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Welcome to Finland, the happiest country in the world. With lots of beautiful nature, a wonderful education system, a passionately burning love of saunas, and deep respect for their fellow human beings, Finns are truly great. And you’ll know that if you have any Finnish people in your social circles, dear Pandas.
However, the Finnish can also seem mysterious, even peculiar. For one, they stereotypically love being left alone and social interactions allegedly scare them more than the local wildlife, the biting cold, and the fairytale creatures that lurk in the dark. However, that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what it means to be a Finn, as presented by the ‘Finland Jokes’ Instagram page.
As you’re scrolling down and upvoting your favorite Finnish memes, don’t forget to read through Bored Panda’s interview about introversion and extroversion with Dr. Andrew Spark from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia.
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Vic 3 years ago
Stayed for a month in a Helsinki, not a forested place, but I absolutely loved it! And it was December!!
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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
Iceland wanted to keep people away, so claimed it was all ice. Greenland wanted to attract people, so insisted it was green. Hellsinky... well, ...
Olga Dremina 3 years ago
It starts with "Hell" to keep tourists away from polluting forest😂
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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago (edited)
Silliness aside, this intrigued me so I went to Google Street View. From what I could see, Helsinki is definitely NOT one of the greener cities of the Western world... Like any city, it has a lot of parks... Johanneskirk (St. John's Church) is beautiful. But OMG! The downtown streets are positively bleak!!! Endless featureless mid-rise buildings (typically 3-6 stories, but all the same height within a given block) with pavement from one building right to the very walls of the opposite building.
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
Fun fact for people who think Scandinavia is all fjords: Helsinki is quite very, very far from a fjord, (closer to Moscow than the fjords of Norway) but the city near where I come from is along the world's largest fjord. Ya gotta say this like the Ortega Taco Sauce cowboys: New York City??? (also bleak in parts) Yes, the Hudson River isn't a river, but a flooded fjord. The New Jersey side is 1,000 foot cliffs.
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Daria B 3 years ago (edited)
They all look like sound visualisations to me and now I'm imagining the music for each of these cities. London looks very quiet.
Rosie Hamilton 3 years ago
It looks a bit like a fairground to me - a big wheel and a few things to swing on!!
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TheOneWhoKnows(Nothing) 3 years ago (edited)
As a finn and someone who lives in Hellsinki, I can assure you that we don't have big forests anymore. Our government is doing all it can to cut down all the most valuable old forests it possible can. We might have a lot of forests, but they're more like tree fields than actual lively forests. Sad, but true
Carla Davison 3 years ago
That is so sad to hear. I'm sorry that your government is killing off all the big beautiful forests. So very sad. 😢
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hi it's Norma 3 years ago
Yes! I walk and run in forest every day :) So lucky to live in Finland!
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yeciye 3 years ago
Rest of the world: wheelchair, comfortable and practical. Finland: let’s put wheels on skis.
Keisha 3 years ago
I aspire to have a friendship like this. They are so adorable and the creativity to turn two children's scooters into a ride on is genius.
Eevi 3 years ago
It's actually a thing called "rollaattori", rollator walker. :)
Load More Replies... Wilf 3 years ago
They've known each other 70 years. They were best men at each other's weddings. They go to the bar every Saturday night. They have shared about 8 sentences of conversation during that time.
J Nord 3 years ago
The English text is the direct translation from the grey text
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Ramirez rachael 3 years ago
I would love to have a beer and a story session with these 2 lovely friends
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Mere Cat 3 years ago
I thought the blue is for lakes :) But yes, the red is definitely correct! (Finn here)
The ‘Finland Jokes’ page has been posting memes about what it’s like to be Finnish since way back in 2017. In the half-a-decade since then, the page has carved out a comfortable niche for itself on Instagram, having drawn in 73.1k followers.
Make sure to follow the account on Instagram if the jokes they post made you chuckle, dear Readers.
#4
Jasper Cool 3 years ago
Lol we do not give coke with school lunches in the U.S. and yes we definitely don't have the best lunches but they usually have a veggie option. That fish looks delicious though.
BukkitBrownie 3 years ago
I currently am in high school and everything in the American picture is served as options at my school.
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Kayla J 3 years ago
Yeah, not sure why'd they switch that since the Finnish version still looks fine
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kathoco 3 years ago
I've been to Finland at least 4 times, and I have to say that the food is....not great. Which does not mean they don't have healthy school lunches, but it"s not exactly a culinary capital.
TheOneWhoKnows(Nothing) 3 years ago
You just haven't eaten in a good restaurant (/home). Best food is outside the capital, like fresh fish from Saimaa lake etc. I might be bias though 😅
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Hana Jello 3 years ago
This is not accurate at all, as someone who works in a school, there is hamburgers, pizza,corn dogs, Michelle Obama changed the food system and they intentionally serve the meals to meet the caloric consumption a growing child should eat to get the proper nutrients, there is a salad bar that includes many vegetable options as well as fruit and the drink that is served is milk every single day
Shawneen Hammer 3 years ago
I worked in the school lunch program in the US and this is a true photo that's for sure
Firstname Lastname 3 years ago
Perhaps a semester abroad to brush up on my schooling is in order here...🤤
Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Do you really get Burgers, Pommes, Nuggets and Cola at school? Oo My sons plan for this week is Spagetti Bolognese and salat, Fisch Potatoes and spinach, vegetable casserole and salat, hash browns with apple sauce, Putenrahmgeschnetzeltes (turkey pieces in a cream sauce) with rice and fruit. Drinks are: water with or without bubbles
Jasper Cool 3 years ago (edited)
No. No one is getting Cola for a school lunch. Unfortunately burgers, corndogs, pizza etc are pretty common. There's usually some veggies and fruit though. I should amend this to add no one in elementary is getting Cola in a standard lunch. Teens get a lot more options in general and could possibly get colas and forgo all veggies because they have a choice.
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Julia Atkinson 3 years ago
It's a tough job but someone has to do it *fetches binoculars and pulls comfy chair up to window*
Sapna Sarfare 3 years ago
This is every country even with the best surveillance.... And this would be a better one.... Hi auntyyyyy
Auntriarch 3 years ago
Hi Sapna! so, that girl I saw with your brother yesterday, where did he meet her
Load More Replies... Noir 3 years ago (edited)
I feel like you've never met my grandma. My mom, much to her fervent denials, has begun to take up the mantle as the sacred grandmum peeper. She's started mentioning the neighbor's comings and goings if they're even ten minutes off and is convinced the other neighbors are selling drugs. To be fair, I'm pretty sure she's right on the second one as the college kid living there offered me a dime bag. X.x
AnnaBanana 3 years ago
Much to my horror, I've started doing this occasionally. I just pretend to be closing the blinds if I get sprung.
Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago
Welcome to Spain! Those grannies are better than a bunch of rottweilers! Or Ireland, for that matter.. Or anywhere the oldies can keep an eye out.
GoddessOdd 3 years ago
My mom, bless her departed soul, was the biggest busybody in the neighborhood. She was familiar with everyone's routines, and was bursting with curiosity when someone didn't conform "The guy across the street didn't go for his run this morning... wonder where he is..."
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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Blame it on the racist, archaic Electoral College, NOT the actual voters!
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Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Of course they just had to pick the worst one for the US. This photo is so....uff.
Krista 3 years ago
I'm in! Maybe if enough of us want to go, we can get a group discount on airfare and immigration fees. Finland is amazing, and they have one of the best education systems in the world. The goal is the educate without anxiety-inducing pressure, and to help the child become the best person they can be in all aspects, not just academics. They understand that not every child learns the same way, or may have things going on in their lives that impact them greatly. In general kids aren't forced to sit at a desk all day while being taught how to answer exam questions. I'll happily enroll my children in a Finnish school. Let me know when we're moving!
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Kimberly Winkelmann 3 years ago
Ugh! Trump is not the ideal US President. Most of us find him disgusting.
Most of the memes showcase a slice of Finnish life. From their love of the cold and the great outdoors to learning to embrace the calm, the silence.
It is perhaps this stereotype about Finland, the deep introversion the country’s citizens supposedly live by, that is best known around the world. That and the sweet tooth they have for licorice in all of its forms.
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Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
Here you go friend, a nice place in New York. thousand-i...04d213.jpg 
Julia Atkinson 3 years ago
Finnish owner alights from boat, unloads shopping, and screams hysterically when she realises that she forgot the milk
SoozeeQ 3 years ago
I'm an Aussie, and the "American mansion" looks suspiciously like Chris Hemworth's mansion in Byron Bay. Locals said it looked like a shopping mall.
Orange Is Aging 3 years ago
For the record, I do not want to live in the American dream house it shows.
Jason Alexander 3 years ago
As an American, I prefer the secluded house on an island of trees, personally!
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King Kashue 3 years ago
Moving from Michigan to England, I almost laughed out loud when my mate from Essex talked about how there was no way he was driving "in this weather" - it was a dusting. A few months later he happened to visit Michigan and came back traumatized. "Everyone was driving at normal highway speeds but you couldn't see any lanes! It was just white!" 20 years later, still makes me laugh.
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Auntriarch 3 years ago
Flight to Finland was delayed at London for fear of snow, eventually it took off with much oooooo aren't we brave practically airborne Shackleton here. When we got to the airport in Finland, I couldn't even see the bloody runway 🤣
Gen X. 3 years ago (edited)
The south has ground to a halt in the U.S. because they never get snow. In Michigan where I live, we still go about our business during blizzards. 😂😂😡
Anaïs Grobin 3 years ago (edited)
People from outside of the US don't seem to realize how big this country is. And how varied the weather is. They pick one small area or major city and say "that is the US". No, Maine, Minnesota, Alaska, Michigan, are not going to be the same weather as California, Florida, Arizona.... Finland is roughly 130,000 square miles. The US is roughly 3,800,000 square miles. They also don't realize every state has an entirely unique culture. I live in one of the oldest area of the country and people are always confused when they visit the first time. "I'm sorry you packed your swim trunks for this trip, Harald, but it's -25°c and no we aren't going to ocean".
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Suzy the observer 3 years ago
Québécoise here. Unless your snot sticks to your nostrils and you cannot see five feet in front of you, IT IS NOT A STORM!!
Olga Dremina 3 years ago
Oooh, and i was wondering, why all these jokes about vodka in Russia, like, don't they think half of our population likes to be drunk? Now i see! No, "snow" in Russian is "sneg", and "vodka" is an alcohol drink, traditional for funerals.
Alex Bailey 3 years ago
Why was this downvoted? It's interesting. Thanks Olga.
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Dasha Slepenkina 3 years ago
I'm Russian and grew up with a children's story in which to illustrate the characters going to a "cold place" they go to Lapland, which is a region in Finland.
Mad Dragon 3 years ago
Temps in winter where I live regularly get down to -30 C, and I have never not had my car not start due to the cold. Do these people not use antifreeze?
Ki Li 3 years ago
Batteries tend to freeze up in cold. I've only experienced it when I don't turn my car on for a couple days in extreme cold
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Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago
The Inuit people have repeatedly asked to not be referred to by the colonialist term "raw meat eaters" which is what the word Eskimo means
Jace 3 years ago
I once visited Finland in january and was told they have a ‘hat police’. That is if you go outside without wearing a hat or cap, you were told to wear one or given one by the hat police to protect your head from the cold because it is too cold to go outside without one. Also visited the town of Nokia, was very nice.
Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Spark from the Queensland University of Technology to have a chat about introversion and extroversion. We asked him about the upsides of extroversion and how introverts feel when pressured to act in a different way than their instincts tell them to.
The expert told us that there are several options that introverts can take to reduce the stress they feel when outside forces are pressuring them to act extroverted.
#10
bryguy 3 years ago
"Have a coupon? Click here :)" *boop* "ATTENDANT ALERTED!!!! PLEASE WAIT!!!! DO NOT MOVE!!!"
QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago (edited)
“PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR AND DROP TO THE GROUND YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!!!!”
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Abby Harrison 3 years ago
I wish the u scan gave u a discount, for doing the job of an employee, that they dont want to hire.
Noir 3 years ago
It's gotten to the point that the cashiers hate coming into human contact just as much that they'll just bypass the warnings from their little kiosk without barely looking up at the grocery store all the way across town. It takes twenty - twenty-five minutes to get there, but it's worth it. They get it. They really do.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
Apparently, from what I'm getting of the others on the list, the Finnish don't like socialization. They enjoy self-checkouts to avoid human interaction.
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Jyri Hakola 3 years ago
What do you mean. last summer in Finland was nice. It was thursday
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Olga Dremina 3 years ago
"Why are you so pale, there was no summer in the Urals?" - "There was! But i was ill that day."
