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last update:Feb182024June 16, 2020February 18, 2024Go to commentsby Santiago H

Children eat for free in Helsinki in the summer

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Helsinki. Summer. The playgrounds are overflowing with children and around noon someone starts serving free food to them. Every day. Fiction? No, Finland. A park in Helsinki. Source (CC: by) The children eat for free in Helsinki during the summer Every child under 16 years old can eat for free in the capital of Finland at any of the more than 50 designated points –…

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last update:Dec192021April 29, 2019December 19, 20211 Commentby Santiago H

What to eat and drink in Vappu (and recipes)

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Talking with Finnish friends on Facebook, they reminded me that the Labour Day, Vappu – which in Finland is also a common day for graduation parties – is just some days ahead. It is, as usual, on the 1st of May and it’s a day where all Finnish flags are high on their masts. It might be the most important Finnish party if we look…

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last update:Aug072019April 16, 2019August 7, 20197 Commentsby Santiago H

Mämmi: The traditional Finnish Easter dessert

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Before going to Salo on their Easter holidays, my Finnish friends recommended me to do two things this Easter. The first one is that I should try some chocolate easter eggs, Kinder or Fazer Mignon, and the second one is that I must try mämmi, the traditional Finnish Easter dessert, with some cream (kerma). What is Mämmi Mämmi looks like a puddnig, and it is…

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last update:Oct012020January 21, 2016October 1, 2020Go to commentsby Santiago H

The “Restaurant day” in Finland – Ravintolapäivä

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Silvio Berlusconi became persona non grata for the Finnish people for saying that, after the United Kingdom, Finland was the place with the worst food in Europe. Finns showed their pride and their sisu and wanted to prove that you can eat very well in this Nordic Country. In this spirit, the Finnish-born Restaurant Day was created. All the photos in this post belong to…

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