Nordic Secrets to Grounding Summer

In the US, we stress about not being productive enough during summer, while in Finland, the panic sets if you didn't relax enough. Here's how to turn on the vacation mode.

I just saw a Finnish joke on Instagram:

Finnish out-of-office: I’m in the forest for the summer. Please email back in August. American out-of-office: I’ve left the office for two hours to undergo kidney surgery but you can reach me on my cell anytime. (Many Finns take off all of July instead of vacationing in August).

This joke is actually a fact: when …