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    <description>Discover charming Finnish cottages, enchanting summer homes, stylish holiday retreats, and inspiring renovation projects. Explore beautiful cottage interiors, idyllic lakeside escapes, and timeless ideas for relaxed cottage living in Finland. Let the allure of Finnish cottage life sweep you away.</description>
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      <title>8 Finnish cottages powered by creativity and DIY spirit: “Always ready for even the wildest projects”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[These Finnish cottages prove that the best summer places are never quite finished. Their owners have painted, built, upcycled and invented personal details that turn ordinary cabins, gardens and island retreats into unforgettable DIY worlds.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Inside a red log villa filled with family memories: “I’ve tried to change as little as possible here”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Since the 1940s, the Masar family has spent summers in the villa area of Morsiussaari island. Step inside their charming century-old family villa Kokkola, Finland!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>“This place really does have a soul”—Ulla keeps her great-aunt’s log villa alive</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Energetic businesswoman and seamstress Helmi Kallio had a vacation retreat built for herself in the 1930s. Old hats, letters, and furniture now tell the fascinating story of life at the family villa.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>How a rugged 1970s log cabin grew into a forever home with a professional’s help</title>
      <description><![CDATA[With help from Finnish interior architect Marko Paananen, the log cabin was renovated and expanded into a home where Miisu and Roba Lindfors can live close to nature—and no longer have to leave the cabin to go home.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Is this really Finland? Pale sands and nostalgic cabins on a hidden Lake Oulujärvi island</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Long sandy beaches, high sand bluffs, charming rental huts, and forest trails make Ärjänsaari in Lake Oulujärvi feel timeless and quietly unforgettable.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Inside a spectacular riverside villa in Lapland: “I love stopping people in their tracks,” says architect</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cliffhanger Riverside Villa, an architectural masterpiece, plays with graphic geometry and unexpected accent colors. Vast expanses of glass make the modern villa feel immersed in nature in the Lapland wilderness.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>A 1950s cabin on a rocky lakeshore—and its retro colors—won Sanna and Jani over: “This place chose us”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A cabin property in need of clearing and renovation found the perfect owners in Sanna and Jani. The spirit of the 1950s still lives on in the updated cabin and the charming sauna, which could hardly be closer to the lake.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>“You won’t find a single plastic kitchen utensil or decoration here!” Inside a Finnish entrepreneur couple’s old-fashioned second home</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Johanna and Pauli Nieminen bought an old wooden house as a second home where busy everyday life falls away. Here, they unplug from social media and return to the basics.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>A Finnish cottage full of playful DIY ideas: “When I come up with ideas, I’m like a little girl”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tiina’s cottage features a pastel outhouse, a pinecone-shaped treehouse, and a curved dock. For a long time, it was the only shared place for her blended family of seven: “This is much more important and dearer to me than home,” Tiina says.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Saunas with a view: 8 Finnish steam rooms made for gazing out</title>
      <description><![CDATA[These Finnish saunas invite you to slow down and look out: over a lake, into Lapland wilderness, or even from up in the trees. In two of them, the view changes whenever the sauna moves.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>At this log cottage, hauled-in water, wood heat, and an outhouse are part of the charm: “In winter, we’ve stayed here wearing four pairs of wool pants”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Riikka and Sumppu have turned their cottage property into a true playground for projects. In the old barn, now a multipurpose space, the couple paints, works remotely, and hosts cheerful evenings with friends. “The space also works beautifully for making art and singing,” Riikka says.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Swept away by cottage life: Kathrin Deter’s Finnish happy place</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Helsinki-based journalist, producer, and content creator Kathrin Deter is originally from Luxembourg—but Finnish nature has captured her heart. These days, she feels most at home surrounded by forest, lakes, and the simple joys of cottage life.