Finnish heritage
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Wisconsin Is Famous for Squeaky Bread Cheese. The U.P. Helped Save It First.
Finnish squeaky cheese, the juustoa Yoopers drop in their coffee, was quietly…
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In the U.P., Finnish Families Built the Sauna Before They Built the House
Finnish immigrants in the U.P. often built the sauna before the house…
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This Toast Is So Hard You Have to Dunk It. Yoopers Have Loved It Since 1928.
Trenary Toast is the U.P.’s rock-hard cinnamon korppu, baked in the tiny…
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The U.P. Has Its Own Snow God, Invented by a Radio DJ to Save a Snowmobile Race
Heikki Lunta is the Upper Peninsula’s own snow god, invented in 1970…
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Why the U.P. Is the Most Finnish Place in America
You can hear it in the accent, taste it in the nisu,…
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Sisu Is the Untranslatable Finnish Word for Grit That the U.P. Built Into Every Yooper
There’s no English word for it. But every U.P. kid was raised…
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Real Yoopers Built the Sauna Before the House, and They Don’t Say It ‘SAW-na’ Either
In the U.P., the sauna isn’t a spa day. It’s a sacred…
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The U.P. Slang That Marks a True Yooper, No Matter How Long They’ve Been Gone
You can leave the U.P., but a few of these words never…
