The Finnish are well known for their minimalist, no-frills approach to life, which is reflected in their ever-present attention to design in architecture, fashion, furniture, transportation, and so on ...

SAGINAW — Looking to celebrate the longest day of the year Finnish-style? The Finlandia Foundation Northland has you covered with its annual Juhannus celebration Saturday from 1-4 p.m. at Sampo Beach, ...

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 ...

Half a decade on from COVID-19 lockdowns and the debate around workplace culture persists, with companies and employees as divided as ever. Since the 2024 elections, JPMorgan and Amazon's office staff ...

Perrin Gill, left, displays a Finnish tin dropping while Mae Fahey sits in on the presentation at The Boxberry School in Harrison. Recently, Dale Piirainen, president of the Finnish American Heritage ...

This year, Oulu, Finland, and Trencin, Slovakia, will become Europe's cultural flagships. Learn more about how Europe's ...

BATTLE GROUND — When Markku Kesala sees a sauna, all he can think is that it’s time to play the music and light the lights. “Growing up in Finland, my family would sauna together every Friday,” Kesala ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN) – Finnish culture is a part of the Upper Peninsula. Whether it’s the food, the festivals, or the saunas, the impact of the people who left their home country in search of ...

PALO - Outside the Loon Lake Community Center on Sunday afternoon, children and their parents lined up and readied their toboggans and sleds for a speedy trip down an icy track. Inside, vendors sold ...

When her car license plate fell off in the middle of a snowy winter, Nga called her boyfriend Paul Vainio for help, but he did not come, a response quite different from how Vietnamese men might react.