and soon in the eagerly awaited extension of the National Museum of Finland. “You can easily destroy things with light,” Långstedt says. “Instead, we think of comfortable contrast ...

In the lead-up to independence in 1917, Finnish writers, artists and musicians drew on their singular language and regional folklore to assert a distinctive national identity. Architects played ...

As the Norwegian American writer Mikkel Aaland notes in “Sweat,” his 1978 history of global sauna traditions, “No other country has attached so much national pride to their bath.” ...

Finland awaits those who are tired of overly crowded or overly hot (temperature wise, that is) tourist destinations in Europe ...

In 2013, the exhibition “Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland” held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles offered a comprehensive survey of his work, and Finish national stamps featuring Laaksonen's ...

The AP documented 59 incidents in which European governments, prosecutors, intelligence services or other Western officials ...

In 2022, she was one of three Indigenous artists who represented Finland, Norway ... Hindsbo was previously the director of the National Museum, Oslo, which owns the piece Pile o´Sápmi Supreme.

"There is no certain knowledge about the real origin of the name 'Suomi'," Satu Frondelius, National Museum of Finland curator, said in a BBC interview. "One theory is that Suomi comes from the ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

The Finnish National Opera and Ballet has announced its 2025–2026 season which features new contemporary operas, romantic ballet gems, and pulsating street dance The Opera and Ballet season 2025–2026 ...