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
Some Canadians can relate. We have winter, a warm spell, winter chill/blizzards, the start of a melt, more snow/frigid temps, then a melt, mud season, the great clean up, and then summer for a couple months.
dott 3 years ago (edited)
Do Canadians use the term "break up" as part of spring?
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Elizabeth Truss 3 years ago
Yes, that's Johnny 😊 The movie is called Finding Neverland.
Load More Replies... john godfrey 3 years ago
Here in Canada there's jokes about the artic north. 1. When is summer? I don't know I've only been here 51 weeks. 2. When is summer? Last year it was a Wednesday.
Flash Henry 3 years ago
I wish I could afford to move somewhere that cold. I hate the summers here.
Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago
Maybe I need to move to Finland then... if you can't tell, I have pollen allergies.
#12
Mazer 3 years ago
I recall some dude built a sauna on a trailer, wanted to tow it behind his car for camping trips. Now THATS dedication
Pena Perkele 3 years ago
Oh ye, a lot of people do that. I personally know many people that own mobile saunas :D I've been to many different kinds of tent/tarp saunas, a caravan that was turned into a sauna, a sauna in the back of a bus.. We have this midsummer metal festival called Nummirock, and people bring lots of saunas to the campsite, even though there's an official festival sauna too, and the proper campsite 2km away also has saunas that you can rent. I also have a sauna, my parents have 2 saunas. We're all about the sauna here. Heck, so many of my ancestors were born in saunas.
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There's actually a law in Finland that all apartment buildings must allow tenants access to a sauna so there's usually one in the basement.
Brian Michael 3 years ago
Yeah we got a lot of McDonald's but why not do a map of bars in America? It's just as staggering as the pubs in the UK.
Vicky Zar 3 years ago
This is very funny. I want this for the whole world. What would be in France, Germany, China?
Eagle Girl 3 years ago
I'd take a sauna over McD but not sure the sauna would win over the pub
Yerdua_e.d 3 years ago
The mcdonalds one is accurate because in oregon at a specific beach in Oregon, theres a mcdonald's, and its basically the only one at the oregon coast
“We can simply force ourselves to push through it and act out of character (i.e., to act more extroverted),” the expert suggested that powering through an uncomfortable situation is one way to deal with things.
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Rumple Schleppskin 3 years ago
That crack in the road got slightly worse (more noticeable) - also, I'm not sure which is worse, me reading the year in the first pic as 1911 or Finland not having color photographs until the year 2000.
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Cactus McCoy 3 years ago
Even the rubble inside the pothole is the same, so is the staining on the road. I call photoshop.
Alex Bailey 3 years ago
Staining? Surely that is wear and tear on the road and that will only worsen too!
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Lady of the Mountains 3 years ago
pothole=annoying but no real threat... sinkhole on major road=major panic. some deaths. shutdown of road and disturbance of thousands of lives. major publicity.....see the difference?
Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago
Yes, and wouldn't there be structural damage yo the buildings? All looked very dodgy to me.
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Eve Grönlund 3 years ago
This is not true. The picture is really from Romania. In Finland we take care of infrastructure.
Garritt VS 3 years ago
In TWENTY-FOUR YEARS, anywhere else in the world, the pothole would grow big enough to swallow a car.
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Telmo Belo 3 years ago
That's how they fill the bucket. Some people still think it's just water...
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AxleMunshine001 3 years ago
Probably Russians, they are less liberal with nudity
Load More Replies... Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago
I've waited for a lot of busses and gone to a lot of saunas in Finland and this is 100 % accurate.
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Caroline Nagel 3 years ago
I have a 12 year old Nokia - it's still working and still in use. I've dropped it so many times and it keeps on going. I dread the day it dies on me.
Elizabeth Dittrich 3 years ago
My husband is Finnish, his dad passed away a year ago and had one that was a flip. My husband gave up his smart phone and started using his dad's flip. He now has a life again. I believe it is a 2g and still gets perfect reception.
Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago
Who will die first? The battery of a Nokia or the Queen... Nobody knows, we will all be gone by this time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
According to Dr. Spark, there are scientifically proven benefits to being extroverted rather than introverted. It’s something that some people might not like hearing, of course. However, there’s also absolutely nothing wrong with being introverted either. Though, at the end of the day, different situations call for different behaviors and mindsets. In short, sometimes it’s very advantageous to act extroverted even if you want to be alone in the middle of a snowy forest.
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Snorkeldorf 3 years ago
Happens in Ohio if you live close to the lake. Used to drive an hour to and from work, thru 3 different counties. It would be OK when I left home and then I'd encounter this half way there. You learn early never to use your high beams in snow, fog or heavy rain. It just reflects the light back to you but you're not really seeing anything in front of you any better. You just slow it way down and pray.
Peej Maybe 3 years ago
Driving in snow. This has actually happened to me in the UK (where usually the newspapers say "Heavy Snow" and you see a couple of lazy flakes drifting down into an otherwise clear sky). It's like playing Sega Rally snow stages on "ULTRA HARD" mode
Sareaesque 3 years ago
Had this driving home for work in the UK once, I was listening to a game soundtrack and the boss music came on as it started getting quite heavy. Was both epic and terrifying.
Abigail Keckhafer 3 years ago
We are taught in Minnesnota to try to "keep it between the ditches." What they don't teach us is that the ditches like to play hide and seek.
Mark Karol-Chik 3 years ago
Ah yes- I experienced that in Denver, Co many times. We found that if you turned off your lights, driving vision was better.
#18
RedstonewolfX 3 years ago
So three people all need hundreds of chairs to hold themselves? What takes the other seats?
Must Be Bored Again 3 years ago
I guess if you are used to sitting around and next to a bunch of naked people, plane seating wouldn't seem so bad!
Kim Lorton 3 years ago
That’s because the leader of Finland isn’t worried someone in the country wants him dead, because of dirty politics! Like in my country and the others! No wonder Finland is a happy, happy place!
Rachel Fagerburg 3 years ago
Not only is he on a public airplane, but he's flying COACH (economy) -- not first class, not business class. That alone makes me want to move to Finland. I am tired of private presidential jets and celebrities buying private jets because status and the way the public constantly threatens their privacy. A president should be a man/woman/person of and for the people, not above them. Politicians are called "civil servants" for a reason and it would do them (and their constituents) good to remember that.
“Many introverts don’t like hearing this—and I can understand that—but the science is quite clear. When we act extroverted, we experience more positive emotion,” he said, adding that this can, actually, make us feel more tired later on.
