Finns used to want a sauna, now they want a balcony - changes in Finnish housing
YIT CORPORATION News, July 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.Housing in Finland has undergone considerable changes over the past century. Urbanisation was slow in the early 20th century, but picked up after World War II. Several individual factors contributed to the changes experienced in housing. “The biggest changes have come from building technology, such as flush toilets, sewers and electrical grids,” explains Kirsi Saarikangas, Professor of Art History at the University of Helsinki. From rural to urban environments Urbanisation has had a major impact on housing in the past one hundred