Ir al contenido principal

Curiosities

I want to share a website I found very interesting about curiosities of Finland. I can say that, now, three months and a half living here I knew some of the curiosities but others were new for me. If someone wants to know more about this country it´s very interesting!
https://wonderfulwanderings.com/interesting-facts-about-finland/

I can feel number 2, the language is very very very difficult and hard to learn!
Sauna is one of the most common things to do in Finland, you can´t visit Finland and not go to the sauna! They say joking that there are more saunas than cars, so imagine.
For number 7 you need to go in summer but in May also there is light most of the day, so sometimes is a bit complicated sleep, also because they don´t use blinds as in Spain.
About number 9 I agree, I could see the Northern lights when I went to Lapland and it´s magical.
Also, I could experiment number 10 cause I did the Husky safari when I was in Lapland and it´s amazing.
I knew about Heavy metal culture here (number 12) but since I´m here I have to say that I´ve never listened to heavy metal music.
Number 13 is also true, there are so many lakes! And the funny thing is that in winter they are frozen and you can walk on them and now in spring and summer they are in the normal stage.
I agree also with number 14, there is so much nature everywhere! Sometimes we had to go to someplace because of university events or something and sometimes we were very near to forests.
I didn´t know about number 16 but I was in Helsinki and it was pretty clean so..
And yes, there are a lot of islands everywhere! (number 17)
Also true number 18, they have a lot of support when they have a baby, we don´t have that in Spain sadly.

Comentarios

Entradas populares de este blog

Curling

I want to write about my curling experience. Yesterday evening I went to an ESN event which consisted of playing curling. I was wondering how it would be, and now I can say that it was funny. As the man who works there said, it´s easy to know how to play but it´s difficult to play it well! Curling is played in an ice "field", we went to the Turku Arena oy. The bad thing is that I was really cold because I forgot to wear more than one lyer and it was 5º, and I thought that we will be tired or warm because we were playing sport, but that is not the truth. I have to say that I wasn´t so bad, I learnt quickly how to play, although when we were playing in teams I was really bad because I trough it very strong and it went further the circles where you have to put it. I think it´s a good experience to practice once in life, but I think I will not repeat because two hours of it is maybe too much, however, I recommend it! But you have to know that today I have two bruises in my knee...

Alcohol

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...

Vappu II

Today I want to talk about the Vappu day because now I lived the experience. It was a wonderful day, everyone was in the streets and Turku was very crowded. The 30th of May is celebrated this 'party', but it´s also funny because is not just university people, but also families and old people. They were wearing a white cap, they get this cup when they graduated at university, and since year every year they wear it on this day and the 1st of May, and they feel very proud wearing it. It was very impressive seeing the old people with their old caps. In the morning there´s free punch at university (University of Turku mostly) and there are different stands from different organizations or degrees offering this punch (I have to say that one of them were really good, but others...), you only have to take your own cup and then you can take punch as much as you want. It´s a very good way to start the day. Also, there was a band playing some music and free balloons and some staff. After ...