Finnish People

Finnish Coffee Culture

December 19, 2011

Learn More About Finnish Coffee Culture Finland and the Finnish culture again tops the list of countries with highest consumption at 12 kg per head yearly. Finns love for this hot drink has been going strong for years. With new varieties of blends, Finnish coffee habits are growing faster than ever. Everyone may drink at [...]

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An American`s Views of Finland

December 15, 2011

A View To Travel Finland After a long and stressful year of working full-time while trying to juggle my legal studies, I decided that I could use a break, and a dramatic change of scene. I took a short leave of absence from my law school in Boston, and started a trek around the globe. [...]

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Finnish Sauna,key to life

November 16, 2011

The finnish sauna was probably the first to be discovered,the benefits include health,vitality and relief from mucle aches

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How Far Do Finnish Moral Standards Stretch

November 13, 2011

Finnish Moral Standards Finnish peoples moral standards in a recent survey revealed quite a few surprises to be found or discovered.I assume that in many countries moral standards differ whether it be from social,religious or violence points of view.What is the most immoral act that a person can do, if homicide and rape are excluded? Would [...]

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Lack Of Finnish Small Talk

September 30, 2011

Revealing Finnish Small Talk Finnish small talk or lack of it can show many sides of the Finnish people.On a bright warm morning last July I was travelling on the number 82 bus from Hertoniemi metro to home.At the first bus stop a young man boarded dressed unconventionally,a fine example of Finnish second-hand close fashion if [...]

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Finland Peacekeeping Force in View

August 10, 2011

Peacekeeping Force Finland Finland and its peacekeeping force has a longstanding policy of non-alignment and this policy is strongly supported by the electorate, but the country nevertheless enjoys a strong relationship with NATO through the Partnership for Peace framework. During the past decades, Finland has played an important role in peace and security operations and [...]

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Finnish People Manners and Habits

August 3, 2011

Finnish People Courtesies Finnish people generally have a relaxed attitude towards manners and dressing. A visitor is unlikely to offend them by accident. Common sense is quite enough in most situations, but a couple of things one should keep in mind: Finnish people are a famously taciturn people who have little time for small talk or social [...]

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Veikko Hursti,Humanitarian Feeding The Homeless And Needy

July 12, 2011

Veikko Hursti,Life of a Humanitarian Many remember Veikko Hursti as a pure humanitarian who never put himself first by any means and while he never strayed far from his homeland, he became widely known all over because of the significant acts of charity that he carried out time after time. Hursti passed away on May 10 of 2005 [...]

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Helsinki Homeless People Look For Dwellings

July 10, 2011

Life Being One Of The Homeless People Homeless Figures in Finland were 18.000 in 1987, which does not at first appear high.However being one of the Homeless people is no fun.Many countries experience the same situation with housing for homeless people.Being homeless in Finland through the bitter cold winters is just one obstacle to [...]

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Watch Finland Women Singers Live

July 1, 2011

Famous Finland Women Singers While Finland is well known for it’s beautiful landscape and old fashioned traditional culture, there is another cultural attraction that many travellers are not fully aware of. That particular cultural attraction just happens to be music. Music of all types is very popular in Finland, and from it has come [...]

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The Finnish Summer And Events

June 5, 2011

The Finnish Summer Culture Finland is one of those countries that most of us have heard of maybe once or twice in our lives. Maybe this would be more so if you paid close attention in your geography or world history classes in school. While most of our attention is on countries like the USA, the Middle [...]

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