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The most important Finnish holiday — celebrated on the weekend closest to June 21st with bonfires (kokko), lakeside saunas, and the near-mythical midnight sun. Finland essentially shuts down as the entire nation migrates to summer cottages (mökki) by the lake. The kokko bonfire is lit at the water's edge as the sun barely dips below the horizon. Midsummer is deeply personal, intimate, and central to Finnish identity — not a tourist event but a genuine national ritual.