Helsinki (Finland)

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

Aalto, Alvar Architecture Helsinki (Finland) Interior Design and Furnishings Marsio-Aalto, Aino (1894-1949) Museums Raili Pietila Reima Pietila Saarinen, Eliel Stadiums and Arenas Stations and Terminals (Passenger) Toivo Jantti Yrjo Lindgren

The Architecture You Need to See in Helsinki

With its radical buildings by Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, the Finnish capital is one of Europe’s most fascinating, if lesser-sung, design capitals.

By Michael Snyder

Contrast Club (Jewelry Co) Engineering and Engineers Helsinki (Finland) Innovation Jewels and Jewelry

Touch This Jewelry, and Watch It Move

The Contrast Club brand uses the energy from a tiny nudge or touch to make earrings curl up or a bracelet wrap around the wrist.

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Baltic Sea Ferries Helsinki (Finland) Stockholm (Sweden) Summer (Season) Travel and Vacations

It’s Party Time on the Stockholm-Helsinki Ferry

The 16-hour trip between the two northern European cities is a festive summer ritual, with plenty of singing, gambling, limbo contests and maybe a bit too much to drink.

By Christopher Hall