About finnish people and their habits!

nidhal · Post by **nidhal** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:17 am

Hi guys!
Something i couldn´t understand it till now is: Why finnish people are silent, every where in bus, metro... u hear noise only in weekend from the drunk people! one of my friend from Holland was singing ( happy day ) in the bus people started to look at him like he is crazy!( we record a video and i´m gonna put it in youtube, i will give u the link later:D:D ) always they r silent, not smiling reading this morning magazine, it´s not the same at least in some other European countries.but at least women here are easy

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Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:42 am

Something I cannot understand is why foreigners are noisy, they are always drunk? They sing aloud in the bus like they are crazy?

Charlesdass · Post by **Charlesdass** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:00 am

That you find it funny is one thing (I agree, Finns are funny, but in a good way!) but to say that you don't understand their behaviour is ridiculous. What is there to understand? Every nation and culture is different. It shouldn't be about understanding it but accepting it surely...

nidhal · Post by **nidhal** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:34 am

Hank W. wrote:Something I cannot understand is why foreigners are noisy, they are always drunk? They sing aloud in the bus like they are crazy?

No Hank calm down plz !! Älä stressi

i understand ur feeling because ur finnsih

EP · Post by EP » Sun May 11, 2008 2:23 pm

they r silent, not smiling reading this morning magazine, it´s not the same at least in some other European countries

And which European countries would that be? I think I have been sitting in busses in most European countries, and people don´t chat any more than they do in Finland. If they know each other they do, otherwise not. Really, who wants to chat with unknown eople in the morning on their way to work?

nidhal · Post by **nidhal** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:29 pm

EP wrote:
they r silent, not smiling reading this morning magazine, it´s not the same at least in some other European countries
And which European countries would that be? I think I have been sitting in busses in most European countries, and people don´t chat any more than they do in Finland. If they know each other they do, otherwise not. Really, who wants to chat with unknown eople in the morning on their way to work?

well i have been living in Berlin ,Paris at least i know people there are different!!

EP · Post by EP » Sun May 11, 2008 2:34 pm

i have been living in Berlin ,Paris at least i know people there are different!!

They may be different, but they certainly don´t behave differently in busses and metros. Ukraina, Belorus and Moldova are the only European countries where I have never been to, so I cannot speak for those. But for the rest: people who know each other talk, the rest don´t.

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:42 pm

Hey, I've got a great idea.

Why not decide that henceforth, everybody in the whole world should talk, think and behave exactly as I do.

That would not only significantly diminish the stress caused by such mind-boggling realisations like "by golly - people in Bonkerslavia are different from people in Wankistan! How did that happen?". It would also eliminate unnecessary pollution caused by all sorts of traffic, since people would not need to travel anymore. Everything would just be... the same.

(How absolutely dreadful.)

norwich · Post by **norwich** » Sun May 11, 2008 6:45 pm

Good one Sammy. The same way the mosaic of characters on this forum makes it fun

smilesalot · Post by **smilesalot** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:40 am

Interesting observation but not true, while it might be quieter than other places sometimes people do communicate. Ive been on buses in Vantaa, Helsinki and Espoo where people thank the bus driver out loud as they exit the bus(something Ive noticed more on country buses. When you go outside the Helsinki bubble(Uusimaa region) where people know each other more they talk with each other while in quieter tones. Again as you noticed here in Finland or perhaps you haven't there is a general respect for ones privacy, maybe this is one of the major reasons you noticed people are quieter. Ive been all over Finland and observed the same thing, a quiet courtesy to respect others personal space as well as personal opinions.
Your generalization is not completely accurate. I guess you've never seen this youtube vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnvngOpS ... re=related LOL and you say they're quiet

smilesalot

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude."
- Aristotle

parisdepaul · Post by **parisdepaul** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:28 pm

I remember when I lived in Finland, late ´90's, there was a "singing bus driver" in Vantaa. He was a sweet old man driving the bus and singing songs, pretty well actually. He was like a local celebrity. I had a chance to ride that bus once or twice. Is he still around?

aniorek · Post by **aniorek** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:35 pm

nidhal wrote:Hi guys!
Something i couldn´t understand it till now is: Why finnish people are silent, every where in bus, metro... u hear noise only in weekend from the drunk people! one of my friend from Holland was singing ( happy day ) in the bus people started to look at him like he is crazy!( we record a video and i´m gonna put it in youtube, i will give u the link later:D:D ) always they r silent, not smiling reading this morning magazine, it´s not the same at least in some other European countries.but at least women here are easy

Geez... if you don't understand Finns, move out. I love it when people come here and try to say that Finns are socially disabled.

I spent 4 years in Germany and haven't noticed that people behave in any different way than Finns in public transport. Sometimes they chat, sometimes they don't, sometimes there are loud teenagers (not drunk), sometimes kids are shouting stuff, just like in any other country. if someone started singing on the bus, I would also think that person is a bit hullu. And I am not Finnish.

I think you are exaggerating like hell.

Karhunkoski · Post by **Karhunkoski** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:48 pm

aniorek wrote: I love it when people come here and try to say that Finns are socially disabled.

I agree, I don't think Finns are actually any more socially disabled than anyone else, although many of them think they are, and sometimes end up inadvertently living up to the stereotype. A bit like the Welsh thinking they can sing.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:52 pm

Karhunkoski wrote:A bit like the Welsh thinking they can sing.

Ah, so they're into karaoke as well?

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:03 pm

parisdepaul wrote:I remember when I lived in Finland, late ´90's, there was a "singing bus driver" in Vantaa. He was a sweet old man driving the bus and singing songs, pretty well actually. He was like a local celebrity. I had a chance to ride that bus once or twice. Is he still around?

Hmm... I have never spotted him, but I distinctly remember a long-distance train conductor who used to recite his own poetry to the passengers via the train's PA system (before and/or after the 'official' announcements)...

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