashioned Christmas fun in Helsinki

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