I found a lot of differences between Spain and Finland, and I have to say that in some points I like the Finnish points, but not always. For example, there´s something that it´s very weird for me, here, children are really independent, they go to school alone, they take the bus or walk when they are really really young, and it´s also possible because of the safe of the country, but it´s not that common in Spain. And in this point, there´s something that, personally, I don´t understand, and it´s that here parents usually leave their babies at the street in their 'baby chair' when they are inside a bar, and in Spain, social services would take away your son for that reason.
But I really like the peace that you feel here, there´s no much noise (also because it´s so small), cars hardly ever blow the horn and there is a lot of silence. Also, you feel really safe here. I haven´t seen violence in the two months that I have been here.
One thing that surprised me is that people smell really good here, they use a lot of perfume and when you are walking in the street you can smell them.
Another thing that surprised me is that they have game machines everywhere, you can play at the supermarket and I think that this is making ludopatah problems. One Finnish girl told me that where the game machines are in some supermarkets are like social places for elderly people.
Also, they have serious problems with alcohol, and it´s for that reason that they don´t sell "hard" alcohol at supermarkets, they just can sell soft drinks, and if you want other kinds of alcohol, like wine, you have to go to a special shop for that, it´s called Alko and the prices are so high. Alko is a government shop.
They really like karaokes, especially in the north of the country (I believe), and in my country, it´s not as common to go there, but it´s funny because Finnish people are shy but then they are crazy singing at the karaoke.
A useful difference is that they use rocks in the snow to can walk there, and in Spain, we use salt to smelt it, but obviously, we don´t have the same amount of snow as here!
I will continue in other post!!
But I really like the peace that you feel here, there´s no much noise (also because it´s so small), cars hardly ever blow the horn and there is a lot of silence. Also, you feel really safe here. I haven´t seen violence in the two months that I have been here.
One thing that surprised me is that people smell really good here, they use a lot of perfume and when you are walking in the street you can smell them.
Another thing that surprised me is that they have game machines everywhere, you can play at the supermarket and I think that this is making ludopatah problems. One Finnish girl told me that where the game machines are in some supermarkets are like social places for elderly people.
Also, they have serious problems with alcohol, and it´s for that reason that they don´t sell "hard" alcohol at supermarkets, they just can sell soft drinks, and if you want other kinds of alcohol, like wine, you have to go to a special shop for that, it´s called Alko and the prices are so high. Alko is a government shop.
They really like karaokes, especially in the north of the country (I believe), and in my country, it´s not as common to go there, but it´s funny because Finnish people are shy but then they are crazy singing at the karaoke.
A useful difference is that they use rocks in the snow to can walk there, and in Spain, we use salt to smelt it, but obviously, we don´t have the same amount of snow as here!
I will continue in other post!!
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