Nearly every household has one, and no Finnish summer is complete without a dip in the sea as a break from the steamy heat. This sauna sat right on the shoreline. I stepped into its 176-degree ...

The temperature is raised mainly by warm airflows from the Atlantic, and also by the Baltic Sea. With climate changes, Finland's temperatures in both winter and summer have also been increasing ...

Today, the island is more than 5m above sea level. One sweep of ... council of local fishermen elected every summer. The tradition dates to 1771 when Finland was under Swedish rule and King ...