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When, nearly thirty years ago, Ted Turner started the Cable News Network, critics scoffed. How committed are you to this crazy idea? they as...

On the day I first arrived at the Oulu railway station last August, I espied an unusual structure alongside the tracks, and I made a note in...

At about 11:50 a.m., ten minutes before check-out time at my hotel, I ran a quick errand up to Rovaniemi’s main square, which used to be cal...

The other reason I went to Lapland after the semester ended was because I wanted to track down a loose end having to do with the history of...

In Finland, Christmas is Joulu , which is related to our word, “yule,” and Santa Claus is Joulupukki . It is said that he lives in Rovanie...