How many times have I heard the story of country X – or population X – that has 40 words (or more) for “snow”? Most of them said that the Sami people – indigenous population of the Nordic and Scandinavian countries – was the population with the most words for the white-falling element. It is true that there are 40 words for “snow” in Eskimo,…
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I spent Midsummer in the Nordic countries last year. Oh boy, what an experience. One of the things I still had on my to-do list for Finland and the Nordic countries was to spend one of the white nights fully awake. And I did well: I stayed awake three nights. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Gkf4-Ib-u/ The sun leaves and the white night starts. Nights with light It is hard…
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24 hours of darkness. Something that is impossible to imagine for most people in the world. But it happens every year in Finland, and people that go traveling to Finland during the winter will experience it. I never really had to face Kaamos, the Polar Night of Finland, but I did have to face lots of nighttime per day, which was very unusual for me….
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Romantic relationships amongst Finns are something we already looked at from different perspectives. For instance, we talked about the Winter Relationships – boyfriends or girlfriends that last only for the coldest months of the year -, and we’ve told you about the “Carrying the wife race” competition. Following this line, we want to introduce you to another – quite cool in my opinion – Finnish…
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Not true. These human figures have teeth, which are actually dentures, that Rönkkönen got from a local dentist and later…
Not linked to the Nazi regime? The one you mention as a "Swedish count" was Eric von Rosen, who was…
Agreed!
I don't think it is dumb :)
the picture of a tar "candy bar" is actaully a box of tar candies