Helsinki Cathedral

July 6th 2009
Close your eyes for a just a minute and picture Scandinavia. Looks pretty fine, doesn’t it? I’m guessing we summoned our fair share of forests and fjords, lakes and longboats, saunas and snow-clad slopes. And it really is all out there in this winter wonderland, an area five times as large as Britain with less than half the population. So why is it, do you think, that hardly anyone eve ... read more

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Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more

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