Jumping into lakes, sea and rivers is a shared passion for many Finns.
We asked three of them about their love of swimming. They spoke of relaxing, floating, courage and the soft touch of lake water.

Times have changed since the days when artist Tom of Finland (real name Touko Laaksonen, 1920–1991) needed to destroy his stylised homoerotic images because of the conservative atmosphere in his home ...

La fundadora de Seed Art Studio, Rushan Nasretdin, fabrica tinta a partir de materiales de procedencia local, invitando así a la gente a explorar la naturaleza finlandesa a través del arte y la curios ...

Прыгать в водоемы — увлечение, которое разделяют многие финны.Мы попросили троих из них рассказать об их любви к плаванию. И они рассказали о ...

Почему между Финляндией и Советским союзом в 1941 снова развязалась война? Стал ли причиной фашистский реваншизм, или страх маленькой страны ...

赫尔辛基新落成的颂歌（Oodi）中央图书馆是看书、会友、借大提琴、用激光切割金属的好去处。 芬兰人爱好户外运动，喜欢去森林里散步，这是众所周知的。他们还热衷于玩冰球之类的硬派 ...

Since the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) began in 2000, Finnish 15-year-olds have consistently done well. In the results released in December 2019, Finland lives up to its ...

“Sauna culture in Finland” is on the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. What does that mean, and what does the sauna represent to Finnish people? The Representative List of the Intangible ...

Speed, movement, music and choreography contribute to the growing popularity of synchronised skating, a discipline in which Finland holds multiple world championship medals. The international ...

Yes, of course there are Moomins. The characters that Finnish author and artist Tove Jansson (1914–2001) created are present wherever people display or discuss her work. There’s also much more. You’re ...

The Finnish sauna is getting a makeover as new venues offer creative takes on the traditional steam bath. Here’s a guide to some pretty awesome saunas. Traditional saunas have long been a mainstay of ...

One year when the acclaimed film director Aki Kaurismäki made his annual return to Finland from his winter home in Portugal, he wound up creating a cinema in a disused industrial building. In the ...