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When you think of Finland, what things pop straight into your mind? If you pictured the Moomin valley or the Santa Claus village, it’s so much more than that. With their insanely complex language and world-class education system, there’s also the mesmerizing nature, clean air, and thousands of crystal clear lakes. Heck, it’s even been nominated as the happiest nation in the world for four consecutive years!

But like every country, it too has its own weird little quirks, even if they seem hilarious and silly. Enter the Very Finnish Problems, an Instagram account dedicated to highlighting Finland’s national identity with a pinch of fun.

From the Finns' burning love for saunas and coffee to their sacred personal space, we have collected some of the best memes the account had to offer. Continue scrolling and upvote the ones that made you laugh! And if you’re hungry for some more Finnish goodness, check out our previous posts about it right here and here.

#1

Finland

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Vicky Zar
Community Member
4 years ago

No no no, the rest of the world needs to bow to Finland!

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    #2

    When You Break Down In Lapland

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    The Penguin Bandit
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Lol husky drama queen

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    #3

    When You Can’t Stop Anti-Stalking 😀

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    Natalia
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I do that a lot.

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    #4

    Finland

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    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Brings a tear to my eye.

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    #5

    When People Turn Up Unexpectedly 😱

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    Natalia
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I need that.

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    #6

    When Nature Trolls You

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I hope it's pointing towards the Kremlin.

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    #7

    When You’ve Had To Go Back To The Office 🙂

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    The Penguin Bandit
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Introverts unite! (Separately, in your own homes)

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    #8

    Finland

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    One of those pictures taken 5 seconds before murder.

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    #9

    When You Ask For Extra Large And Get “American” 😀

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    Kimi Tomminello
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    🤣 as an American I find this hilarious

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    #10

    Finland

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    June
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I know the feeling

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    #11

    When Too Many People Make You Nervous 😀

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    Johnny Rodriguez
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Captain, is this still finland?

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    #12

    When You Have To Do Spring Yourself

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    Madison Feehan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    This is a Canadian thing too.

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    #13

    When You Can’t Avoid Both

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    Paul C.
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Oh Yes!

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    #14

    When You Can’t Find Your Car

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    The 4 guys in the front arguing about who's generic black middle class car it actually is.

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    #15

    When You Don’t If It’s Safe To Go Back In The Lake 😀

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    Shelli Aderman
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Dun dun dun dun dun dun…

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    #16

    When Winter Tries To Kill You

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    lgbt_squid.12
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    actually, i learned this interesting fact from a park ranger. apparently, squirrels can fall from amazingly high heights and be perfectly fine. for some reason, only if they are starving will they die from falling.

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    #17

    When They Do Answer

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    Daria B
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Inaccurate. That's too much hugging.

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    #18

    When Snow Defeats You ☃️ 😀

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    The Penguin Bandit
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    When shoveling is utterly futile and you say, f**k it, stab the snow with the shovel, and go inside to start binge drinking

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    #19

    Happy Independence Day Everyone! 🥂🎉🇫🇮

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    Johnny Rodriguez
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That's a big plus for finland..

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    #20

    When You Forget A Letter 😀

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    From what I've gathered so far, both counts as a threat in Finland.

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    #21

    When Spring Just Won’t Stop Trolling You

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    Best of both worlds.

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    #22

    When There Are People In The Elevator 😱

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    Vicky Zar
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Do they really or is this just a joke?

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    #23

    Finland

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    Lotta
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ice hockey season does not bring up my best behavior..

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    #24

    When Every Friday Is Black 😀

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    September
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    🥰

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    #25

    Finland

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    Kay Woodpecker
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Life goal

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    #26

    When You Only Wear One Layer In The Winter

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    When looks do kill.

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    #27

    When You Get Pulled Over By A Reindeer :)

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    Johnny Rodriguez
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That's a huge dog with a stick taped to it's head..

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    #28

    When People Don’t Appreciate That Sauna Is Art

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    Daria B
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Italy flaunting it ♡

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    #29

    When 2021 Isn’t Quite Going As Planned

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    Rachel W B
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Nice,,apart from doing the dishes. Go get the back to school beer's

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    #30

    Finland

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    ADHORTATOR
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Thanks for the advice!

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    #31

    When You Can’t Stop Cooing Over Your Baby Box Clothes

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    Joe Reaves
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    They should have included the box since it can be used as a baby bed and isn't just there to hold the contents.

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    #32

    When You Don’t Sleep In The Snow ⛄️

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    Vicky Zar
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    No. At least Poland and Germany does that too. I think there are other countries as well, but I don't know which. Probably the whole east of Europe tough. It's not about the snow either, it's about fresh air.

