Much of Finland is similar despite its vast size. A 15 hour drive from Helsinki to Lapland reveals consistent scenery of forests and lakes. However some parts of the country differ significantly from each other. These maps from Reddit illustrate those divisions.
When Finland is spoiled with beautiful hot summer days you can guarantee that most Finns do what they love best. They head to the forest and their summer cottages. According to Statistics Finland there are close to half a million official summer cottages of about 40 square metres or less. Once you include larger leisure…
In the last few months, the consequences of climate change have hit different parts of the world with a mad vengeance. Here in Finland, that took the form of the warmest December on record leading many people to bemoan the lack of snow. As an Englishman who’s experienced many a Finnish winter, I instead wallowed…
Helsinki resident Joel Willans reads from his book “101 Very Finnish Problems: The Foreigner’s Guide to Surviving Finland”. He discusses annoying Finnish alcohol laws and identifies the worst Finnish booze. Ink Tank writer Thomas Nybergh joins the conversation with his understanding of genetic explanations for alcoholism. Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media. Contact:…
Finland does not get many lines in Hollywood. When it does, they tend to land somewhere between “cold” and “possibly fictional” — which is exactly what makes them worth collecting. Blade Runner 2049 gave the language an unusually large stage, with Finnish spoken on screen and Finnish actress Krista Kosonen in the cast. That set…
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…
Dating in Finland explained properly. What Finnish men and women are like, who makes the first move, what a sauna invitation means and when it counts as a relationship.
in Suonenjoki. Sun does appear, even in Winter :)
There wasn’t noticed deer warning signs at western finland.
Please note that Prkl-language is in fact used in the south-east of Finland, too.
What the deal with existing? Don’t get it
There’s a conspiracy theory that Finland doesn’t exist and that the place where Finns live is actually in eastern Sweden, and in place of the landmass of Finland, there’s actually just ocean where the Japanese fish in secret. Fish have fins, hence the name Finland. Look it up, you can find the whole conspiracy theory somewhere on Reddit. It’s hilarious.
Is it really all the lakes in that bit and hardly any in other bit?
Yes. Only a few hundred thousand lakes in other bit.
Bures!
Brutally honest
Moose
New information added to my memory.
Conversational style is the best ?
Love it!!!!
What’s the difference between a moose and an elk?
Bad English (the one found in Finland is elk – moose is Transatlantic).
Alces alces: Moose = American English. Elk = British English (European elk). American Elk is a different animal, a wapiti, a type of deer, Cervus canadensis,
correction: British might call it a moose too.
Should have normal deal signs too, right?
Crazy the population thing! How many people live in the northern bit then?
Why people have such different conversational styles?
sun in winter…too funny!
Really are there no trees that far north? Seen them in Lapland
Last I remember, Finland has about 5 million people, with 3 million living in and around Helsinki.
8 maps? Its only 7—
There is a thing called tree border; above that grows no trees. For examle birch are so tiny, if there exists any, that they are smaller than bushes, because of cold temperature. The tree border is in the most northern part of Finland.
Such a beautiful and clean country.
Hilarious because it’s true :) )
Read about finngens in the U. S. A. Unable to find it again. Why.
Some but you don’t see them unless they want to see you.
In that area, there are three kind of hobbies people used to have; 1. on the summer time: fishing, making love and drink alcohol
2. on the winter time; well, the lakes in deep frozen to meter and more thick – so not so much fishing.
There are about 150 people living in the north of Finland
Höpöhöpö!
These are so stupid… the author should stop already and find something else to do with his life, seriously.
And to say, Finnish slandscape is the same from Helsinki to Lapland.. well that is his opinion, what can you say.. ?
These are obviously meant as a joke, Einstein. You should do something else with your life instead make stupid comments!!
About the conversation styles. Here is a translation from a Finnish news article:
”Eastern and Western Finns differ genetically from each other more than, for example, British and Northern Germans. When the studied populations were compared to East Asians, it turned out that Finns – especially Eastern Finns – have a small but clear Eastern influence.
A similar eastern influence can be seen in Russians, however, Russians and Eastern Finns are not genetically close. The eastern influence observed in Finns probably originates from the time before Russians spread to their current areas of residence, the researcher says.”