Cottage Culture in Finland: Development and Perspectives

This entry provides an understanding of the past, present, and future Finnish cottage culture to create overall picture its development trajectory terminology, e.g., villa, in this context denoting a second home. Convenient, ready-made solutions, easy maintenance, high level equipment, year-round use, location, modern simple architectural styles are important selection criteria for (summer) cottages that belonged only wealthy bourgeois class 19th century have taken their present form with major transformation Finland since then. Additionally, municipal regulations increased attention ecological concerns other issues regarding today. Cottage inheritance has changed over generations, tightening building environmental awareness key drivers culture. Moreover, increasing demand single-family outdoor spaces created by social changes such as remote working, which become widespread COVID-19 pandemic, will make summer lifestyle even more popular Finland. It is thought contribute continuance culture, essential vitality countryside municipalities, local development, national well-being people.