Finland represents many things to many people. Getting a true perspective of the country is simple. One effective way is to look at maps shared by Very Finnish Problems. These nine maps provide a clear picture of the nation.
Finland can be difficult to understand without speaking Finnish or Swedish. To provide perspective for Finns, immigrants and foreign Finophiles, we have gathered a list of blogs written in English about life in the north. Taught by Finland The virtues of the Finnish education system are often discussed. Two things are certain. It pays to…
Due to long winters and rainy summers, it’s not unusual for someone with the warm, yet reserved Finnish mentality to spend a lot of time being annoyed about things. If you sit down and listen to Finns you’ll probably come across more than a few pet peeves. To help you prepare, we’ve collected a list…
Skimping is a national sport in Finland. It comes in many forms, and one of the cutest has to be the Finnish hacks. Skimping is a national sport in Finland. It comes in many forms, and one of the cutest has to be the Finnish hacks. It all started back in 1974 when a Finnish…
Empty streets, silent cities, closed shops — wait, what kind of holiday is this Juhannus?! The utter deadness of Finnish cities at Juhannus, or Midsummer, often leaves unsuspecting foreigners baffled. Unlike the raucous celebrations of Vappu in Finnish city centers, Midsummer is all about escaping the hectic city lifestyle. Most Finns flock to the peace…
Online culture magazine Hyperallergic reports that Helsinki based artists Juha van Ingen and Janne Särkelä of the FixC cooperative are preparing an exhibit of a 1000-year long animated GIF loop. The work is titled AS Long As Possible (ASLAP). It features 48,140,288 frames as an homage to composer John Cage’s As Slow as Possible. Cage’s…
What does sisu mean to you? Most Finns will tell you that sisu is perseverance, guts, grit or willpower. They will probably also quickly mention that sisu is a Finnish concept that has no translation in other languages. When prodded, many Finns give a lengthier explanation of what sisu means to them personally, whether it…
Its all about being so honest public..Love?for Finns?
One country away from the North Korea, and that country is Russia ?
Finland. The land of the Iceman. Forza Kimi
the first item on a dictators agenda is to silence the press !??
Proud to be a Finn…
Yeah! DIShonest?
6 and 8 are my favourites
Why is the Finland-North Korea relation so special if Russia also borders Norway, which is further from North Korea?
The joke is the absurdity of the sentiment behind the statement, not the actual distance itself.
Finland is a country still facing political persecution towards its original inhabitants and abuse by historical royal line families. They stick deeply in Finnish governmental system and use Finnish flag, illegally to their own needs abroad. They have translated their names to Finnish and justify their national and international state fraud with obsession to inherited capitalism and power.
Like who?
Tinfoil hats are very cheap in Finland, so cheap some finns even wear multiple layers.
Russia just turns on the distiller for cheaper alcohol.
hmm why norwegian and finns go to cheaper alkohol to Ltvian while they also have border with russia ??
Nobody wants to go there?
Behind the Russo-Norwegian border there is mainly tundra. Stones and peat are cheap there! Moreover, it is a long way to the Russian border from the Southern part of Norway, which is the densest inhabited area of the country.
Finns do travel to Russia to buy alcohol, but you can travel to Estonia cheaply and without a visa. The visa to Russia costs at least around 80 euros and processing takes around a week. Moreover, there are cruise ferries sailing between Helsinki and Tallinn, and many people enjoy the two to four hour voyage. There are many people in the Northern Estonia able to speak Finnish at least a bit, so, communication in Estonia is easier. So, there are many reasons to prefer Estonia.
The problems with importing alcohol from Russia are that you can only bring:
-4 l wine (flat, no sparkling)
-16 l beer
-1 l of over 22% alcohol content
or
-2 l of alcohol with max 22% alcohol content (other than wine of beer)
You also need a visa and you have to be min. 20h in Russia. So no day trips.
You can do a booze cruise to Tallinn under 7h.
As a Latvian, I ould never go to Belarus or Russia for cheaper alcohol! I think booze is quite cheap anyways
Lol! This is hilarious!
If you are not Finnish born and learned Finnish as a child you will never learn to pronounce Finnish words correctly,
we must go to Russia for cheaper alchool