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In photos: the highs and lows of the Euro 2024 final

Football did not come home, but across London fans from all backgrounds came together to dream that it could.

  • Outdoors
  • Ossi Piispanen

In Photos: Finland’s folk ice swimming fanatics

To survive their savage winter, many Finns swear by the miraculous benefits of Avanto: cutting an ice hole on a frozen lake and taking a dip.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

Sun-bleached photos of the UK’s hottest day of the year

Photographer Ossi Piispanen captures surreal scenes amid the sweltering temperatures in Clacton-on-Sea and Jaywick.

  • Photography
  • Ossi Piispanen

On the sidelines with football's favourite anti-fascists

Clapton CFC — In a corner of East London, a grassroots movement is helping football rediscover its soul. But the fight to maintain one team's tradition of togetherness has forced fans into a move they never imagined: forming a new club of their own.

  • Magazine
  • Alex King

Inside the teen DIY racing scene taking over Finland

Cool runnings — On icy roads and frozen lakes, Finland's youth are racing customised cars salvaged from scrap. The goal is to destroy the competition, but the reward lies in a tight-knit community fighting off boredom.

  • Outdoors
  • Alex King

The teenager who beat the blues with a DIY skate paradise

Building a way out of boredom — In the frozen heartland of Finland, Jaakko Saavalainen’s do-it-yourself attitude proves that anywhere can become a skate utopia – as long as you’re willing to put in the work.

  • Magazine
  • Juha Solanterä

Into The Deep with Finland's Greatest Freediver

Finlandia x Huck — He’s almost 50, he's got asthma, he’s about 235 pounds, and he's also a world-class athlete. Meet 'Kraken', the sea monster – a Finnish freediver who only realised he had the makings of a national champion in his late 30s.

  • Film
  • Shelley Jones

The world’s most unusual watermen and women: Watch our new 4-part doc series

Finlandia x Huck presents… Journey From The Source — Get ready to meet ‘Kraken, the sea monster’ – a man who uses special breathing techniques to dive to record-breaking depths in the icy waters of Finland – and other amazing characters.

  • Film
  • Shelley Jones

Meet the feral Finns rewilding their corner of Helsinki

Beyond the wall — Huck heads to Finland to explore its greener verge, where a new generation of foragers are making the urban wilderness their home.

  • Culture
  • Minna Takkunen

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