Alabama football offensive lineman Olaus Alinen hails from Finland, which borders Sweden and Russia ― 5,000 miles and 12 flight hours away from Tuscaloosa ― and is home to population of about six ...

Aurora borealis are a regular feature in the night sky in the north of Finland. With political and social tensions rising in many parts of the world, it seems that more people are considering a fresh ...

Petri Kokkonen is a wilderness guide and entrepreneur based in Lapland. In 2018, Kokkonen traded city life for a remote cabin in the Finnish wilderness. Kokkonen said he never felt truly happy living ...

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Credit: pexels Jobs in Finland tend to stay within strict time boundaries. It means that when the workday ends, it actually ends. Long hours aren’t glamorized, and burnout isn’t normalized. Shorter ...

I've been living in Finland, the world's happiest country, for five years now. I think one of the secrets to the happiness of the Finnish people is the country's work culture. Getting work here as a ...

On my first inhale after leaving the puddle jumper that had brought us to the Kittila Airport, my nose hairs froze. Despite it being 9 a.m., the stars still winked overhead, here at the top of the ...

What’s the secret to happiness? If you ask a Finn, it might just start with an outdoor hike followed by a cold plunge. Finland has once again clinched the top spot on the World Happiness Report — for ...