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My Experiences of Finnishness

Category: Yleinen

Understanding Finnishness: Trust, Silence, and Work-Life Balance

Before coming to Finland, I had heard that Finnish people are quiet, honest, and highly organized. However, after living and working here, I started to understand that these characteristics are deeply connected to their culture, education, and social system. In this post, I would like to share my personal experiences and observations about three important aspects of Finnish culture: honesty and trust, silence and communication style, and work-life balance.

Finnishness

Finnishness has always meant uniqueness to me.  

Finnishness- from nothing to future

Finnishness is associated with different thing for different people. For some it is nature, for others quietness or even just saune, but for some of us it is about a new beginning for a new future.

Finnish Tranquillity In Me

Finland is imperfect, and its flaws make it easier for me to appreciate its other qualities even more.

Finnishness

Finnish culture is often associated with nature, cold winters and sauna. However, Finnishness is much more than that. It includes traditions, cultural values and everyday habits that shape the Finnish lifestyle. In this post I will introduce some key aspects of Finnish culture and explain what they tell about Finnishness.

Finnish mushrooms and forest

The relationship between Finns and mushrooms is like a once-a-year date. Every July and August, Finnish take their handmade baskets and put on rain boots. They go into the forests to find mushrooms hiding in the soft moss. Herkkutatti and kantarelli are the most popular kinds. You can also find other types, like Trumpet mushrooms and Sheep mushrooms.

The cyclical mind - My experiences of Finnishness

In few places in the world does the cycle of the seasons shape people as profoundly as it does in Finland, where the sun can disappear completely in the winter and forget to set in the summer. The seasons are not just a backdrop of the Finnish lifestyle – they are its very foundation.

My Experiences of Finnishness

What does “Finnishness” mean? It is not easy to explain in one sentence. Finnishness is a mix of nature, strength, honesty, and quiet confidence. We can understand it better by looking at sauna, ice swimming, and reliability. These parts of everyday life show important values in Finnish culture.

Finnishness

My own Finnishness is something I haven't ever stopped to think about. It hasn't ever been the most relevant thing, what with me having lived my whole life here with only limited experience traveling overseas. 

Finnishness

Being Finnish, what does it mean? What it means to be part of ever-so-small nation that resides at the north of the world?