Finnishness is a pretty broad concept by itself. I believe that everyone has their own perception of it, and that there is no simple way to explain it without experiencing it. However, after travelling around the world a lot and living in other countries like China, I've had to try to explain Finnishness a lot of times. The following will be my explanation on the key things of Finnishness that I always mention when someone asks about it.
There are certainly many ways of presenting Finland and its traits. In a nutshell, Finnishness is above all intertwined with abundant and internationally renowned nature, the unwavering honesty of the people and a well-functioning and stable social security and education system.
What Finnishness mean to me.
What comes to mind when I wonder what Finnishness entails
In this blog post I will share some thoughts of Finnishness. When I think about Finland what comes to my mind are the beautiful nature with all four seasons, the sauna and the people with their attitude and the sense of humour. Those are things that I like most in Finland.
My thoughts about Finland and Finnishness.
Some thoughts about finnishness, finnish nature and sauna
In this post you can find favorite spots in Finland and what Finnishness is to me.
In this blog post, I want to talk about why Finland is so unique to me. It's my home, and there are certain things about Finnish life that stand out. I will explore the elements that define Finnishness in my opinion.
Finnish sauna culture and all it's traditions are very unique. In the past people have used saunas as treatments to diseases, given birth in them and even dried grain in the sauna. Back in the day people believed that in every sauna, there lived a sauna elf or spirit. Although transformed more into modern time saunas still hold some of the old times spirituality and superstitions.
Finnish personality seems like a reflection of Finnish nature.
What is Finnishness?
For me, the most important things about Finland are nature and sauna. The Finnish nature is extremely beautiful and sauna is the best place to relax. I'm proud of my Finnishness and Finland will always be the place that feels like home to me.
I'm going to tell you a little bit of what finnishness means to me.
This blog is about Finnishness – about what it means to be a Finn and the cultural aspects of living in Finland. As I have born and lived in Finland my whole life, it is only fitting I share about this topic from my personal experience and dive into my own thoughts based on what I’ve seen. I will focus a bit on the characteristics as well as some of the more traditional habits of Finns.
Sauna, Sisu and Finland
As a Vietnamese student who has spent two years in Finland, I can share my perspective on the notion of Finland being the happiest country in the world. While it's challenging for me to definitively declare this as true or false based on my own experiences, I can certainly outline what I believe defines the essence of Finnish culture and Finnishness to me.
When you have lived in Finland all your whole life, you don't really think about what it means to be a Finn. Life goes on without it. Still, it is really interesting to learn the differences between other cultures and human behaviors.
Sauna: the microcosm of Finnish culture.