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    #33

    Finland

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    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Oh dear, hope it was ok.

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    #34

    When Winter Tries To Kill You

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    Madison Feehan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Sometimes mistakes are a good thing... until they're not.

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    #35

    When You Choose Wrong

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    There are always two kinds of people.

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    #36

    When You Ask For Information 😱

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    Rhea.S888
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Introvert heaven

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    #37

    When Your Parent Trips Are Always Harder Than Yours

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    Alan Gale
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    ... and uphill both ways!

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    #38

    When It Takes Days To Put Your Christmas Tree Up 😀

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    Madison Feehan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Gör det själv julgran, lights sold separately.

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    #39

    @inktankmemes Is My Fav New Account 😀👌

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    Emi
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Finn here! Finnish is indeed not related to the Indo-European family of languages, it belongs to the family of Finno-Ugric languages. Therefore the grammar is completely different from most European languages. We actually have borrowed a lot of words from German, Swedish, and Russian due to historical reasons, but their spelling has been adjusted to fit Finnish pronunciation. We also have a layer of ancient words which are based on a language (Proto-Uralic) spoken 7000–2000 BCE. It's especially those words that nobody else gets.

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    #40

    When Your First Blast Of Winter Is Colder Than You Remember

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Looks like it has seen some sh!t and spontaneously grown hair that even more spontaneously turned white.

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    #41

    When You Have No Choice But To Drink More 🥂😀

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    Lotta
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Got it!

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    #42

    When You Have To Sit On The Bottom Bench

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    When in doubt poke him with a birch twig.

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    #43

    When You’re Slow At Tetris 😀

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    Gary Davidson
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That looks remarkably beautiful!

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    #44

    When Your Sauna Beer Is Warm 😱

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    Rachel W B
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    My new life goals

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    #45

    When You’re Missing The Sun Already Via @andrewickstroem

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    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    For sex to occur, that would mean that two Finnish people would have to interact.

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    #46

    When There Are People In The Forest

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Luckily in Finland the forest to people ratio is ideal for lots of remote cabins in the woods.

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    #47

    When You Get An Uninvited Guest

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    Steve Fischer
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Wasn't that recorded by Sting?

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    #48

    Speaking Finnish

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    (T)reacherou(S)
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That picure is freaking me out! 😂

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    #49

    When You Get A Buzzing Visitor In Your Cottage

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    Kimberly
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    I thought the 11.5 months of snow & ice would kill all the skeeters?!

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    #50

    When You Forget The Start Of School Celebration Beers 😀

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    The Penguin Bandit
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I bet it's the family pack, too

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    #51

    When You Like Sunshine

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    Lara Verne
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Remind me of certain tale: About a millionaire who stole the Sun

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    #52

    When You Get A Surprise Guest

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    MarmotArchivist
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That's one big dog.

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    #53

    When Someone Sits Next To You

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    Madison Feehan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Is this restricted to Finland? Asking for a friend.

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    #54

    When You Like The Sun But Live In Utsjoki

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    Eric Mac Fadden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I Dream of it

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    #55

    When You’re Already Missing The Sunshine

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    Laura Mende (Human)
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Scandinavia and the world! Juhuuuu!!!! (Yeah, I'm not finnish, obviously) greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 to 🇫🇮

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    #56

    When Blocking People Is Harder Than Ever 😀

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    Katy McMouse
    Community Member
    Premium
    4 years ago

    Don't forget to wrap the talky part (can't think of the proper word) in a towel and shove it in the closest drawer. Don't want to listen to the "hang it up" tone.

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    #57

    When Your Friends Are Messed Up 😀

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    Luther von Wolfen
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I've heard of people like that.

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    #58

    When You Have To Deal With People 😀

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    Madison Feehan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Sign. Me. Up.

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    #59

    Finland

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    Nadine Bamberger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Can't start them getting into your hobbies early enough.

    #60

    Finland

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    Madison Feehan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    It may not be pretty, but it's pretty impressive.

    #61

    When You Don't Like Karelian Pies

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    Lucky
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Now I want a Karelian Pie!

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    #62

    When You Meet This Lot On A Dark Night 😀

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    Madison Feehan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    They'll tell you to vamoose.

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    #63

    When You Think Everything’s A Bear 🐻

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    Madison Feehan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I wouldn't be able to bear looking outside of the tent anyways.

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    #64

    Finland

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    Mrs N
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    All the snow from the rooftop went where?

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    #65

    When You Can’t Make Your Mind Up

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    Rijkærd
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Like the Aussie.. Yeah nah= no

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    #66

    Finland

    When you have to dig your way into your house.

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    jammer
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    People digging their entrances free? Doesn’t sound like Finland.

