In fall, the inhabitants of Finland open their appetite for 3 things, collection of wild mushrooms, warming in a smoking sauna, and fishing. On Friday 25 September 2015, a friend of mine at UN-Wider University invited me to join his fellow colleagues in the excursion to the suburb of Helsinki, destined for mushroom collection, fishing and Sauna. As an equivocal fan of mushrooms, I accepted the invitation without hesitation.

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