Thoughts on Finnishness by TAMK Students
It is common to see a group of people waiting at the bus stop, standing one meter apart. We value our personal space, but when the national hockey team is playing, the first snow falls or when the sauna is ready, a stranger quickly becomes a neighbor. We are standing together, separately.
Sauna & Nature
Finnishness
Finland is a distant cold country. Yet there is a warm core within.
Living in Finland for two years has changed the way I see Finnish people and their culture. In this post, I will share my reflections on what Finnishness means to me.
Finland, happiest country in the world
My thoughts on Finnishness
My thoughts on Finnishness
Two things every Finn understands without words: ice hockey and sauna.
Sunday morning walk to work or an evening hike in the north - empty and quiet. Outside of rush seasons and rush hours Finland is quiet everywhere from big cities to the nature. It's often completely quiet even with people around. This is the stereotype of the Finland and it is pretty accurate. But there is more than the silence and emptiness and it's kindness.
