Episode 19: When Midsummer is Finland’s best and worst celebration
Very Finnish Problems creator Joel Willans interviews the minds behind Midsummer Madness. This free Helsinki open air Midsummer event for 2020 aims to bring life to the city. Jeroen Sebrechts and Claire Delhom discuss their personal journeys to Finland from Belgium and France. They explain why Midsummer Madness is a licensed Moomin event despite featuring zero trolls or Hattifatteners. Co-host Laura Suihkonen shares a bleak movie recommendation.
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Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
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Shownotes
- Midsummer Madness Open Air Festival (Jun 19-20 2020)
- The Finnish Sauna Association’s Primer on sauna culture
- Laura’s recommendation: The Joker (2019)
- Jeroen’s recommendation: go check out Hungarian movies
- Joel’s recommendation: The Guardian Weekly’s journalism
- Claire’s recommendation: The Moomins: The World of Moominvalley by Philip Ardagh and Frank Cottrell Boyce
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British born Joel Willans is the creator of Very Finnish Problems. He discusses what he has learnt after 15 years living in his adopted country with various guests. Finland is both weird and wonderful.
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