When Frogs Saved the Milk: A Russian-Finnish Tradition Backed by Science
This post was originally published on this siteLong before refrigerators made life easier, rural communities in Russia and Finland faced a tricky problem, how to […]
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Amazing 1899 Photos of Finnish Farmers with Their Cows and Bulls
This post was originally published on this siteFinnish agriculture, series of photos from The Finnish Museum of Photography, 1899. I. K Inha (1865–1930), on a […]
40 Fascinating Photos Capture Helsinki’s Street Scenes in the Early 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteIn the early 1900s, Helsinki’s street scenes reflected a city in transition—balancing tradition and emerging modernity. Horse-drawn carriages […]
Let’s Dance the Letkiss, the Scandinavian Bunny Hop Dance From the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Letkiss is a 1960s novelty dance based on the Bunny Hop from a decade earlier. In the […]
40 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Finland in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1970s, Finland experienced political stability under President Urho Kekkonen, economic growth driven by industrialization and exports, […]
The Earliest Color Photos of Finland Taken by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky in 1903
This post was originally published on this siteMore than half a century before color photography established itself, a Russian photographer and scientist, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, took […]
Amazing Photographs of Jimi Hendrix Performing at the Culture House in Helsinki, 1967
This post was originally published on this siteJimi Hendrix made his only Finnish gig at the Culture House (Kulttuuritalo) in Helsinki, Finland on May 22, […]
Colorized Photos of Helsinki in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteHelsinki is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf […]
Helsinki in the Early 1980s Through Fascinating Photos
This post was originally published on this siteHelsinki is the capital, primate and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf […]
Everyday Life of Helsinki in the Early 20th Century Through Amazing Colorized Photos
This post was originally published on this siteHelsinki is the capital and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of […]
Amazing Vintage Footage Shows the Legendary Finnish Icebreaker Tarmo Working in Helsinki in the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteThis video shows opening shots from Peter von Bagh’s 2008 documentary “Helsinki, ikuisesti” (“Helsinki Forever”). It shows a […]
20 Amazing Photos of Futuro Houses, the UFO-Shaped Tiny Homes Which Were Built During the Late 1960s and Early 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteA Futuro house is a round, prefabricated house designed by Matti Suuronen, of which fewer than 100 were […]
30 Incredibly Colorized Photos Capture Everyday Life of Finland in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteFinland is a Nordic country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of […]
Candid Photographs Capture Moments of Finnish Youth in the 1990s
This post was originally published on this siteJouko Lehtola (1963–2010) was a Finnish photography artist who graduated as Master of Arts from the University of […]
33 Wonderful Color Pictures That Capture Street Scenes of Helsinki in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteHelsinki is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland. It is the seat of the region […]
32 Amazing Vintage Photographs of Finland in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteIn 2013, the Finnish Defence Forces put an archive of 160,000 WWII-era photographs online. The images record the […]