The two main influences on the Finnish food culture were Sweden on the Western parts of the country and Russia in Eastern-Finland. Since Finland was not a very rich country until the end of the Second World War, Finnish people had to use what they could produce locally because most of the...
Hibernation: please remember that Moomins sleep all winter and don't come out of hibernation until February Finland'sSauna Cultureis ubiquitous - there are over 3 million saunas for a population of under 5½ million!Some saunasare adventures in themselves. ...
Silence festival gathers the most interesting performances and artists from Finland and abroad to Lapland. The multidisciplinary program of art and culture is spread in and around the small village of Kaukonen. This year's festival will feature six circus acts (four of which are new premieres comm...
where they tested the famous Finnish smoke-sauna in the evening and the next morning. Here, they experienced how much sauna means to the people and their every-day life as well as how interesting it is even for young children. Eventually, they had the ...
Site of the December 1916 skirmish: Simon Meadow – Eight men hidden in the Sauna were discovered by a Russian NCO and his men. In an exchange of gunfire at dawn one man fell on the step, two were captured.Around August-September 1915 the voluntary legal status of the Finnish volunteers ...
And that the culture that “recycles” dancers too quickly (discarding new hires for newer hires) must be rethought. “This company has such potential,” said Krcmar, the company’s lead danseur noble. That assessment was borne out during the weeklong Helsinki International Ballet Competition, ...