Stories: Finland

Stories connected to Finland.

• An obstacle race, with another person on board.Wife-carrying is a sport associated with Finland in which a competitor carries a partner through an obstacle…
• He beat a legendary runner. The next morning, he brought him flowers.Finnish runner Frej Liewendahl ended Paavo Nurmi's long winning streak in a 1,000-metre race in the 1920s. Th…
• She had trained for only days. Then she qualified for competition.Solfrid Koanda entered weightlifting in 2020 after a CrossFit coach recruited her. Within days she qualified…
• The Finnish film brought part of its subject to its Rome premiere.For the 2024 Rome screening of 100 Litres of Gold, filmmakers shipped 20 litres of unfermented sahti to Italy…
• A Finnish word for determination has a guts connectionSisu is a Finnish term associated with resolve and persistence under adversity. It is connected to sisus, mea…
• The number matters only for a single fallen pinIn Finnish Mölkky, a single fallen pin scores its printed number; two or more score only the count of fallen…
• The dessert packaging remembers birch barkFinnish mämmi is an Easter dessert made with rye flour and malted rye. It is served cold, often with milk or…
• A city fire interrupted the starsThe 1827 fire in Turku, Finland, interrupted astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander’s work at the hilltop ob…