Finland Travel Guide

Finnish Culture Large families were quite normal in the old Finnish agrarian society, with several generations often living under the same roof. Even in the first half of this century it was still common that a son brought his wife home to live with his parents. As the economy diversified, more and more people changed over to new occupations and left to live in the towns and cities. The large family disappeared, and nowadays it …

…is not only cleansing, but relaxing and calming, and the feeling that comes with it is really worth experiencing. In Finnish there is a saying: If a sauna, spirits and tar don't cure it, the disease is deadly. You can say no to almost anything else in Finland, but not to an invitation to a sauna. This is the only way in which a foreigner can ever get to grips with the true Finnish soul.