“However, if this idea [of pushing through] does not appeal to you (and there has been some research looking at why introverts don’t like the idea of acting extroverted), it may be a better idea to remove yourself from the situation or to reframe how you are thinking about yourself,” the expert told Bored Panda.
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Colin L 3 years ago
There is a type of licorice found in the Netherlands, "salted licorice." Table salt is sodium chloride, but this is salted with ammonium chloride! "Salmiac" (sp?) Is an acquired taste.
Charlotte A. 3 years ago
Also found in Finland and the rest of Scandinavia... (I love it, but most licorice is made with flour so I have to stick to the pure powder, these days... and not too often since I have high blood pressure. Dangit.)
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Sinkvenice 3 years ago
Liquorice is the only food that makes me physically ill as soon as I taste it. I keep trying it every ten years to see if my palate has changed but nope! It's consistently like eating my own demise.
Cheri Aline Sydney 3 years ago
It makes me physically ill to even smell Licorice .. always has... At 70 I don't expect this to change!
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RoseTheMad 3 years ago
Fazer chocolate too though.. anyway, my fiance is Finnish and I remember the first time she made me try Salmiakki I absolutely hated it, despite already loving licorice, but then it grew on me, now I love the stuff. xD
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Kesam 3 years ago (edited)
Anyone know where this is? Edit: found it. It's actually in Iceland (Elliðaey Island). Get some fact checkers, BP! 😉
R. K. 3 years ago (edited)
It said dream house, not owned house. Can't a Finnish person dream? 😉 Not a Finn, just a volunteer fact checker 😊
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
My question is whether they want to live there with Björk or without Björk
Lara Verne 3 years ago
There's house, plenty of space around, not far from sea, no nosy neighbors... Looks great. Now tell me, where's nearest grocery store?
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Iifa A. 3 years ago
We keep a respectable distance, not invade your personal space and approach you in a non dangerous manner from the front never from behind,, and no touching arm, shoulder etc , we meet in situation where one could expect to be open to meet(birthday party, pub/bar, common interests, in a group) We don't touch strangers or stop people on street to compliment, or even worse touch them. Usually we understand it is not appropriate to introduce ourselves when the person of interest is doing something (waiting bus, walking on street, shopping - these are activities we do not expect to be interrupted) Personal space, independence and celebrating yourself is very highly valued, we don't look for strangers assurance..but how should I react if Im minding my own business and someone decides "I must interrupt this person who is on street and let them know what I think of her" I won't thank them because clearly I didn't ask for it, ignoring makes me rude, yet their behaviour is creepy
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Tiffany Marie 3 years ago (edited)
I'm an introvert with a whole lot of trauma.. I'd probably be happy here.. but all that snow x_x
Cori Fernandez 3 years ago
This sounds like the ultimate place to live!!! Great food and you get to be left alone!
Anaïs Grobin 3 years ago
The region I live in, in the US, we don't socialize with strangers much either. People from the South US find it strange, because they are very friendly with strangers.
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“As part of any such reframing effort, try to keep in mind that there is nothing inherently wrong with being an introvert, but you also have to be realistic and accept that there are certain situations that are better suited to either extroverted or introverted behavior,” the expert noted.
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troufaki13 3 years ago
It's better to be happy inside and not show it, than the other way round... :/
Mahogany Eclipse 3 years ago
Me too! I hate having to put on a 'happy af' face everywhere I go or ppl think you got a problem with them and its EXHAUSTING
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
Content is pure happiness. Content does not warrant a smile.
KLo 3 years ago
Very true, one can be content and this can translate into simple happiness. No smile needed, just as sometimes words not required.
Load More Replies... Joe Das 3 years ago (edited)
Are Finns funny though? Like Brits have a strong sense of sarcastic humor and don't spare even strangers - I love that about them.
Lillukka79 3 years ago
We have kind of similar humour to brits, with added self irony.
Load More Replies... Klas Klättermus 3 years ago
It is the same with Sweden. Some studies seem to show that we are happy, but I have never met that happy Swede. We're all miserable about our tyrant governments and our cold and dark climate
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Gandalf the Pink 3 years ago
It wouldn't be a Finnish meme if it didn't throw shade at Sweden 😁
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
So.. how do you pick up the criminals? I guess just tell 'em "Hop on and hold on."
alex marcus 3 years ago
that is why they have the reindeer, strap the crooks on a sleigh and its all good
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Amanita Virosa 3 years ago (edited)
USA, I don't worry about sharks or gators, but ticks suck.
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Gabby M 3 years ago
My son also has Lyme Disease. Marines almost didn't let him join because of it.
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Samantha Lomb 3 years ago
Russia sells tick insurance too. I get it through my union. I thought it was insane at first but it makes sense.
Kesam 3 years ago
What does a tick need insurance for? (I'm so sorry, I just had to! I'M SO SORRY!!!) 🤣
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deadinside 3 years ago
ticks and mosquitoes carry disease so compared to alligators and crocodilians, I'm definitely more afraid of those
Shane Carvin 3 years ago
*live in us, never seen a shark or a gator don't care, also has lyme disease. Bad meme
Mazer 3 years ago (edited)
I am an American and I’m not afraid of sharks, spent decades living near and swimming in the ocean, even in the red triangle where great white shark attacks in California and by traditional garbage dump sites in Hawaii (which attracted sharks and people got bit). When I lived in Hawaii, I lived in the mountains where it rained constantly. Accidentally locked myself out of the house once…I counted a hundred mosquito bites in the time it took for me to try the door realize my mistake and run for shelter in the car less than 20 feet away. Horrible creatures
boredkoala 3 years ago
Ticks (and Lyme disease/ other tick-bourne diseases) are a huge, HUGE problem in the part of the USA I'm from.
Willem Groenewald 3 years ago
As a fellow Australian, I concur. Don't forget pages 2 - 23 of more animals that can kill you.
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“Take heart in knowing that we all have a lot more agency to act out of character if we really want to—and introverts have shown to be quite adaptable when it suits them,” Dr. Spark explained that we are far more flexible than we sometimes give ourselves credit for. Human beings are incredibly adaptable. Whether or not we’re comfortable with change is another question entirely.
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Britches are for everyone 3 years ago
I'm from Minnesota. It's colder here than in Helsinki. We still go to school.
May 3 years ago
Yeah, but most of you are of Scandinavian stock, so you can handle the cold.
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Hermione 3 years ago
They said uphill both ways? I’m sure they had no skis and the hike was 3 hours plus each way.
