Beyond, up a gentle slope, looms Russia. Finns used to drive across here to fill up on half-price gasoline. That was before ...

Tim Bird’s new book, Happy Land, reflects a life of observing, photographing and finding contentment in Finland. It holds ...

Behind every productive shift lies a quiet battle, one that is redefining how mining companies approach maintenance and ...

Two Finnish radio enthusiasts captured the signal of 1 kW Michigan AM station 1340 WCHB(AM) from a remote cabin some 4,200 ...

Juhani Karila grew up in a corner of Lapland so quiet that his imagination became loud. Decades later, it has helped him become one of Finland’s most distinctive literary voices.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hovercraft is one of the speediest – and most fun – ways to navigate Helsinki's frozen archipelago (Annabel Grossman/The ...

I have 24 hours to explore the Finnish city of Kuopio. Kuopio is a city in central Finland surrounded by Lake Kallavesi. In ...

A heavy low-pressure system along the Norwegian coast is bringing windy weather to Finland. Strong gusts have already reached the fells of Lapland and parts of Ostrobothnia.

When I realized the end of a major solar cycle was drawing near, I wanted to make an attempt to see the northern lights again. I decided to book a short-notice trip to Lapland in northern Finland, as ...

Where soup, sauna and salt turn cold into culture ...

The reason I’m in a deeply relaxed, almost meditative, state rather than suffering from early-stage hypothermia is that I’m fully kitted out in a bright-orange neoprene survival suit. Used by the crew ...