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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'The Defense of the Sampo,' by early-20th-century Finnish painter Joseph Alanen, was inspired by tales from the Kalevala. Heritage ...

From street festivals to riverside saunas to symphony orchestras, Oulu is making the most out of its year as European Capital ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sound, science and shifting air currents come together in an immersive Finnish installation at the Venice Biennale.

Samu Hällfors is the CEO of Framery, an office soundproofing business in Helsinki. Hällfors mirrors how he runs his company in line with Finnish values like shared responsibility. He said people in ...

HELSINKI, Nov. 8 -- Deep inside a mothballed nuclear fallout shelter in this Nordic capital city, the sound of muffled pistol fire thumps through the walls. About a half-dozen Finns -- including a ...