Five famous Finns reveal their festival faves. During the summer months in Finland, you can visit a different festival almost every day, and the events calendar continues into the autumn and beyond.
This selection of hotel accommodation ranges from Finland’s southernmost shores all the way to Finnish Lapland in the north, with something for every season.
Mayday, mayday: Things get crazy in Finland around May 1
It wouldn’t be a lie simply to say that Finnish people celebrate May Day, but it wouldn’t be the whole truth, either. They really let loose, and we’ve got it on video.
Spring is sweet in Finland: funnel cakes, doughnuts and mead for May Day
What’s a funnel cake, what’s the Finnish version of it, and when is it culturally appropriate to eat one? We delve into the delicacies of May Day, which is, by far, the biggest, craziest party of the year in Finland.
It’s practically springtime in Finland, and that means Easter and hidden Easter eggs. We went around the Finnish capital and further afield with dozens of candy eggs a couple days before Easter.
Grab your skateboard: Finnish architect creates sculpted skate-scapes
For Helsinkian Janne Saario, a childhood passion for skateboarding led to a pro career. Later he became one of the few architects in the world to focus on site-specific skateparks as high-quality urban spaces that inspire skaters and flow with the landscape.
Finnish hobbyhorse phenomenon gains new ground at a gallop
The Finns didn’t invent the stick horse, but they reinvented it. The new version, and the culture, skill, sport and online presence that surround it, have little resemblance to the simple toys you may remember from your childhood.
Newsletter subscription
Hear the latest news from finland.fi by subscribing to our newsletter.
ThisisFINLAND.fi is produced within the
communications department of Finland’s
Ministry for Foreign Affairs. For more
about the ministry’s data protection
policies, see its data protection info page.
