We fly into Helsinki from a country beset by fresh fears of terrorism. At Edinburgh Airport, snowploughs ring-fence the departures hall and police have banned cars. The queue of traffic is so bad that ...
I AM holding my breath as I plunge into the icy cold sea water off Uunisaari, a tiny snow- covered island in the middle of Helsinki. Snowflakes gather on my shoulders as I shiver and tread water, take ...
What’s the big difference between an American sauna experience and a Finnish one? Clothes. I found out on Friday when my friend and I visited the new Kulttuurisauna, which opened last month. I checked ...
HELSINKI (AFP) - Is stripping down and getting sweaty with strangers your kind of thing? In Finland, despite an astounding 2 million private saunas, the hottest trend sweeping the sweat tank loving ...
The lobby of the Loyly sauna, which opened in Helsinki in 2016. Photo Credit: Pekka Keranen The water hit me like a thousand needles. It wasn't uncomfortable, just shocking. Then again, I think that ...
The sauna culture here is no secret. The tradition is so central to Finnish lives that in 2020 it was added to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. There are Finnish people alive ...
The elegant and spacious setting captures the heart of novelist Maggie O'Farrell We fly into Helsinki from a country beset by fresh fears of terrorism. At Edinburgh Airport, snowploughs ring-fence the ...
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