Share your experiences~!

[Upphew]

Wearing furs

And since banning fur production is a hot political issue, wearing fur might not be the best fashion choice in some student circles.

And you'll look like a rich Russian tourist.

And that is bad? I like to look at long legs in short skirts and high heels. Weather be damned.

Seriously:
I'd wear fur, but I can't afford, 1st citizens initiative that parliament voted on was banning fur farming.
Russian tourists are both liked and hated/loathed here. Looking like one and being female might put you close to hooker look though.

[Bavarian]

I completely forgot about that place.I didn't mean for it to sound like I was talking about it in the last post, I wasn't. It's a few hours away from LA. I've never been there Mostly because I'm scared of mountains and large snow hills. But I guess you are right. There is SOME snow in the south... The snow hogs up north have the rest

Oh you want snow, with car, in Helsinki... baaad combination:

Oh, it could be worse:

[Jukka Aho]

I decided to create a new topic just for people to share about their experiences in Finland. [...] Share what you want to share. I'm eager to listen~!

I’m a native so my experiences of Finland are, well, my life. But on the “share what you want to share” note:

• Documentary of Finland
• Taivasalla (see the Archives)
• Finnish Music on YouTube

[AnnabelleIeve]

You will no doubt get stared at because I have this feeling your version of quiet is still noisier than Finnish quiet. As I'm sure was mentioned, you might want to tone down your flamboyance. Of all the Finns I know, they've all valued hard work and earning your proverbial keep. More staring.

Just for measure, how quiet is Finnish quiet?

[AnnabelleIeve]

And that is bad? I like to look at long legs in short skirts and high heels. Weather be damned.

Seriously:
I'd wear fur, but I can't afford, 1st citizens initiative that parliament voted on was banning fur farming.
Russian tourists are both liked and hated/loathed here. Looking like one and being female might put you close to hooker look though.

Well I don't think I'm in fear of looking like a hooker.

[Pursuivant]

Just for measure, how quiet is Finnish quiet?

One day two brothers, Jukka and Pekka, meet after a long time apart, 25 years after Jukka moved to Canada. Pekka sees his brother, nods, and they go to a sauna in the woods. They drink vodka in silence for a couple of hours. Then Jukka asks: “How's the farm?” Pekka grunts, and they continue drinking for another couple of hours. Eventually Jukka asks: “So Pekka, what happened to our mother?”. At that point, Pekka stands up and shouts: “Did you come all that way from Canada just to talk crap???"

[Pursuivant]

. More like furry boot toppers or a fur stole. .

OK, so you dress like a high-class courtesan

[AnnabelleIeve]

Just for measure, how quiet is Finnish quiet?

One day two brothers, Jukka and Pekka, meet after a long time apart, 25 years after Jukka moved to Canada. Pekka sees his brother, nods, and they go to a sauna in the woods. They drink vodka in silence for a couple of hours. Then Jukka asks: “How's the farm?” Pekka grunts, and they continue drinking for another couple of hours. Eventually Jukka asks: “So Pekka, what happened to our mother?”. At that point, Pekka stands up and shouts: “Did you come all that way from Canada just to talk crap???"

Surely that is an exaggeration.

[Adrian42]

Just for measure, how quiet is Finnish quiet?

One day two brothers, Jukka and Pekka, meet after a long time apart, 25 years after Jukka moved to Canada. Pekka sees his brother, nods, and they go to a sauna in the woods. They drink vodka in silence for a couple of hours. Then Jukka asks: “How's the farm?” Pekka grunts, and they continue drinking for another couple of hours. Eventually Jukka asks: “So Pekka, what happened to our mother?”. At that point, Pekka stands up and shouts: “Did you come all that way from Canada just to talk crap???"

Surely that is an exaggeration.

It clearly is - for sober Finns that behaviour would be expected, but after a few bottles of vodka Finns are more talkative.

[AnnabelleIeve]

It clearly is - for sober Finns that behaviour would be expected, but after a few bottles of vodka Finns are more talkative.

A few bottles? My god. I'd be dead if I drank even half a bottle.... Are Finns really such hardcore drinkers?

[biscayne]

come on, her posts are crank posts or she's a troll or whatever you call it, why are we even feeding into it. Noone could be this much of an eejit. She's a rich wench (daddy's money?? - Bernie Ecclestone?? ) who just randomly is going to come to Finland doing something non-fully-defined, has a 900k budget for a pad in one of Hki's most expensive areas, and wants to randomly give people gifts, and "experience" snow, darkness, silent people etc. etc.

yeah

[Pursuivant]

A few bottles? My god. I'd be dead if I drank even half a bottle.... Are Finns really such hardcore drinkers?

Well, the past three days or so the police caught a few drunk drivers blowing BAC counts 4.3 , 4.7 and 4.9
A normal person would keel over and die of alcohol poisoning around 3.8...

The record is something like 6.7 , but that was a Russian/Estonian - the ex-USSR guys can get way pickled.

[AnnabelleIeve]

come on, her posts are crank posts or she's a troll or whatever you call it, why are we even feeding into it. Noone could be this much of an eejit. She's a rich wench (daddy's money?? - Bernie Ecclestone?? ) who just randomly is going to come to Finland doing something non-fully-defined, has a 900k budget for a pad in one of Hki's most expensive areas, and wants to randomly give people gifts, and "experience" snow, darkness, silent people etc. etc.

yeah

I think you are over analyzing things a bit. I'm just trying to get information about Finland. Really, what is your issue?

[AnnabelleIeve]

A few bottles? My god. I'd be dead if I drank even half a bottle.... Are Finns really such hardcore drinkers?

Well, the past three days or so the police caught a few drunk drivers blowing BAC counts 4.3 , 4.7 and 4.9
A normal person would keel over and die of alcohol poisoning around 3.8...

The record is something like 6.7 , but that was a Russian/Estonian - the ex-USSR guys can get way pickled.

Just died a little from me reading that....

[Pursuivant]

Well, for 6 months theres not much else to do than drink and...
So if you don't drink, stock up on <word censor>