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 ...

A visit to the dairy section of a Finnish supermarket can initially be an overwhelming experience, with a range of products that may seem unfamiliar at first glance. We shed some light on the Finnish ...

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

Lions roar, owls swoop, wolves howl – and so do Finnish national sports teams. In Finland, naming your team after a wild animal is part of the game. Lions, Wolf Pack, Eagle-Owls and Boreal Owls.

Beneath Helsinki’s streets lies a second city that is carefully planned and actively used. From playgrounds to rehearsal rooms, the Finnish capital has turned preparedness into part of everyday urban ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...