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Two young Finns laughing together at a phone on a Helsinki street, Very Finnish Problems

12 Finnish Language Memes to Make You Laugh Out...

Finnish is one of the world's most unusual languages. These 12 memes prove exactly why, from kuusi palaa to kalsarikännit.

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12 Finnish Language Memes to Make You Laugh Out...

Finnish is one of the world's most unusual languages. These 12 memes prove exactly why, from kuusi palaa to kalsarikännit.

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Bottles of Crapula red wine lined up on a shelf in a Finnish Alko store

Finland's Complicated Love Affair with Alcohol

Finns drink 10.4 litres of alcohol per year. They buy roughly a third of all the booze sold in Estonia, a country they are technically not supposed to be stocking...

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Finland's Complicated Love Affair with Alcohol

Finns drink 10.4 litres of alcohol per year. They buy roughly a third of all the booze sold in Estonia, a country they are technically not supposed to be stocking...

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A yellow Finnish warning sign reading Ala mene yksin avantoon, Don't go alone to the hole in the ice, in both Finnish and English

23 fun facts about the Finnish language

Finnish is one of the most distinctive languages on earth, structurally unlike almost anything most people have encountered and genuinely fascinating once you get past the initial shock. It has...

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23 fun facts about the Finnish language

Finnish is one of the most distinctive languages on earth, structurally unlike almost anything most people have encountered and genuinely fascinating once you get past the initial shock. It has...

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Aurora borealis over pine forest in Finnish Lapland

Northern Lights in Finland: What Actually Works

The Northern Lights are real. They appear in Finnish Lapland regularly, sometimes spectacularly. They are also completely indifferent to your holiday dates, your flight cost and the fact that you...

Northern Lights in Finland: What Actually Works

The Northern Lights are real. They appear in Finnish Lapland regularly, sometimes spectacularly. They are also completely indifferent to your holiday dates, your flight cost and the fact that you...

Finnish man outdoors in winter - perkele meaning

Perkele Meaning: Finland's Most Powerful Word E...

Perkele is not just a swear word. It is a fossil, a thunderclap, a compressed piece of Finnish history that survived conversion, modernity and polite society. If you want to...

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Perkele Meaning: Finland's Most Powerful Word E...

Perkele is not just a swear word. It is a fossil, a thunderclap, a compressed piece of Finnish history that survived conversion, modernity and polite society. If you want to...

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Comforting korvapuusti: A guide to appreciating Finnish cinnamon buns

Comforting korvapuusti: A guide to appreciating...

The korvapuusti, Finland's cinnamon bun, is available in virtually every café in the country, every morning and is typically ordered alongside coffee without much deliberation. It has its own national...

Comforting korvapuusti: A guide to appreciating...

The korvapuusti, Finland's cinnamon bun, is available in virtually every café in the country, every morning and is typically ordered alongside coffee without much deliberation. It has its own national...