The world's eyes may be on the Olympics, but Finland dominated another hot competition: the Sauna World Championships. The men's champion stayed in a sauna heated to 230 degrees for more than 18 ...

The Finns and the Russians made it to the end of the song. Their teammates, not so much. The Avalanche’s trip to Finland wouldn’t have been complete without a team visit to the sauna — and an ...

DULUTH — By the time talk turned to the legend of the sauna elf, nothing could have surprised me. Frank Eld, dressed in the traditional dress of Finland's Pohjanmaa region, speaks at the FinnFest ...

Finland, known as the happiest country in the world, has a secret that the rest of the globe has neglected to discover and eagerly pursue. It's a staple of Finnish culture — a way of being — and it's ...

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 ...

Contemporary sweat baths reflect the country’s architectural past — and propose a future in which simple, sustainable buildings can still be sublime. The lowest and coolest area in traditional Finnish ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Finns and the Russians made it to the end of the song. Their teammates, not so much. The Avalanche’s trip to Finland wouldn’t have been complete without ...