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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
This is not true. I've never heard of school being closed for cold weather, although here in the DC area -- and I think this is ridiculous -- they close school at the THREAT of snow.
Eryck Lindquist 3 years ago
I lived in Buffalo NY and they closed school for what they called an "ice day". It was -20°f and the windchill brought it to almost -40. So they didn't want us to die outside waiting for the bus. 🤣
Load More Replies... Jasper Cool 3 years ago
Um...last year I walked my son a half mile to the bus stop in -29C. We get quite a few days that are -17C or colder throughout Dec, Jan, and Feb in Montana state. School never gets cancelled for weather unless the roads are too icy for the busses to run and that's happened once in the last 3 years.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
This is basically every region in the continental to polar climate regions of the world.
t'pols gay tea 3 years ago
canadians too, i once went to school on a snow day of like fifty cms and didnt die, Alberta had it rough during that storm though, snow pressed to doors so they had to LITERALLY shovel out
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ThatSunniChick 3 years ago
Idk...there's a pretty good rut in the ditch before the road, and grass all over it, looks like they tried to use the ditch as a ramp and it...worked?...sort of...
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Crazy Equestrian 3 years ago
A small boy died. Its a crash that happened a few years ago near me in Sweden.
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Rumple Schleppskin 3 years ago
Could be insurance fraud. I bet the Penttilä barn needed a new roof.
Vladimíra Matejová 3 years ago
not a problem to end up in a house... but in the ROOF of the house????
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Darth Oswin 3 years ago
This actually sent me to google and then I snorted.
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Charlie Taube 3 years ago (edited)
Finnish fascinating is that are not Indo-European like the Swedish or Norwegians or Germans or English. The finish are close more closely related to people in Siberia than they are to people in the rest of Europe. And because of this their language is much much different from most European languages.
Rijkærd 3 years ago
Agglutinative is a word I have learned today and its just sounds gummy and proffesionally territorial in a weird way when pronounced....all am saying is that word is weird.
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R. K. 3 years ago
I've never studied any Scandinavian language, but when I had a cellphone in my teens, prior to the smartphone era, I had the language changed to saami, because why not. It took some practice handling it afterwards, but it felt like having a sorcerer's book that only I could understand :)
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Richard Hunt 3 years ago
I was married to a Finn for 20 years and still only know about 25 words
Despite the Finnish having a reputation for enjoying being all by their lonesome, their country is actually widely known for its strong feelings of communal support. In fact, it’s one of the things that helped Finland rank as the happiest country in the world in 2021.
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
Except it's dark in the morning and dark by mid to late afternoon.
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Space whale 3 years ago
On one foot as my other foot was starting a business.
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Jill Pulcifer 3 years ago
I think this is how all grandparents describe their daily trip to school.
Trond Øien 3 years ago (edited)
"Birkebeinerne" painted by Knud Bergslien. Depicting Torstein Skevla og Skjervald Skrukka fleeing from enemies (baglerne) with toddler Håkon Håkonsson, the kings son, to reach then birkebeiner "capitol" Nidaros (today's Trondheim, Norway) in 1206. Just saying :)
Oopsydaisy 3 years ago
All grandparents. Just exchange snow for 50c heat, asphalt stuck to feet, had to fight off circling vultures in got countries.
Must Be Bored Again 3 years ago
I just realized how brainwashed recent media has affected me. Because thinking the painting was representative of the grandmother and grandfather and I saw two guys in the painting, the thought that was the very first one I had, was "His grandparents were a gay couple?" Then a micro second later, PALM TO FACE!
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Jacob Rosenberg (Swedemire) 3 years ago
How to piss off Finns: point out that Russia in fact won the Winter War. They will go absolutely ape-s**t 🤣
Christopher Rogers 3 years ago
They may have won but at a huge cost, and not just in casualties. The Finns stole so much equipment from the Russians that they ended the war better equipped than when they started😆
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Some other factors that contributed to Finland’s overall happiness index include a thoroughly transparent government with very little corruption, as well as the level of autonomy given to the country’s citizens. The Finns felt like they were free to make their own choices at all times.
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Samantha Lomb 3 years ago (edited)
They don't. The eggs hatch out in the spring. Most Northern countries have a lot of mosquitoes. Russia certainly does ( and horse flies and midges) and Alaska has something like 30 different types of mosquitoes. They are a main pollinator as bees don't go that far north.
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Mazer 3 years ago
The little bastards have adapted to so many different environments and can lay eggs in tree holes, fresh water, brackish water and salt water. I feel for all the mammals come spring, especially the caribou. I have seen them so covered that you can wipe out 500 million by just a single swipe of the hand on their fur. Same with horses in the mountainous regions of the USA, one can walk up to a horse and with a nice pet for your buddy can result in it looking like the horse just left a battlefield due to the blood of so many mosquitoes being squished
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I was raised in the Florida swamps. I got 60 mosquito bites the day before my wedding in Nova Scotia. No one warned me. Deep woods Off never left my side after that.
Claire Wankiewicz 3 years ago
When I was young about 70 yrs ago, every summer or two, a little kid would get lost in the woods in our area - northern Alberta, Canada. Invariably, 2 or 3 days later, the child's body would be found. Cause of death: exposure - to the mosquitoes!!
Jo Iverson 3 years ago
I lived in Hawaii and I thought they were bad there. I thought it was a tropical thing. Females bite and are silent. Males buzzzzzzzz but don't bite.
Kaitlin Grady 3 years ago
Hahahahhahahahhahahahahahhaahahahahahhahahhahaahahah. (Minnesotan & that’s how we see things too )
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Schteinrick 3 years ago
We, the Vikings, did not spread a tradition where flags had crosses in them. That was the christians , who came later.
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Rumple Schleppskin 3 years ago (edited)
I really wish they would have included the Isle of Mann, 🇮🇲 Just for fun
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago
It beats the tricolors of nations like France and Italy and Ireland and Austria (whoops... top and bottom match!) and Germany and Bulgaria and Belgium ...
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Samantha Lomb 3 years ago
This year has been too warm though. Need a good cold snap to kill the viruses.
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Misty Fawn 3 years ago
U know ln maine its literally no diff we have like 3 feet of snow ATM and we also fear only the mosquito and ticks we have huge scary animals out here but yeah we look forward to our almost 6 months of snow so we don't have bugs ..
Anaïs Grobin 3 years ago
We had a strange mosquito season this year though! They hung in until mid-january down in Elliot & Kittery area
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Lindsay Morrison 3 years ago
Here it's the same. Winter, there are no black flies, sand flies, mosquitoes, shad flies.