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    #67

    When People Don’t Realise You’re Laughing Inside

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    Houssem Hammami
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    We will miss kimi in F1

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    #68

    When You’ve Run Out Of Coffee 😬

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    Twodogsandapicnictable
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    So... is a pulla a cinnamon roll?

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    #69

    When You Can’t Resist A Quick One 🙂 🍻

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    Lyyyy
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Haha, I’ve never thought about using the Aalto-vase in this way. 😂😂

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    #70

    When You Don’t Like Black Ice Cream

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    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I'm actually drooling!

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    #71

    When People Moan About The Heat

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    Naesil
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Its always appropriate time to complain about weather :D

    #72

    When You’re Already Missing Sunshine 😀

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    Lucky
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Okay

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    #73

    When You've Forgotten What The Sun Looks Like

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    Lucky
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I found Elvis!

    #74

    Winter

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    Amanda Penton
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Amazing

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    #75

    When You’ve Run Out Of Löyly

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    David Mitchell
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    The dude on the right is definitely farting

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    #76

    When You Can't Find A Public Sauna

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    Naesil
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    + almost every house has its own sauna, hell most buildings have their own sauna, every single office I have worked has had sauna in the building.

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    #77

    Finland

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    Nunya Business
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Poor um, frog?

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    #78

    When It's Always Either Too Hot Or Too Cold

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    Natalia
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    25ºC?!!! I m Greek.... hold my beer 🍺

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    #79

    When You Don't Have This In Your House 😱

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    Emilie
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Oooo a drying cupboard, that is a genius invention.

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    #80

    Finland

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    Miss Frankfurter
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    But is Paul still in bare feet?

    #81

    When You Underestimate The Power Of Perkele 😀

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    Eastendbird
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Explanation anyone?

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    #82

    When You Haven’t Got A Boat

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    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    It’s all fun and games until you need the toilet

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    #83

    When There’s No Berries With Your Breakfast

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    Daria B
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Me wanna finish both

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    #84

    Finland

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    Miss Frankfurter
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Afte the sauna.

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    #85

    When Your Child Complains About Going To Bed Early 😀

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    Katy McMouse
    Community Member
    Premium
    4 years ago

    I would adore this.

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    #86

    Finland

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    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Maybe I could learn to skate if I had this level of protection.

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    #87

    When You Haven’t Packed One Of These

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    Romenriel
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Czechia here, I would like one too, please. (Yum!)

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    #88

    When You Can’t Go For A Drink After Work Without Becoming A Meme. 😀

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    Guy MacGregor
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Haha yeah their own covid scandal ^^

    #89

    When Your Car Is An “Igloo” 😀⛄️

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Netherlands: We're expecting freezing temperatures of -2°C. Motorists are advised to make sure they have plaids, a thermos with hot coffee and dry winter clothing in their car for when their car breaks down.

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    #90

    When There’s Never Enough Room 😀

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    Spittnimage
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Can't see to drive.

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    #91

    When Finnish Messes With Your Head 😀

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    Emi
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    This is a pun on words based on similar sounding words. Tikka = Woodpecker, patikka = hike, matikka = math, pontikka = moonshine, hutikka = the state of drunkenness, itikka = mosquito, etikka = vinegar, ratikka = tram

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    #92

    When You Don’t Like Black Sweets 😱

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    Antonia
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    the Dutch love it too!

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    #93

    Finland

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    gellert grindlewald
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    ha!

    #94

    When You Like People But Live In A Dark Bit

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    Shelli Aderman
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I’d see a doctor for that… 😉

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    #95

    When Everyone Thinks It’s Always Cold In The Nordics

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    gellert grindlewald
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    what is up with Canada?

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    #96

    When The Heat Becomes Too Much 😀☀️☀️☀️

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    malenchki
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    And Scotland. We had about 10 degrees here today.. it was horrible i was sweating like mad

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    #97

    When You Never Want To Leave The Forest

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    gellert grindlewald
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    okay!

    #98

    When People Make Crap Finish Finnish Jokes 😀

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    laura lee
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ba dum dum

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    #99

    When People Don’t Appreciate Your Easter Treats

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    Lyyyy
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ah, my old nemesis mämmi, the sweetened rye porridge that looks like poo.

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    #100

    When Finnish Messes With Your Head 😀

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    Emi
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Takana. Vikana. Pakana.

    #101

    When You Don’t Like Salmiakki 😱

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    Red
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Look how the turntables... My friend gave me so much grief when I told him about sweet pizzas, now this! Can't wait to use this.

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    #102

    When Vappu Is A Bit Chilly...again 😀🥂🕺

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    Lyyyy
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    1st of May.

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