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The Country Where Sweets Happen on Saturdays

There is a quiet rhythm to a Finnish week that most visitors never notice. It builds towards Saturday. Go into a Finnish supermarket late on a Saturday afternoon and you...

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Every Milestone Is Marked with Coffee

This time of year, two kinds of orders come through the same till. One customer wants candles for a cake with a number on it and asks, laughing a little,...

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The Party Where the Math Never Works Out

🦞 The party where the math never works out By late August, a certain kind of table has started appearing in Finnish gardens and rented function rooms: paper cloth, paper...

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The End of Summer Has a Date

📅 The End of Summer Has a Date In the last week of August, the light through the shop window still lands warm at midday, the door propped open exactly...

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The Wall Where Finnish Children Learn to Choose

There is a wall in every Finnish supermarket that does not look like much until someone stands in front of it. Rows of clear bins, each one lit slightly differently,...

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