September 9, 2022

Introducing Eeva, a Minnesotan au pair in Finland

September 9, 2022

I’m Eeva, an acrylic painter and illustrator from Minnesota. I’m in Finland right now, and it has been a month of excitement! I came here because I wanted to connect with my Finnish roots, make some Finnish paintings, and experience a year away from home.

June 25, 2021

Elizabeth Brauer

Juhannus Reflections

June 25, 2021

Elizabeth Brauer

Read two perspectives about Juhannus (Finnish midsummer) from Meade Acers and Elizabeth “Helvi” Brauer. How will you celebrate this year?

May 28, 2021

Elizabeth Brauer

Rain sauna, an unspoken truce

May 28, 2021

Elizabeth Brauer

Today it has rained. Inside my grandmother's house, I feel as though I am five years old again. Here, I am sheltered from the rain. Graduating from college is a time of transition, and there is no other place I would rather be than at my grandmother's house.

May 22, 2021

Elizabeth Brauer

The value of sauna is more than skin-deep

May 22, 2021

Elizabeth Brauer

The value of sauna does not just lie in its health benefits as some may tell you, but instead in its power to bring people together. To bring people inward, towards tradition and towards the earth, towards our most pure and human form.

Fiercely Friendly + Aggressively Nordic