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Apan222 3 years ago
Ehh, we in the Nordics likes to s**t on eachother, especially on Denmark
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Rodrigo Silva Oliveira 3 years ago (edited)
Where I live in Brazil there's just three climates, heat, hell and sultry days so even a sauna in Finland could be colder
Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago
Everyone in the Nordics speaks perfect English, do keep up
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Some of us unfortunately are, but this is not the case in this meme. We just like to make fun on our dear neighbour Sweden, because we think they are better than us in so many ways.
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Niina Virta 3 years ago
Actually it was more like "Keep 2 meter distance" "Fu*k, why so close?!"
Kim Lorton 3 years ago
Respect of personal space. You can be alone, yet have great companionship by sitting in a silent room with your friends and just knowing they are there, you feel better and they aren’t yapping at you.
Eagle Girl 3 years ago
Literally what I've been thinking through this post. Did anyone get affected in Finland?
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
This will definitely be Winnipeg if the Jets ever win the Stanley Cup.
Canadian in Cornwall 3 years ago
Hey, I'm from Winnipeg !! Live in the U.K.now, but am thrilled to see mention of Winnipeg on Bored Panda !
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Lytha Hawkeye 3 years ago
This reminds me of when I was speaking to some friends that live in the UK and how it's so expensive to go to another country to ski. I was like "Why do you have to go to another country? Just do it there" There was an awkward silence and one of them said "on what mountain would that be?"
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Norway considered giving a mountain as a birthday present to Finland. Most Norwegians were in favour of it, but unfortunately it was impossible without changing the constitution. The border just needed to be moved 40 metres, and this would have become Finlands highest mountain. Maybe it can be arranged when Finland turns 200 years?
Jaekry 3 years ago (edited)
I think the highest point up is 1000 ft up, and that is only because it's very gently sloping up the borders to Germany and Belgium. #lol
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Krásnoočko Zelené 3 years ago
My finnish teacher: "One of these very old, usually nature-related nouns with a different type of declension is "mäki" which means "hill". Honestly, I have no idea how did the Finns learn about the existence of hills but it apparently happened a long time ago." 😁
Mikael Högfors 3 years ago
My home province, Ostrobothnia, is so flat that we consider Denmark and the Netherlands as alpine countries.
RoseTheMad 3 years ago
Finland has some decent size mountains (there's at least one over 1000ft xD) Estonia meanwhile...
Phyzzi 3 years ago
"over 1000 ft" ahahahahaha. I live in Seattle WA, I can't bike anywhere without covering half that or more in elevation change. That's okay, half the US is unaware of what a real mountain is too. (It's the east half mostly.)
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HA, reminds me of a bicycle trip down Highway 1 from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. I met two Swedish girls who were riding across America. I asked them why America…they said “we are from Sweden and have very few challenging hills to ride”
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
I kinda ... okay yeah, lol relatable here, too. But more like when it gets above -10C in April.
Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Same, but with 15 degrees! In fall it means wintercoat time, in spring it means summer coat time! So weird.
Lillukka79 3 years ago
Not accurate. You dont bunddle up at 3C, because then what would you wear when it's -30C? It needs to be -20 for me to get the good winter coat. The other pic is accurate.
Eunice Bentley 3 years ago
+3 the last couple of days in Northern Alberta, Canada the silly guys are out in there shorts and t-shirts already.
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Kuningatar Keitto 3 years ago
The four elements! Someone please put out a Finnish parody where Avatar plays in Finland 😂😂😂
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
If I had to experience a long bout of not seeing the sun for a while I would do the same.
s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago
In northern climes, you get that from oily fish. Not sufficient from the sun.
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Ashley P. 3 years ago
Here in Massachusetts, US, we will also bbq in Winter. Hel, we will bbq in the middle of it.
Anaïs Grobin 3 years ago
"Christmas tree shopping in the snow in shorts & t-shirt in Deerfield" - My husband in 2004.
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TmKhr 3 years ago
Actually there's just a little fence. Some random border guards every now and then.
KM 3 years ago
How to tell the creator has never been to the Russia-Finland border... On the plus side, if you get stuck in traffic (which you would) in the neutral zone (i.e. the area between the Russian and the Finnish border control posts) is incredibly beautiful with lakes and tress and hares hopping about)
Mizar Otavainen 3 years ago
There is really a golf course at the border of Finland and Sweden. They say it is the only course on earth where golf ball is able to fly one hour. E.g you hit the ball at Swedish side at 9 o'clock it will land to Finnish side at 10 o'clock.
Rosie Hamilton 3 years ago
Let's keep the blame where it should be. Not the fault of the ordinary Russian people.
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Griffo Yger 3 years ago
Finland as a former part of Russia has a special status. Both countries have been friendly and economically integrated since the end of ww2
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RoseTheMad 3 years ago
30c is definitely too hot, and I'm not even finnish, I just hate hot weather, but sauna feels different. ESPECIALLY when you get out and go jump in some cold water or snow lmao, its refreshing.
JP Doyle 3 years ago
heheh. That's not a thermometer, that's an hygrometer, which measures humidity. A sauna ain't gonna have 100% humidity. It's a dry heat. And 100 degrees F is too cold for a sauna. Need at least 115-125 F
Niina Virta 3 years ago
No not at all. You're welcome to visit and give it a try! I'll by the first beers.
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Juvina Raymonds 3 years ago
Or when the bus is full, and then literally every person gets off the bus except the person sitting beside you.
Raven DeathShade 3 years ago
Sometimes I may be guilty of this. I am VERY socially awkward, so I seek out people and sit/stand next to them to do what they do. Being alone terrifies me.
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Monday 3 years ago
There is some sort of unwritten rule that if you see a cow while driving you have to point it out to everyone else in the car.
Gabby M 3 years ago
LOL I do this a lot. I freaked out when I saw my very first Dutch Banded Cow. A good name for them, Panda Cow!
Load More Replies... MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
LOL yup. Here, too. It's an unspoken rule you must always Mooo at every cow farm you see.
Spring Fisk 3 years ago
and if they look your direction, you win a point!
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When my 1st foreign boyfriend came to Finland, he was shocked of the view during the 80km drive from the airport to my hometown. He kept asking "why don't you guys build something here?!" :D
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Bobby 3 years ago
I'm sure Finnish prisons are nice than here though. The conditions we allow are appalling
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Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Well, Europe treats it's prisoners like human beings. We do not punish our prisoners more than necessary. We rehabilitate. I bet prisoners in Finnland can have knives too, just like here in Germany. From what I've heard this is not possible in the US.
