Despite our tendency towards loving to complain, us Finns have a lot of truly great values.
Finnishness is having the utmost respect towards space. We enjoy the possibilities our nature is given us, and as many know, we’re pretty keen on our own personal space socially. To some cultures this may seem odd, but to me personally it just shows how we quietly give each other respect.
As a country we have it all set. This goes for education, healthcare and many others. Despite the fact that we got it good here, we often find ourselves complaining about all sorts of minor stuff. Maybe it’s the lack of energy having barely any sunlight, maybe it’s just the fact that we got it all maybe even a bit too well here and take it for granted.
Even though we may be complaining about stuff as a regular basis and are a somewhat ”few-worded” and quiet people socially, we truly share a lot of honor in our homeland. A lot of this comes from our success during cold war, as well as just being a small people with a very unique language. If you ever stumble upon any foreign internet-post mentioning Finland even in the slightest, chances are you’ll find people commenting ”torille” or something along those lines just to cherish the fact that we have been noticed. That’s the appreciation of Finnishness.
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