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Voi ei Finnish Language T-Shirt

Voi ei Finnish Language T-Shirt

Regular price €27,95 EUR
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Colour: Navy
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In stock, created to order
Expected delivery
  • EU (Finland)2 to 5 November
  • UK2 to 5 November
  • North America2 to 5 November
  • Free worldwide shipping, no minimum
  • 30 day returns
  • Created to order, never mass produced
  • Machine wash cold, inside out

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Voi ei is Finnish for oh no. It is the sound of a small disaster arriving on schedule. The last bus pulling away, the pulla burnt on one side, the sauna stove that has been off all along.

It is rarely shouted. Something has gone wrong, it has been noted and there is nothing more to add.

Us foreigners tend to say it too loudly, usually while still trying to rescue the situation. One Finnish online dictionary even lists ou nou as a synonym, so the English version may already have moved in.

This is the shirt for anyone who has watched a plan collapse and kept their voice level.

The front stacks the two words in heavy worn capitals, so the bad news arrives before you do.

Size guide

Size guide for this t-shirt: your chest measured all the way round, then the t-shirt laid flat, in centimetres and inches, sizes S to 3XL, Very Finnish Problems

Shipping and returns

Shipping is free to almost everywhere, with no minimum spend and nothing added at checkout.

Your order is made for you, then posted from the print site nearest to you. Most arrive in 7 to 10 days, and you get a tracking link as soon as yours is on its way.

You have 30 days to return it. If the fit is wrong, email joel@veryfinnishproblems.com and we will sort it out. It needs to come back unworn and the return postage is yours. The refund policy has the full details.

Care and materials

Machine wash it cold and inside out, then tumble dry low or hang it up. The print will thank you for it.

The design is printed straight into the fabric (direct to garment, or DTG) rather than pressed on top, so it stays soft and will not crack or peel the way a transfer can. Every item is made to order, so nothing is mass produced and nothing sits in a warehouse waiting for someone to love it.

About Very Finnish Problems

VFP was started by British author Joel Willans, who met his Finnish wife in London and moved with her to Helsinki in 2002. Over the next two decades his observations of Finnish life grew into a community of 1.3 million people worldwide. Every design is inspired by real Finnish life and created by Joel and his team in Helsinki. Joel is also the author of the Very Finnish Problems books, written after many years of living in Finland and still not fully understanding it.

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Joel Willans, founder of Very Finnish Problems

Designed in Helsinki by someone who actually lives here

Very Finnish Problems is run by Joel Willans, a British writer who moved to Finland over twenty years ago and never quite got around to leaving. Every design comes out of real Finnish life he's had with his Finnish wife, Anna and their kids, and a community of more than 1.3 million people who know exactly what no niin means.

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