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Finnish military fosters future leaders
Finnish military fosters future leaders
Life & societySociety

Finnish military fosters future leaders

What’s it like to do military service in Finland? A Finnish woman and a Finnish Nicaraguan man describe their experiences.

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Smart Finnish nature app acts as a guide
NatureGate, website, app, nature photography, guide, species identification, Finland, English, Finnish, Swedish, French, German, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian
Life & societyEnvironment

Smart Finnish nature app acts as a guide

Slideshow and video: Multilingual Finnish app NatureGate makes it easy to identify and learn about plants and animals.

Tagged in EnvironmentFun
Finland sings crayfish-party praises
crayfish parties, celebrations, drinking, singing, schnapps, beer, crustaceans, Helsinki, Espoo, Finland
Life & societyCuisine

Finland sings crayfish-party praises

Our American reporter discovers camaraderie and unexpected culinary experiences at traditional crayfish parties.

Tagged in CuisineFun
Mysterious names on the map of Finland
Finnish place-names, map of Finland, Sámi, Swedish, Sveaborg, Viapori, Suomenlinna, Borgå, Porvoo, Tampere, Lahti, Kotka, Kolari, Varkaus, Pohja, Arabia, Rovaniemi
Life & societyLanguage

Mysterious names on the map of Finland

A city called Theft, a bay on Water Lake, a town called Crash: translating Finnish place-names yields entertaining results.

Tagged in LanguageTravel
Taste the summer in Finland
Finnish summer cuisine recipes, vegetable soup, kesäkeitto, midsummer pancakes, muurinpohjalettu, new potatoes, pikeperch, smoked fish, herring, nettles, sausages, summer cottage, Finland
Life & societyCuisine

Taste the summer in Finland

The Finnish summer means long days outside, summer cottages and fresh, seasonal cuisine (article includes recipes).

Tagged in Cuisine
Helsinki hip: Harbours become houses
Helsinki neighbourhoods, future, futuristic, development, housing, Arabianranta, Jätkäsaari, Kalasatama, construction, innovation, Loppukiri, Kallio, Sörnäinen, Finland
Life & societySociety

Helsinki hip: Harbours become houses

Three new neighbourhoods show how the Finnish capital is innovating to meet the needs of a growing urban population.

Tagged in DesignSociety
Go local in Finnish market halls
Finnish market halls, Helsinki, Old Market Hall, Hakaniemi, Vaasa, Kuopio, Tampere, Turku, Finland, local goods, food, produce, vegetables
Life & societySlideshows

Go local in Finnish market halls

Photo show: Finland’s market halls form temples for local food and products. We capture their colour across the country.

Tagged in FoodSlideshows
Waiter, 200-year-old champagne, please
Life & societyCuisine

Waiter, 200-year-old champagne, please

On Finland’s autonomous Åland Islands, we taste champagne that spent nearly 200 years in a shipwreck on the floor of the Baltic Sea.

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