ARAlicia Richards

1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Alicia Richards

   In the Stockholm Archipelago, the Islands Are Yours to Roam (opens the original)

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   Swedes have a word for the freedom to roam: allemansrätten, meaning “everyman’s right.” Officially translated as the Right of Public Access, it lets anyone walk, swim, and camp in nature, as long as they leave it as they found it. Earlier this year, Visit Sweden turned that idea into a contest. Its Your Swedish Island campaign asked international travelers to make their case for why they deserved to look after one of the country’s 267,570 islands for a year. The five most creative entri

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2. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · Alicia Richards

   To Understand Finland, Start in the Sauna (opens the original)

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   National Sauna Day is important to the Finns. As I stood in Rajaportti Sauna, a public sauna in Tampere that has welcomed bathers for more than 120 years, I read the Declaration of Sauna Peace in English as part of Finland’s National Sauna Day. Around me, people settled quietly onto wooden benches. It was one of the first moments during my week in Finland that I realized I had misunderstood what a sauna really was. Like many Americans, I arrived thinking a sauna was about heat. The Finns gentl

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