At first glance, this house looks as though it has stood here for a century. In reality, it was built…
This wooden house stands on a quiet street in Turku, Finland. Its Scandinavian-style exterior is painted a muted olive green,…
This old house is located about a 90-minute drive from Stockholm, in the tiny village of Bäcksta—a place you’d have…
This house is located in the small Finnish village of Bromarv, about a two-hour drive from Helsinki. It is home…
A 1928 wooden house painted olive green sits on the shore of a lake in Finland, not far from the…
Twenty years ago, translator Sisko Hallavainio and her husband made a choice many would call reckless. They traded the convenient,…
At first glance this old house looks like a traditional Scandinavian summer cottage. It’s small — just 77 square meters…
This apartment sits in an unremarkable 1940 building in Käpylä — a quiet Helsinki neighborhood often called the “Olympic village.”…
Old wooden townhouse blocks are a staple of Finland. Most of these two-story buildings date back to the early 20th…
This charming little house (just 56 square meters, or about 600 square feet) belongs to Finnish historian and writer Jaana…