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>6 Finnish allotment gardens that show the magic of city cottage life</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Finnish allotment gardens, a tiny cottage can become a summer home, a creative project, a place to grow food—and a beloved community garden escape in the middle of the city. Peek inside six charming community garden cottages around Finland!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Goodbye, yellowed pine and overgrown yard: Finnish couple’s 1970s lakeside cabin makeover</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On Lake Vesijärvi, Kirsi and Jukka gave a 1970s lakeside cabin a bright new life: “The floor plan has been completely reworked, and the light colors make the space feel larger”]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>German photographer Jörg comes back to Finland for cottage life every summer: “Finnish nature and silence are unique”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Berlin-based photographer Jörg Nicht sees Finnish cottage culture through many lenses. Silence, simple cottage living, and friends draw him back to Finland again and again.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Summer cottage on the water—a tiny sauna raft became a floating vacation home</title>
      <description><![CDATA[What an ambitious build! This Finnish family already owned a small sauna raft, and it grew into a summer home that moves across the water. In summer, its generous decks become launch pads for spectacular dives.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Anni’s scrap-wood Hobbit house is a magical playhouse for her grandkids</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anni Arasola found a clever way to use leftover lumber at the cottage. She designed and built a delightfully crooked Hobbit house almost entirely on her own—now a summer spot for her grandchildren’s stuffed-animal birthday parties.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Tiny seaside hideaway: “Every centimeter had to be thought through carefully”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Finnish actor Joonas Nordman and his partner’s vacation retreat is small and practical: every last bit of space, every detail, and every purchase has been carefully considered. After just one year, the cabin has weathered to a beautiful gray, recalling the fishing farmstead that once stood on the site.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Leena’s Finnish-style cottage sits on a Dutch canal: “On Sunday mornings, I hear the bells of three churches and cows mooing”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Near Amsterdam in the Netherlands, a cottage setting could easily be mistaken for Finland. In a way, it is: Leena Mononen and her family enjoy a Finnish-made cottage on the edge of a canal.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>What a project! Timo built his cabin, sauna and woodshed—plus the hefty furniture—by hand</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Timo Hyppönen felled the pines himself and hewed the logs for the family’s log cabin. After the cabin came the sauna and woodshed, and next up is a kota hut. He even carved the cabin’s most striking furniture by hand.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kristiina’s family log cottage hasn’t been altered in nearly 70 years: “This is what these cottages are like if you leave them be”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kristiina zips from Helsinki to Pornainen in just over an hour, and a different world is waiting at the end of the road. The old log cottage is full of memories and meaningful objects. “I’m so glad this never sold,” Kristiina says.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>This idyllic “granny cottage” bursts with colorful wallpaper and flea-market finds</title>
      <description><![CDATA[“The yard’s boulders were one odd reason we chose this place.” The Lohikoski family’s summer residence is a former dockworkers’ dwelling in the Strömfors ironworks area. The idyllic red-ochre cottage is protected on the outside, and now it looks old inside, too. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Monster renovation: a dilapidated cottage cost ten times more than expected—“We think of this as a cultural act”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The renovation of an outbuilding left vacant for decades turned out to be ten times more expensive than its new owners had estimated. The 18th-century cottage was essentially rebuilt from the ground up.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Anna Puu's dream cabin in Levi: “Homes can change—but this place in Lapland won’t”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Finnish music-industry couple Anna Puustjärvi, also known as singer Anna Puu, and producer Jukka Immonen bought a holiday home in Levi as a getaway from the city. There, they can spend the whole day in wool long johns or slip away to the studio.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Eeva-Maija brought an abandoned forest ranger’s cottage back to life—“Everything here is still almost the same as before”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[For Eeva-Maija Lindqvist, this old log cottage carries deep family history. It once belonged to her grandfather, the area’s last Crown forest ranger, and she has now lovingly restored it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Old-world outside, modern inside: this 150-year-old sauna stuns with an aspen shingle feature wall</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This hand-hewn log sauna has stood in its current spot since 1870. From the outside, you’d never guess there’s a modern steam room inside with an impressive shingle-clad wall. The cherry on top: the view of the pond from the benches.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Wow, what a log cabin: in 15 years, Pentti added a tower, a bridge and a stone fireplace</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Pentti built his getaway for 15 years because he kept dreaming up new ideas as he worked. The cabin now includes a hexagonal tower, a walkway bridge, and a fireplace built from natural stone.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Food influencer Jenni Häyrinen—known for the viral baked feta pasta—loves cabin life in Lapland</title>
