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Church in Finland

What's Finnish for Catholic?

Meet the Catholics of Finland

Edgar Beltrán
Feb 02, 2024
∙ Paid

I get to Helsinki on Wednesday evening. 

The whole city is covered in snow when I arrive, with drifts up to two feet tall. 

It’s the first time I’ve seen this much snow in my life. I come from one of the hottest cities in the world. I’m a student in the Netherlands now, but the Netherlands doesn’t really have much snow anymore.

Despite the snow on the grou…

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