A human-size Moomin house is a popular attraction at the Moomin World theme park in Finland. With its own distinct language and quirky traditions, Finland is in many ways the odd one out of the Nordic ...

Finland has been ranked the world's happiest country for the last seven years. The country benefits from high levels of social trust and a strong connection with nature. Finnish culture also has ...

Finland doesn’t shout for attention. It doesn’t need to. The country earns its reputation quietly, through birch forests that shift color with the seasons, lakes that hold the sky like mirrors, and a ...

I hadn’t heard of Oulu until I was invited to attend the remarkable celebratory inauguration of its official designation as one of the two 2026 European Capitals of Culture. Oulu, along with 39 ...

Following an opening festival last weekend, Oulu in Finland is now the newest European Capital of Culture for 2026. Taking over from Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy, the first ...

Not too long ago, Finland was the model for how a wealthy, egalitarian culture could be pro-family and thus have a lot of babies. “Finnish baby boxes” were held up as a synecdoche of how a social ...

Finland is famous for its snow-covered villages, which are nothing short of a winter wonderland. These villages provide a ...

Turku Cathedral is a landmark of this Finnish city. As with all of the Nordic region, Finland is known for its striking natural beauty. Lakes and forests cover much of the country, yet the majority of ...

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Editor’s Note: Laura Houseley is the editor-in-chief of Modern Design Review. Is there any other nation that loves its libraries as much as Finland? In 2016, the Finnish Ministry of Education and ...