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Stories from the quiet north

Lapland, sauna, forests and the small things that make Finnish life feel like home. Find a little northern inspiration for your next escape.

A Warm Door in the Wilderness: How Finland’s Open Huts Work - Rather Be In Finland

A Warm Door in the Wilderness: How Finland’s Open Huts Work

After hours of walking or skiing through Finnish wilderness, an unlocked wooden hut can seem almost impossible: a stove, dry benches and a place to rest, waiting without a receptionist,...

A Warm Door in the Wilderness: How Finland’s Open Huts Work

After hours of walking or skiing through Finnish wilderness, an unlocked wooden hut can seem almost impossible: a stove, dry benches and a place to rest, waiting without a receptionist,...

Kaamos in Finland: What Lapland’s Polar Night Is Really Like - Rather Be In Finland

Kaamos in Finland: What Lapland’s Polar Night Is Really Like

Imagine arriving in Finnish Lapland during winter and waiting for sunrise—only to discover that the sun will not appear above the horizon that day. This is kaamos, Finland’s polar night....

Kaamos in Finland: What Lapland’s Polar Night Is Really Like

Imagine arriving in Finnish Lapland during winter and waiting for sunrise—only to discover that the sun will not appear above the horizon that day. This is kaamos, Finland’s polar night....

Listen to the Bog: A Guide to Finland’s Quietest Autumn Landscape - Rather Be In Finland

Listen to the Bog: A Guide to Finland’s Quietest Autumn Landscape

Finland is famous for forests and lakes, but between them lies another landscape that is quieter, stranger and often overlooked: the suo.

Listen to the Bog: A Guide to Finland’s Quietest Autumn Landscape

Finland is famous for forests and lakes, but between them lies another landscape that is quieter, stranger and often overlooked: the suo.

Everyman’s Rights in Finland: What You Can—and Cannot—Do in Nature - Rather Be In Finland

Everyman’s Rights in Finland: What You Can—and Cannot—Do in Nature

Finland’s forests may seem almost completely open to exploration. In many ways, they are.

Everyman’s Rights in Finland: What You Can—and Cannot—Do in Nature

Finland’s forests may seem almost completely open to exploration. In many ways, they are.

Lapland in October: How to Prepare for the Season Between Autumn and Winter - Rather Be In Finland

Lapland in October: How to Prepare for the Season Between Autumn and Winter

October in Finnish Lapland is not quite autumn and not always winter. A trail may be dry when you leave, frozen in the shade and covered with fresh snow before...

Lapland in October: How to Prepare for the Season Between Autumn and Winter

October in Finnish Lapland is not quite autumn and not always winter. A trail may be dry when you leave, frozen in the shade and covered with fresh snow before...

A Quiet Fire in the Forest: How to Use Finland’s Campfire Shelters - Rather Be In Finland

A Quiet Fire in the Forest: How to Use Finland’s Campfire Shelters

A wooden shelter beside a forest trail, a stack of firewood and a blackened fire ring can look like an invitation to stop. In Finland, it often is.

A Quiet Fire in the Forest: How to Use Finland’s Campfire Shelters

A wooden shelter beside a forest trail, a stack of firewood and a blackened fire ring can look like an invitation to stop. In Finland, it often is.

Your First Finnish Sauna: A Gentle Guide for an Autumn Visit - Rather Be In Finland

Your First Finnish Sauna: A Gentle Guide for an Autumn Visit

After a damp October walk, a sauna can be a lovely way to spend the rest of the afternoon. You exchange muddy shoes for a towel, put your phone away...

Your First Finnish Sauna: A Gentle Guide for an Autumn Visit

After a damp October walk, a sauna can be a lovely way to spend the rest of the afternoon. You exchange muddy shoes for a towel, put your phone away...

Autumn Foraging in Finland: A Small Basket, a Slower Afternoon - Rather Be In Finland

Autumn Foraging in Finland: A Small Basket, a Slower Afternoon

There is something satisfying about returning from a forest walk with a little more than muddy shoes. A handful of berries connects the afternoon outdoors with something you can enjoy...

Autumn Foraging in Finland: A Small Basket, a Slower Afternoon

There is something satisfying about returning from a forest walk with a little more than muddy shoes. A handful of berries connects the afternoon outdoors with something you can enjoy...

Northern Lights in Lapland: How to Plan an Autumn Evening Under the Sky - Rather Be In Finland

Northern Lights in Lapland: How to Plan an Autumn Evening Under the Sky

You do not have to wait for snow to see the Northern Lights in Finland. As the nights grow dark again, autumn brings a chance to watch the aurora above...

Northern Lights in Lapland: How to Plan an Autumn Evening Under the Sky

You do not have to wait for snow to see the Northern Lights in Finland. As the nights grow dark again, autumn brings a chance to watch the aurora above...

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