The Scout 3 years ago
I think that might be because european countries did not privatize their jails for profit...
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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
As an American cop explained: We arrest violent people. We send them to prisons. Prisons are violent places where violent people have to learn to fight dirty to survive. We later release those better trained and even more violent people into an unsuspecting society. We wonder why we have so many violent repeat offenders.
Oopsydaisy 3 years ago
Actually mostly they don't arrest violent people. The vast majority of people in the us, as in many other countries, are in jail for drug related crimes.
Load More Replies... Joe Das 3 years ago
I bet the worst crime in Finland is talking to a stranger on the street. The fitting punishment is a lesson in isolation
Evelyn Haskins 3 years ago
Prisons should NO be demeaning. They SHOULD be places of reform and education. Or simply places to keep the dangerous criminals whose release would be dangerous for others
Lindsay Morrison 3 years ago
Jokes. People making jokes don't need to be fact-checked. Have a laugh and move on, or don't have a laugh.
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Eevi 3 years ago
Yes, it's like you with Denmark I think. And I think it's hilarious that we have been telling jokes about Swedish people for centuries and you guys don't even bother to notice us in your jokes. :D
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Simon Lyngbo 3 years ago
As a dane I aprove of this, for the sole reason of bashing sweedwn. Ty 3>
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Big Blue Cat 3 years ago
Maybe in some areas but my neighbour keeps removing snow from my walkway to the door (it's a connected house so we don't share a door or any stairs) and this isn't first friendly neighbour I've had.
s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago
Several of mine shovel my many steps and walkway. Canadian here.
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Sami Rezler 3 years ago
I wish we used gravel. We use salt and it ruins cars, roads, sidewalks, EVERYTHING
Anaïs Grobin 3 years ago
Where I live, they use light sand and calcium magnesium acetate instead of calcium chloride. It is safe for animals, vegetation, soil, water supply, and doesn't leave a residue on paint. In the US many places are switching to better forms of ice melt & road grit, because we have done a lot of damage to the soil in the past.
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Varyanna Ruthengael 3 years ago
In Helsinki, When the 20' icicles on buildings start to fall in a thaw, the sidewalks are blocked off & pedestrians walk down the center of the streets.that's when this guy is a lifeguard.
Mine Truly 3 years ago
Why is a human doing that. Where are the fleets of giant vehicles whose only purpose is to sand, salt, and plow the roads.
Bobby 3 years ago
A lot of USA person, never seen Beach in Afghanistan. So they left early after 20 years.
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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
Look, there are no other human beings to annoy you! 100% social isolation! The dream!
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Ruben Reveles 3 years ago
These memes are doing are very good job of selling hey come move to Finland! From what I've seen the weather, people, animals and insects are all Aholes
dott 3 years ago
No kidding. I'm introverted, but I'm not a total jerk. My introversion includes not wanting to be in a sauna right next to other people, too! 😂
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Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago
How people make friends.? They don't feel lonely ? They don't need to talk.? I speak a lot.
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Eevi 3 years ago
Okay so the ones in bottom left and bottom right do have blood as their main ingredient. They are blood sausage (musta makkara) and blood pancake (veriletut). They are both served with lingonberry jam and they are delicious. The one in the middle that looks like poop is called "mämmi". It is traditional dessert that we serve with cream and sugar on Easter. It contains rye flour (not blood :D) and is in my opinion also delicious. The one in the top right is called "hernekeitto" (pea soup). It is traditionally served on Thursdays (because before reformation Friday was the day of not-eating in the Catholic culture, and we needed some nutritioning and cheap food the day before.) When you put some mustard in it it also tastes quite good. I have to admit I googled the one in the top left. It is in facr chocolate with fishs, from Finnish trademark Taiga, but it's not a common thing in Finland.
Eevi 3 years ago
Hope this clears somethings up, even tho I doubt it makes you want to try Finnish foods more. :D
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Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Hmm... this is a bit too much exaggerated. Burgers and Pizza are not the foods you would think of in most other countries.
Evelyn Haskins 3 years ago
"Burgers" and Pizza are fast food -- take away food. sort of edibl3e food when you are on a long drive and don't want to stop for a real meal
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Paraskevi Astridi 3 years ago
So you are saying that Finland is the perfect country for an introvert? ... I'm going to check how much I need to move there
Kim Lorton 3 years ago
Blood sausage, blood chocolate, blood pudding, blood cakes… you all need to replenish what those nasty skeeters suck from your bodies! ( sorry! Lol!)
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I never really liked peas whole, but green pea soup is so nice!
Load More Replies... MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
I heard Finland isn't known for their great food. I'm not judging as I've never tried it. But I have heard from people who have gone it's not what you go there for.
Auntriarch 3 years ago
You can probably find something that is to your taste, but as a rule, it helps if you are inordinately fond of fish and licorice
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Sabrina 3 years ago
Yep, you don't take your shoes off, you don't come in.
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Pezor Zass 3 years ago
i had a gf who grew up on a farm in Oregon who said that between the farm work and the dogs coming in and out with god knows what, her mother didn't try to keep the floors actually clean. It was boots off at the door, but shoes on in the house common areas. All stone floors, btw: no wood, no carpet. Seemed insane to me, but a very different environment from what i grew up with. And of course this does nothing to explain the urban shoes-on weirdos.
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
Where exactly do people keep their shoes on? i see this all the time and have no idea what culture does that. People keep saying the US but if i kept my shoes on in anyone's house, i would get shamed instantly.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
In Australia it is quite common to leave your shoes on unless you are a migrant. I don't care if people wear shoes in my house, but I kick mine off as soon as I get in because I hate wearing them. Also tradies will often remove their shoes at the door.
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MaekoMermaidGirl 3 years ago
I don't wear shoes even in the yard. Only when I go out somewhere.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Most civilized countries do this. In Scotland you wear socks with your shoes always for this specific reason. In USA, i've been able to travel the Midwest, Rocky Mtns and the South/Southwest, every person's home i've been in doesn't care about taking your shoes off. Mostly because the floor is already gross and filthy and they couldn't care less about germs. I learned in my american house to just let people walk in with their shoes on, just means I antibacterialize the floor right before they arrive and as soon as they leave.
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Jacob Rosenberg (Swedemire) 3 years ago
Wait, the finnish word for cat is "hmm-hmm-dog"?
