Safety and freedom are some of the best things I like in a Nordic country. I can just go to walk alone in the middle of the night in a park and the risk of anything bad happening is really small. I also appreciate the nature. I can go to a summer cabin or just hike in the nature and enjoy its beauty, breath the pure air and swim in a fresh water lake. Well, I don’t own a summer cabin but I go to my friends’ cabins. Sometimes with friends, we rent a cabin for some occasion like the midsummer solstice celebration. I guess that I will miss the Finnish sauna a lot while being out of the country. Going to a sauna and swimming in a lake is the best combination ever.
As a Finn I was subjected to the horror of bad Finnish food. In school, at home, in many places. Of course I liked some foods like Karelian pies or mämmi. After I moved into my own apartment I stayed as far away from most Finnish foods as possible. After a long time I’ve understood that many of the foods can also be done well. I learned to cook some of them and nowadays I have started to appreciate more and more of the typical Finnish foods.
We have survived from from our bigger neighbours attempt to occupy our nation. We have learned to survive in the harsh conditions of the north. We were a second nation in the world to implement full universal suffrage in 1906. Finnish culture has lots of music, literature and everything. We have interesting history. There are many things I wish to know better. We are tough and reserved but on the other hand all the Finnish people I know are different. Maybe the things that are most common to us are need for personal space and honesty. Maybe those are the most common Finnish traits that define us.
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