On a grey Friday in November, Hannu has a remote work day. In the morning, he takes his 4-year-old child on foot to the day-care centre one kilometre away and continues with his usual morning run. The route takes him through Old Raahe to Pikkulahti and from there via Fantti to Pitkäkari, and the end point is Kylmäniemi beach. Hannu washes away the sweat raised by a run of just under 10 kilometres by taking a dip in the sea, a routine with which he has kicked off his working day since the summer.

The couple completes each other perfectly and cheerful laughter gives rhythm to speech. Vern is like a solid rock and Selvie joyfully bubbling creek, hands automatically finding each other and gazes connecting to find confirmation on joint memories. Being together for 8 years has obviously not been boring. The couple also shares the same workplace, which tends to cause “some extra drama” occasionally, but the brighter sides beat the worse by far, they say.