I have to dedicate one post to the alcohol because it´s really expensive here!
First of all, you can´t buy "hard" alcohol at the supermarket, as you can in Spain. Here, at the supermarket, you only can buy some beers or cider (maximum 5% of alcohol) but nothing else. So, if you want to buy wine, vodka, gin, or beers with more % of alcohol you have to go to a specific shop, called Alko, they are near supermarkets normally, and for example, in Turku city centre there are two. But, remember this: if you want to buy alcohol you have to show your ID card, but also the people who go with you have to show it (one time I went with a friend but it was me the one who was buying and I couldn´t because she didn´t have it). They say that they do it to have control of the alcohol, but they don´t count the consuming of each person or something, it´s just a different shop because it´s from the Government so it earns money with that.
Furthermore, they have another restriction, if you are 18 you can buy alcohol but no all the drinks, and when you are 20 then you can buy all kinds of alcohol you want.
The cheapest wine is 6.99€ and it´s a Spanish wine, but it´s very expensive.
With all of these restrictions, they have a high percentage of drunk people in the country.
First of all, you can´t buy "hard" alcohol at the supermarket, as you can in Spain. Here, at the supermarket, you only can buy some beers or cider (maximum 5% of alcohol) but nothing else. So, if you want to buy wine, vodka, gin, or beers with more % of alcohol you have to go to a specific shop, called Alko, they are near supermarkets normally, and for example, in Turku city centre there are two. But, remember this: if you want to buy alcohol you have to show your ID card, but also the people who go with you have to show it (one time I went with a friend but it was me the one who was buying and I couldn´t because she didn´t have it). They say that they do it to have control of the alcohol, but they don´t count the consuming of each person or something, it´s just a different shop because it´s from the Government so it earns money with that.
Furthermore, they have another restriction, if you are 18 you can buy alcohol but no all the drinks, and when you are 20 then you can buy all kinds of alcohol you want.
The cheapest wine is 6.99€ and it´s a Spanish wine, but it´s very expensive.
With all of these restrictions, they have a high percentage of drunk people in the country.
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