      <description><![CDATA[When Finnish food influencer Jenni Häyrinen ended up owning a log cabin in Lapland, she was surprised by the kindness of people up north. “Even my nervous system seems to settle in this setting and rhythm of life.”]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>What a tiny log cabin taught Finns Saara and Miika—“This place is great couples therapy for us”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Villa Bergbo, a getaway cabin in Inkoo, Southern Finland, has been like a school of patience for Saara Koljonen and Miika Turunen. Everything works out, just not always the way they imagined. The cozy interior of the red cottage is built around heirloom ryijy wall hangings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>No electricity, no running water: Ulla’s off-grid Finnish cabin is her nature-first escape</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This log cabin in Raahe, Finland, keeps comforts to the basics: carried water and wood heat. That’s exactly the way of life Ulla Saarenpää cherishes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>400 window panes! Finnish couple’s epic restoration of a district doctor’s villa</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Villa Horsmala is steeped in the atmosphere of a bygone era, but its most frequent visitor Päivi has plenty more to do than reminisce. Her time has been spent puttying four hundred window panes, hosting celebrations, and writing poetry.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Saila-Mari bought a 200-year-old log house—charming textiles, furniture and tableware included: “It felt like I was truly meant for this house”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Finnish author Saila-Mari Kohtala went to see an old house but initially left it at that. “The universe kept whacking me over the head with a sledgehammer until I realized I had to buy it,” she writes. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Old miller’s cottage lit by candles—Finnish getaway that feels almost like a museum</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A bygone world still lives on in the old miller’s cottage, whose authentic atmosphere, objects, and architecture have charmed many of Eeva-Liisa and Hartwig Reuter’s international guests over the years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Inside Jaana’s log cabin, everything in the main room is old or reclaimed: “I’ve never seen a stove like this anywhere!”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[When Jaana Sandström set out to refresh an old log cabin, friends, neighbors, and even local youth hockey players joined in. Memories of the past and her own handiwork make Jaana’s cabin days perfect.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>4 charming cottages—peek inside Finnish homes where Christmas feels a little more like Christmas</title>
      <description><![CDATA[We picked little red cottages and gray log cottages where Christmas is celebrated by candlelight and the glow of the bread oven.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Alli’s traditional wooden house, the fairytale-like Villa Tilda, and the 100-year-old Marjamäki cottage. Our Finnish readers fell for the atmosphere in these festive homes and cabins—step inside!]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Essi Hellén and Mikko Virtanen discovered the perfect dry-land cottage in Asikkala for their family, but water damage nearly ended their dream before it could even begin. After extensive repairs, they finally got to embrace cottage life, which has since become an important source of relaxation for the entire family.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[“At Villa Tilda we do Christmas without sparing time or effort.” For more than 20 years, journalist Ulla Rantakari’s family has celebrated Christmas in a 1930s house with old-time charm. When everything is ready, holiday jazz plays and the party raises their champagne glasses.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anne and Matti didn’t hesitate a moment when a familiar property came up for sale. They became the new owners of Anne’s grandparents’ cottage, restoring it while honoring its history.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 07:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Step inside Pia’s 35-square-meter cottage: “The logs might get weathered by time and they’re not meant to be hidden”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This small, red cottage captured Pia’s heart in an instant.  It’s lovely to spend Christmas inside its well-worn log walls, with the aroma of rice porridge and evergreen branches, listening to a cat’s purr.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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