Finland – MOSAEC

My Miserable Week in the ‘Happiest Country on Earth’

For eight years running, Finland has topped the World Happiness Report — but what exactly does it measure?

By Molly Young

Finland Forests and Forestry Gardens and Gardening Happiness Local Food Saunas and Sweat Lodges Travel and Vacations Trees and Shrubs

Traveling to Finland for Lessons on Happiness

Can forest walks, cold plunges and talking to trees make you happier? An anxious American went to Helsinki to see if what she learned there could lift her spirits back home.

By Britta Lokting

Architecture Bathing and Showering Finland Laura Mattila Mikko Merz Raili Pietila Reima Pietila Saunas and Sweat Lodges tspringmensfashion25 Tuomas Silvennoinen Wood and Wood Products

Can a Finnish Sauna Improve Society?

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

By Michael Snyder and Luana Rigolli

Chairs Deaths (Obituaries) Design Finland Furniture Interior Design and Furnishings Kukkapuro, Yrjo

Yrjo Kukkapuro, Who Made the Easiest of Easy Chairs, Dies at 91

A celebrated Finnish modernist, he designed a variety of furnishings but was best known for his seating — which, his company said, “almost every Finn has sat on.”

By Julie Lasky