My great-great-grandfather (Axel Laine, a Finnish immigrant) and his wife bought 100 acres of heavily forested land adjoining a small lake near Bigfork, Minn., in 1949. While he engaged in logging and ...

Near Helsinki, expat designer Jussi-Pekka Kajaala and Olympic medalist Adam Rippon build a tiny summerhouse dedicated to Finland’s favorite pastime. A view of the sauna building before the patio and ...

When Kal Barker's parents got married one of the most important first tasks for his dad was to build his new Finnish wife a sauna; in their Cheshire farmhouse. Kal explains: "The sauna was Mum's first ...

When Skywheel Helsinki, Finland’s answer to the London Eye, opened up two years ago, it was immediately clear that something was missing. “Many of the Finns who came were asking for a sauna,” Heikki ...

As the cab slows to a stop, I scrape some of Jack Frost’s handiwork from the window and peer into the depths of the polar night. We’re only 15 minutes from the center of Helsinki, yet dense forest ...

An unusual piece of Olympic history is to be protected for future generations. Tucked away in the grounds of Cobdown House, in Ditton, is a modest prefabricated wooden hut which was Finland’s ...

Finland’s Skywheel Helsinki is set to steal London Eye’s thunder with the launch of SkySauna, the world’s first sauna cabin mounted on an observation wheel. Due to launch next month, each cabin will ...

Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamaki and Milla Selkimaki have built a self-sufficient summer house on the five-acre island they own on the edge of Finland's Archipelago National Park. Called Project Ö, ...

We used to draw names at Christmas for an adult gift exchange. Two years ago, I drew my brother-in-law's name. He is a contractor and carpenter. I gave him a coffee table-style photo book of Finnish ...