Life & society Archives

Finland sings crayfish-party praises

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

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

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

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

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

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

On iPhone or internet, Nordic Food Glossary brings you all things edible in an array of Nordic languages.

See why Finland places second on the global Good Country Index. It’s about the greater good of humanity and the planet.