Historic eastern Finnish monastery still offers solitude and creative energy
Travellers and believers seek out Valamo Monastery in eastern Finland for prayer, solitude and creative inspiration. More than 110,000 people visit each year.
Coffee, machines and an array of parties go into Finland’s parliamentary election
On April 14, 2019, Finland holds its parliamentary election, with about a dozen parties that have a realistic chance of winning seats. Coffee and interactive online resources (often referred to as “election machines”) may play a part.
Home crowd cheers as Finland hosts World Hockey Championship
Finnish fans know their hockey, and they expect great games from their team as Finland challenges the US and Canada at the Women’s World Ice Hockey Championship, held just outside Helsinki.
At Finland’s high schools, wild winter party precedes study break
Finnish tradition dictates that in mid-February, students in their last year of high school start their study break with a great big party. Meanwhile, the students below them celebrate their new status as the eldest kids in the building by dancing.
On a midwinter afternoon in Finland, a Chinese ice hockey squad from Beijing, boys ages 14 to 15, bounded off the team bus and through shin-deep snow on their way to play their contemporaries from Helsinki.
From good to “goodest”: Finland tops the Good Country Index
Finland is number one in the newest Good Country Index, which seeks to measure “what each country on earth contributes to the good of humanity.” We talk to the index’s creator, Simon Anholt, about what it means to be “goodest.”
