Ice Fishing in Finland
It’s Friday afternoon and the snow has been falling heavily all day, leaving the cars we pass on the side of the road looking like some weird, big animals. It has been an exceptional start for winter...
View ArticleIf These Finnish Death Metal Cough Drops Don’t Fix You Right Up…
You might need a throat lozenge or two during Finland's famously endless winter. So, try Zyx. This commercial is basically any commercial for Ricola cough drops, but written instead by an edgy...
View ArticleThis Might Explain Why You Can’t Hold Your Liquor
We all know at least one: loud and obnoxious when he or she drinks, perhaps with a penchant for vomiting at some point during (or throughout) the evening, and an annual tendency to be the laughingstock...
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A Craft Distillery Grows In Helsinki, Finland
The Helsinki Distilling Company makes aquavit, as you might expect from an upstart Scandinavian craft spirits company. What’s unexpected is its lineup of ryes, gin and intriguing eaux de vie featuring...
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Do Finland’s School Lunches Help Students Score Higher On Tests?
Annual studies by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) have declared Finnish students to be among the highest-performing test takers in the world. According to The Atlantic, the...
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Leigh Macinnis Travels For Ayahuasca, Reindeer Pee And Frog
Speaking with Nova Scotia–based musician, actor and documentary filmmaker Leigh Macinnis is a bit of a trip in itself. On the long-running Canadian comedy-turned-Netflix-series Trailer Park Boys,...
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