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Rijkærd 3 years ago
Why does this sound close to the same word for easter in Swahili ...its Pasaka for Easter.
MaekoMermaidGirl 3 years ago
On a side note, taboo in Japanese is "kinki" 😏
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Charlotte A. 3 years ago
All of the items are pricey - maybe that's why they say to steal it? :)
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Auntriarch 3 years ago
You missed the hand plucked organic heritage reindeer feather in the hat, €699
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King Kashue 3 years ago
I mean, all of those are one language family (Indo-European, specifically Germanic) and Finnish is a very different one (Uralic). They're not related in the slightest. Modern geographical proximity isn't terribly meaningful with language.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I grew up in the South and there were people I could barely understand. And supposedly most of us speak English.
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Mark Wilson 3 years ago (edited)
No! Finnish is in an entirely separate language group called Finno-Ugric, which also contains... er (checking notes)... Ugric. (ETA: jk. It's the languages originating in the area of the Urals, also including Estonian and Hungarian, the main language on the Ugric side of the hyphen.)
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Francesca Annoni 3 years ago
it is not mandatory to speak in the elevator, it is just more polite to turn your back to the wall rather than to other people
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Auntriarch 3 years ago (edited)
Goes to Sweden, tries to speak Swedish, my Swedish is so poor that Swedish people beg me to speak English so they can understand me
Eevi 3 years ago
Same. I can only say "Jag talar inte svenska, talar du engelska eller finska?". But I think it is because of the attitude we still have towards Sweden and Swedish.
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Jasper Cool 3 years ago
So it's introverts who care about their community and like saunas? I was definitely born in the wrong country because I would love this
Charlotte A. 3 years ago
Should be "asperand" vs "miukumauku". It's not like their emails go "miukumauku.hotmail.com"
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TmKhr 3 years ago
"Kas vain", sanoi kasvain ja kasvain kasvoi vain, koska vain kasvain voi kasvaa noin vain koska vain.
Daniel Marsh 3 years ago (edited)
Yes, but buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
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kjorn 3 years ago
looks like that to me. at least they should've put SOA for american
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Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Like the Scottish year. Was the reason I moved overseas, just couldn't take the long dark half a year of cold anymore.
MaekoMermaidGirl 3 years ago
Sounds like that's what happened to my ancestors. They moved from Scotland to Ireland to the U.S. and became the McNeily's somewhere along the way. It happened in the 1600's, so that explains the spelling error from immigration
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Sky Render 3 years ago (edited)
"Perkele" is a generic swear about as strong as "damn", literally means "god of thunder". Finland's flag is saying "Finland was mentioned! Finland Finland damn! Winter War! Go! Meet-up at the market!" (I don't actually know much Finnish, but I do know how to use a dictionary and Google Translate!) EDIT: The Winter War was the first major Finnish-Russian conflict, 1939-1940, according to Wikipedia. The More You Know(TM)
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Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
This is why I've always thought that Scotland, Ireland, and all the other Nordic countries should form their own union of countries, cus we're all the bloody same. I read a "Scandinavian Defense union" was once proposed, the Gaelic and Nordic countries should band together. We can meet for drinks and give Russia frosty glares. I'd be unbelievably down for that.
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IeabellAlakar@aqueenofaplanet 3 years ago
there should not be qiotes around full. That bus is completely full.
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Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
Britain actually looks like this. Bacon-Sand...6ebe7e.jpg 
BigFish Artwire 3 years ago
I know a few English that have porridge and coffee for breakfast, and none who have whatever the one in the first photo is
Cherry Lane 3 years ago
Not everyone in Finland eat only porridge and drink coffee. It varies a lot.
Chamber Laine 3 years ago
Where's the black pudding? You can't have an English breakfast without black pudding.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
Top one is an American Continental breakfast. British people don't have French Presses unless they're uber fancy or a coffee snob, and no self respecting British person eats grapefruit for breakfast, we're not yoga-addicted Californians.
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Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
gimmicky crap that not a single person owns.
Load More Replies... Jasper Cool 3 years ago
Oy we have real saunas in America they're just usually at the gym or hippie retreats. This is an Amazon.com "health" item.
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
*struggling to stay standing and not pee herself from laughing so hard* oh RUSSIA! Omg you crack me up so much you absolute lunatic of a country. That Russian sauna is so damn funny. Absolute gold.
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Stefan 3 years ago
Some years ago, in Tampere, friends told me once to avoid some suburbs, saying it's dangerous. I imagined some petty criminals or something like this. They replied : No, you have to be careful for the bears !
Angelar 3 years ago
That was very interesting and entertaining...Please more posts about life in different countries🤗
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
My friend who's from Cape Cod moved to Finland to be with his Finnish girlfriend, they married and had a beautiful daughter. He says life in Finland is so calm, peaceful, respectful and at a pace where you can actually live your life. He says he looks back on his life in America and honestly can't think HOW he managed in USA, with the endless back-to-back jobs, paying for education, high cost of living, constant stress. He says everything is set up in Finland so you can just prosper, enjoy life and be a member of a flourishing community. He said he's never moving back. I envy the crap out of him. Any of you Finnish lads need a wife? I need a greencard back to Europe. Fuc* this for a game of soldiers.
Niekka 3 years ago
I could use a wife. You are not one of those talkers, are you? 😏
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Derpy_Greyh0und69 3 years ago
I still remember the line from how to train your dragon," it snows 9 months here and hails the other 3"
Stefan 3 years ago
Some years ago, in Tampere, friends told me once to avoid some suburbs, saying it's dangerous. I imagined some petty criminals or something like this. They replied : No, you have to be careful for the bears !
Angelar 3 years ago
That was very interesting and entertaining...Please more posts about life in different countries🤗
Karis Ravenhill 3 years ago
My friend who's from Cape Cod moved to Finland to be with his Finnish girlfriend, they married and had a beautiful daughter. He says life in Finland is so calm, peaceful, respectful and at a pace where you can actually live your life. He says he looks back on his life in America and honestly can't think HOW he managed in USA, with the endless back-to-back jobs, paying for education, high cost of living, constant stress. He says everything is set up in Finland so you can just prosper, enjoy life and be a member of a flourishing community. He said he's never moving back. I envy the crap out of him. Any of you Finnish lads need a wife? I need a greencard back to Europe. Fuc* this for a game of soldiers.
Niekka 3 years ago
I could use a wife. You are not one of those talkers, are you? 😏
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I still remember the line from how to train your dragon," it snows 9 months here and hails the other 3"
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