Finland Forum

Another point that I meant by my comment, is that in Finnish culture a meal is just nourishment, made to fill you up...it is not a taste experience, or a celebration of life like it is in other cultures. If you spread comments like this around, i am not surpriced if your in-laws start to pick you a...

Also , if god wouldn't want us to eat animals, why did he made them out of meat then???

There is some different styles of peanut butter in International food shop close to Sörnäinen station at Hämeentie. Not Kraft tough but they have both chunky and smooth ones (someone asked after chunky style earlier).

I would like to point out here that my reply was for Caroline not for happening fish. It was comment about her post about her families and friends eating habbits and criticizing those habbits Ok, I went back to read that post (and not only the quote) and it fits in the context of that message. Stil...

Why not cook healthy and yummy vegetarian meals for yourself and set a nice example for your surroundings instead of criticism? The fish already does so (why not? - I don't get that assumption) and why is that "a nice example for the surroundings"? I would like to point out here that my r...

It is hard to convince the average Finn, for whom a bowl of porridge, a slice of black bread coated with butter and a slice of ham, and a cup of coffee is a meal fit for a king. However, in the few years that I've been here, I've noticed more diversity of products, both grown produce and prepared o...

I can see it can be hard to be vegetarian here if you are not ready to change your eating habbits from what it was back 'home'. It just is the fact that this is not the land of fresh exotic fruit and veggies, and no whining will change the fact that those things don't grow here. Lack of pre-made veg...

Hi! Sorry I keep bugging you guys about all this stuff regarding Finland! But I was just curious as to how you would say these words in Finnish: shadow dark dream girl love gothic scream Also, if you know any swear words in Finnish, those might come in handy at some time or another! Please, pass th...

How about ULKKIS , that's a friendly slangworld for foreigner. Or HASSU would be nice, i would take it myself. Or IHANA. Or JUNTTI (for person with lot of self irony).

If coming from Stockholm to Finland with car, definately cheapest choise for ferry is Seawind. It goes from Stockholm to Turku and costs (one way) 55 euro on dayroute and 128 euro on nightroute. Price includes travel for 1 to 4 people and a car. You can only get into this ferry by car. http://www.se...

Got my working schedules for that period and i am definately working on 18th so i cannot come this time

Naturally Thomas can come alone, as long as some responsible soul will make sure he doesn't take his kurahousut and kurarukkaset off and catch a cold in middle of the bowling.

Asian market in Hakaniemi (opposite side of UFF-store at Hämeentie) sells dutch Pindakaas. I am not a fan of peanut butter but the people i know that are, all swear on it. Fits also for making sate sauces etc, because it's not sweetened. That shop is really nice one for other food hunts as well, i'v...

It's a tradition to have snow at Vappu, 1st of may. :lol: Last year day before Vappu i remember arriving back to Finland on Superfast VII, and waking up to strange noise just to see from window that ship is sailing on ice. Outside temperature was -1c. It was especially painfull welcoming as i left N...

Yes we drink heavily

You must read my messages trough a blonde filter

Me and Thomas would love to come, but as we are going to the beer festival today, tomorrow is not a good day to bowl for us. Anyhow, hopefully we can come along on the next time.


edit: i checked the date wrong, hehe, sorry. 18th sunday still no go, i am working.