The Finnish people. We are a sauna bathing, ice hole swimming, metal music loving and often very gloomy group.
Is there more to the mentality of a Finn? Dissecting the customs and habits of the Finnish people reveals building stones to their mentality that you will not read about in Monocle.
Finnish Americans make up just a tiny slice of the American population at only 0.2%. Yet many talented celebrities and influential Americans claim Finnish heritage. This list rounds up famous Finnish Americans who have made their mark on US culture. Two babies born the same Tuesday morning, one in Helsinki and one in Columbus, Ohio….
With 187 888 lakes, sub 30 degree winters, sauna obsession and insane coffee drinking, Finland is a unique country. This quality is reflected in its news stories. Finnish newspapers contain plenty of articles that mirror life elsewhere, but you will also discover uniquely Finnish stories. These recent headlines provide the evidence. 1. Watch out! There’s…
A visual representation of the cultural divide. Four years on from the invasion, this is how Finnish opinion of Russia actually moved, and what Sanna Marin got right before anybody else. YouTube Very Finnish Problems I was 13 when I moved from Russia to Finland. Now, I’ve lived here for as long as I lived…
Trying local traditions is part of visiting a new country. CNN Sports anchor Christina Macfarlane recently tested this theory in Finnish Lapland. Macfarlane was filming episodes of Alpine Edge at World Cup Levi. During her stay, she decided to try a dip in a frozen lake through a hole in the ice. The avanto tradition…
Fredrika Runeberg, the woman behind the famous cake and much more. You probably know Johan Runeberg, but what do you know about Fredrika Runeberg? As the wife of Finland’s national poet, Fredrika Runeberg has sometimes been overshadowed. Here are five fantastic facts to get to know her life and contributions to Finnish culture a little…
Statistics Finland reports over 231,295 immigrants currently live in Finland. Most are of working age. By 2040 many will be seniors. Their future experience is the central question of Lesley Rawstorne’s play Late Adapters. The production examines the reality of being a lonely senior in a foreign country. It looks at how the twilight years…
I hate that pronouncing is made so big and important thing at school. That’s the reason why Finnish people think they don’t speak English (I think). If they could speak rallyenglish, everybody speaks English quite good :D at least I do :D
Yes! When I speak with Finns, they always say, “my English is not very good..” but it’s always great!
What is this obsession with buckets? Can someone please tell me?
When you go to a store whatever you can put in the bucket you get a discount on…
Sounds the same like the life of an immigrant in United Kingdom :) , especially points 1,2 and 5 :) Nice article. I am going to visit Finland soon and I find this website useful for this. Thanks
Why do they stand on line for a free bucket? Is it really that important to have one
Nice reason to meet people ;)
Nooo! That s not true!
Remember?
We Finns hate socializing with new people. But when it’s a really good day, we might look someone in the eyes and nod at them just to let them know we noticed them. And if it happens to be a great day for us, we might even crack a smile too. ?
What do Finns so love queuing and what the hecks the deal with the buckets?
Sometimes stores give you an offer to take a bucket and fill it with example apples as many as you can and you get them all with the price mentioned. Buckets are pretty important to us specially if you have a summerhouse and a sauna. There’s just so many uses for buckets in our lives so one extra bucket is amazing to have.
My English is great, but yours is better – you will not hear this in Finland. There is no other nation that is at the same time humble but also envy´s a lot.
I agree with 5. I know my English isn’t bad but speaking it is the worst.
6 signs you were born and raised in Finland https://t.co/1YTBSt6gFU
We love to hate our coutry… We well know our achievements, we lose our shit when Finland is mentioned in the movie (yes, seeing Nokia counts, followed by laughter against people living in Nokia), we fanatically complain against misinformation about us, we need to beat the shit out of swedish people in everything, but still we have shittiest conditions to live, according to us… and our every single politician is a two headed snake with horns and slime and flaming eyes, or at least they immediately turn in to one when they are elected… Everythin is expensive, because of the taxes we hate, and we are proud of…