Katja Pantzar hears her friend call out encouragingly as she stands on a wooden dock in central Helsinki on a cold, dark and snowy winter evening. It’s 14 F (-10 C), but all Pantzar is wearing is a ...

Check out these photos of people who go winter swimming in the ice-cold waters of Finland. It may sound like torture, but its health benefits could be a key to famous Finnish contentment.

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The best things in life are free. Sign up for our email to enjoy your city without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush). The small city of Salo in southwest Finland is ...

Swimming is a cool activity, right? For many the image of paradise is being surrounded by a cloud of sunscreen while lazing by the ocean or pool before slipping into the water to escape the sweltering ...

Ice swimming is the fastest growing extreme aquatic sport. Tens of thousands of swimmers now hit the cold water daily and before the COVID restrictions, thousands traveled to events from Siberia to ...

Check out these photos of people who go winter swimming in the ice-cold waters of Finland. It may sound like torture, but its health benefits could be a key to famous Finnish contentment.