Society Archives

Learning Finnish graduation hat tricks

The Finnish high school graduation cap is more than just a white hat with a narrow black visor, and its use isn’t limited to graduation ceremonies. The subtleties and peculiarities of this particular headwear need some explanation.

Life & society Society

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.

Life & society Politics

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.

Life & society Sports

For Finland and China, hockey is a contact sport

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.

Life & society Society

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.”

Life & society Society

Helsinki invests in its people with a library that reinvents the genre

Helsinki’s new central library, Oodi, is the place to go if you want to read a book, meet up with your friends, borrow a cello or cut metal with lasers.

Life & society Society

A Finn in America ponders the luxury of enjoying life

Anu Partanen is the author of “The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life,” comparing everyday life in the US and the Nordic region.

Life & society Slideshows

On the streets of Finland

What does easy living mean to you?

Society

Learning Finnish graduation hat tricks

Historic eastern Finnish monastery still offers solitude and creative energy

Coffee, machines and an array of parties go into Finland’s parliamentary election

For Finland and China, hockey is a contact sport

From good to “goodest”: Finland tops the Good Country Index

Helsinki invests in its people with a library that reinvents the genre

A Finn in America ponders the luxury of enjoying life

On the streets of Finland

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