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last update:Mar012023May 11, 2021March 1, 20231 Commentby Santiago H

Finnish Beer: the strange classes and levels

I am spoiled in this aspect and I think many other people throughout Europe are as well. In most EU countries – that is, every country that isn’t a Nordic (or Scandinavian) country – beer and wine have low(er) taxes. Finland, on the other hand, is a bit different. And you will want to know how the Finnish Beer is different. In some places like…

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last update:Apr152022March 12, 2021April 15, 20222 Commentsby Santiago H

The Finnish Armed forces abandon the Swastika as a symbol

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Yes, that’s right. The Finnish armed forces used the swastika as a symbol up to 2020. There was of course an explanation: they adopted it before the Nazi regime and for that reason they had never believed they had to change it. This reason seems insufficient to us in this blog. There is simply no reason to wear it today because they need to spend…

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last update:Jun102021May 14, 2020June 10, 2021Go to commentsby Santiago H

Takatalvi – when the winter is back during Finland’s spring

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Where I am from we have an idiom. I’ll write it in Spanish: “hasta el cuarenta de Mayo no te quites el sayo“. This translates to “until the 40th of May, don’t take the coat off”. Yes, May doesn’t have 40 days, but if you say “June 9th” it doesn’t rhyme. Anyways, in Finland – with the same spirit – they have the Takatalvi: the…

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last update:Jun102021April 21, 2020June 10, 2021Go to commentsby Santiago H

Personal space in Finland (compared to other countries)

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It is well known that personal space is sacred in Finland. If you have been in the country and have not seen a bus stop where each person is at least three meters away from the next, you haven’t been in Finland long enough. And this happens under rain or snow – literally. Perfect illustration of the phenomenon. Source: reddit. But does this happen only…

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