Finnish Hooman Happiness Ingredient Number One

Let me introduce the happiest country in the world! Yes, it is my Finland! For the fourth year in a raw, in 2021, we claimed the first place once again! We’ll chew on the ingredients of hooman happiness one by one!

Sauna! There is no better way to start - just recently ‘sauna culture in Finland’ made it to UNESCO’s The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Sauna is a small wooden crate, where naked hoomans roast their bums up at a temperature around 100°C. This is a lot like us: socialising with total strangers by sniffing... you know... Hoomans here love to bring their colleagues from other countries to a place like that. Here, one gets nothing to hide, he-he! Hoomans get fried, drink beer, talk... Happy place! Once, in the year 1957, Finnish president Urho Kekkonen entertained Soviet Union’s head Nikita Khrushchev in his sauna.

Saunas come in a dog-vision friendly natural wood colour - just the way we like it, my furry friends - no artificial reds or greens here.

You know what? Every house has a sauna in it, one way or another! Even if it is in each apartment in a block, there is still one common sauna for everyone to use individually weekly, or there is “hooman” or “hoowoman” weekly event for everyone to attend! That’s one happy way to get to know your neighbours!

One more fun fact about sauna. There is a Ferris wheel with a twist here in Helsinki! Guess what is in one of the cabins? Correct! Sauna, of course! Sky(e)Sauna - that’s why I carry it on my back on this photo. Tell your hoomans to visit Finland if they’d ever want to roast their bums with a view, my furry friends.

Luff you all!

xoxo Skye