Country of endless forests, black winters, thousand lakes, silent neighbours and many more weird things. In Finland it’s totally normal to sit next to someone and be quiet for a three hour bus trip, and I love it. Of course it’s nice to have a little chat with someone and make new friends but just being in silence is gold when you are tired or having a bad day. So if a Finnish person doesn’t start a conversation with you don’t worry, he or she is not being impolite, propably just in the mood for not talking. Feel free to ask anything from us, after all we are pretty social and we like to help people.
Nature in Finland is pretty amazing. In winter you can do skiing in the moonlight or jump naked into -20 degree snow and go to +80 degree sauna after that, sounds healthy right? Good thing about long winters are that when the summer arrives it feels extraordinary! Usually summer lasts about two weeks and everyone are just smiling becouse the sun is shining at last. Lakes in Finland are one of my favorite things. Best thing in the Finnish summer is to spend a day at the beach with friends and get drunk. Yes in Finland we don’t drink, we get drunk.
Finland is a safe country to live and you don’t have to worry about bad things when you are walking home in the evening. Of course crimes happen here and if you are getting a late night snack 4 am in the morning, you might get yourself into a fight if you really beg for it. In general Finland is one of the safest places in the world.
Most Finnish people are also pretty sarcastic and has own kind of humour, so you shouldn’t take things too seriously when you live here. Welcome to our country and I hope you enjoy your stay!
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