Tag: Finland
Russian military exercise messing up the sailing competition starting in Finland | Sport
The competition of the world’s most prestigious open sea racing series starts in Helsinki on Saturday. On Saturday, the round of the RORC, the world’s most prestigious open sea racing…
Here are the most interesting outfits from the opening of the Olympic Games – can Finland be shamed again? | Sport
The Olympic Games offer the opportunity to evaluate the clothing of the participating countries in addition to sporting goods. Traditionally, in addition to competition clothes, athletes have representative outfits for…
The huge criticism against Teemu Selänne – the behavior with the daughter makes the whole of Finland see red: “It’s scary”
Teemu Selänne is in trouble.The Finnish legend is heavily criticized for his behavior with his daughter.“It is frightening,” writes the newspaper Ilta-Sanomat. Teemu Selänna is one of Finnish sports’ greatest,…
Enni Nurmi walked for a long time at 10,000 meters – only ahead of Sari Essayah in Finland | Sports in a nutshell
Enni Nurmi improved her record by about two minutes with a time of 45:31.86. Espoo’s Tapioen Enni Nurmi walked on Tuesday in Riihimäki for the fastest time in the women’s…
As a child on vacation in Finland and expensive studies in the USA – now Thea, 26, is looking for a way out of crisis-ridden Lebanon | Foreign countries
Byblos is a city about the size of Rauma, north of Beirut. At first glance, it looks healthy. Tourists usually come here to enjoy the city’s beach and historical attractions.…
Finland was not satisfied with the harsh solution of the Olympic organizers in the sweltering heat of Paris – the developer criticizes the complainants | Sport
The Finnish team took care of the air conditioners in the Paris Olympic race village, as the race organizers did not want air conditioning in the rooms, citing environmental reasons.…
Two World Cup medals for young sailing for Finland | Sports in a nutshell
On Friday, Finland won the World Cup silver and bronze from the games held in Italy. Una Heinilä and Silja-Sophie Laukkanen sailed to silver in the 29er class at the…
Frisbee golf’s top names shine in Finland – Tampere’s merciless “monster” excites even the world’s best | Sport
Gannon Buhr, representing the top of the USA, was surprised by the interest of Finnish youth in frisbee golf. He sees that the internationalizing sport has a bright future in…
SVT found out the weak interest of Swedes in Finland as a travel destination | News in brief
The responses of most of the Swedes interviewed by SVT emphasize their low interest in their eastern neighbor Finland. This summer, there has been a lot of news about how…
“Challenging” to get more Swedes to visit Finland
About ten percent of foreign tourists in Finland come from Sweden, according to the overnight stay statistics. After the pandemic, they have now almost returned to the level before that,…