How about Turku?
DOWN BY THE LAITURI -festival is now
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Huh. PiETARSAARI thinks it invented kebab with its famous (sic) Korv Görans kebab.
Turku turku.. was there recently and it was damn hot and the damn Cumulus hotel didn't think to use its airconditioning.
Mind you, an English friend always mixed up where I lived when I lived in TKU in the late 90s and I got letters to Turkey, Finland and they got there.
Turku turku.. was there recently and it was damn hot and the damn Cumulus hotel didn't think to use its airconditioning.
Mind you, an English friend always mixed up where I lived when I lived in TKU in the late 90s and I got letters to Turkey, Finland and they got there.
since i moved here the prettiest girl and generally just all round great person i have met wsa form there, so i plan to take a trip and she will show me around. although she did say there wasnt a great deal but if im here and wanna see more places i should come visit.
Did i mention how lovely she was?!?!?
Did i mention how lovely she was?!?!?
If its muddy, Can I drive it?Restroom's one of the 'Jouni Lanamäki' bars. The owner's a convicted racist, used to hang out with nationalist right-wing nuts and likes to use words like 'n****rlover'... not too warm and fuzzy for a Finn :pkorppu wrote:There is one in Helsinki also, on Tehtaankatu, opposite of Laivakoira. "Restroom".
I wouldn't go near anywhere touched by him.
Timbeh wrote:
...and in finnish standards the city has a relatively multicultural feel to it.
Really? Havent noticed it. Been here for 3 and a half years now. Only thing multicultural about it is the kebab joints, so-called Chinese restaurants and a solitary Indian restaurant. Methinks Turku's a good place to live if you're a student or collecting your pension. I dont think it has any particular charm. It's dead boring. Until 3 months ago, I didnt have a single friend. Now, I have 2 and they are foreigners I met from this forum.
...and in finnish standards the city has a relatively multicultural feel to it.
Really? Havent noticed it. Been here for 3 and a half years now. Only thing multicultural about it is the kebab joints, so-called Chinese restaurants and a solitary Indian restaurant. Methinks Turku's a good place to live if you're a student or collecting your pension. I dont think it has any particular charm. It's dead boring. Until 3 months ago, I didnt have a single friend. Now, I have 2 and they are foreigners I met from this forum.
So, in your opinion, which other Finnish city isn't deadly boring? Just out of curiosity so I'll know what to expect when I move to Turku.Jools wrote:Timbeh wrote:
...and in finnish standards the city has a relatively multicultural feel to it.
Really? Havent noticed it. Been here for 3 and a half years now. Only thing multicultural about it is the kebab joints, so-called Chinese restaurants and a solitary Indian restaurant. Methinks Turku's a good place to live if you're a student or collecting your pension. I dont think it has any particular charm. It's dead boring. Until 3 months ago, I didnt have a single friend. Now, I have 2 and they are foreigners I met from this forum.
I think Turku is quite a charming place .. especially during the summer months. Ofcoure it all depends what you're looking for.Obviously,there's more entertainment/night life in Helsinki.
It is often said that the Finns are a little reserved and that it can take a while to get to know them. I feel that this is more true of Turku than other cities in Finland.
It is often said that the Finns are a little reserved and that it can take a while to get to know them. I feel that this is more true of Turku than other cities in Finland.
My two cents worth ... Helsinki is vibrant and cosmopolitan. It's buzzing all the time. Like I said, it depends on why you're going to be here. If you're going to be a student, then Turku's probably your place.donald wrote:
o, in your opinion, which other Finnish city isn't deadly boring? Just out of curiosity so I'll know what to expect when I move to Turku.
Hi,
I've been living here for six years and while I admit that it is, or can be difficult to make friends and meet people in Turku, it's NOT impossible. Learning the language has a major impact on your success rate in making friends, and in my case most of my friends I met outside the bar scene. I managed to get quite a good friend circle through martial arts, but that's just my thing. I have been and remain the only non-Finn in the club, and while I speak mainly english, I think that being open, enthusiastic, and willing to take some responsibility has helped loads in making it easier for the other club members to get to know me.
It's just too easy to withdraw to the ex-pat circle and moan about how !"#¤% finland is and how Turku is boring. It's what you make it.
En garde!
Kevin.
I've been living here for six years and while I admit that it is, or can be difficult to make friends and meet people in Turku, it's NOT impossible. Learning the language has a major impact on your success rate in making friends, and in my case most of my friends I met outside the bar scene. I managed to get quite a good friend circle through martial arts, but that's just my thing. I have been and remain the only non-Finn in the club, and while I speak mainly english, I think that being open, enthusiastic, and willing to take some responsibility has helped loads in making it easier for the other club members to get to know me.
It's just too easy to withdraw to the ex-pat circle and moan about how !"#¤% finland is and how Turku is boring. It's what you make it.
En garde!
Kevin.
Ni bheidh mo letheid aris ann.
That's the kind of answer I thougt would be coming. Of course, there's nothing like Helsinki, let alone the population is more than twice the number than in any other place.Jools wrote:My two cents worth ... Helsinki is vibrant and cosmopolitan. It's buzzing all the time. Like I said, it depends on why you're going to be here. If you're going to be a student, then Turku's probably your place.donald wrote:
o, in your opinion, which other Finnish city isn't deadly boring? Just out of curiosity so I'll know what to expect when I move to Turku.
Nevertheless, I'm not going to be a student in Turku anymore. And I do not enjoy those so-called student places like Grainvillage, where I've been living now aas a student for more than four years. I'll see. Hopefully I won't regret it.
If someone asks why the heck I'm moving to Turku I answer, hey, what is more crazy, moving to Turku or moving to Finland at all?
