Category: Finnish people

last update:May202025October 24, 2014May 20, 20252Commentsby Santiago H

Tinder in Finland: women and men

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One of the best websites I discovered this year was Tinder na Suecia. The story goes like this: a Spanish man from Galicia went to Sweden, and his friends back at home asked him how the girls on Tinder (the app for meeting people available on iPhone and Android) in the Nordic and Scandinavian countries are. Instead of describing them, he went the smart way:…

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last update:Oct092019September 30, 2014October 9, 20194Commentsby Santiago H

Most popular Finnish names for girls and boys

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These days, giving a Finnish name to your newborn girl or boy is an option as good as any. The days when kids could only be named after a saint are long gone. Of course when we talk about giving your babies Finnish names we could also propose to you names from any other country – but we are Big in Finland. In this post…

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last update:Aug132019September 2, 2014August 13, 20194Commentsby Santiago H

What makes a Finn happy? These 10 things

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There was, a long time ago, a website called “Virtual Finland” in Spanish. I used to check it out before going to Finland in order to get to know the country and the Finns themselves better: I wanted to be prepared. The website doesn’t exist anymore, but thanks to this article (SPA) I found out the 10 things that make a Finn happy. A couple…

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last update:Aug142019August 26, 2014August 14, 20195Commentsby Santiago H

The 12 favorite Finnish words of Finnish poets

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After the good reception of the post “The 10 things that make a Finn happy” on both the English and Spanish version of Big in Finland, I became interested in writing a similar post. The closest thing I found is a list of the 12 favorite Finnish words , chosen by Finnish poets (original here). Finnish words on a scrabble board. None of the 12…

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