thanks to everyone who thinks this thread is good.
all your comments make me smile and I wanna jump up and down for joy!
it might sometimes take a little while for me to answer, but I always do that as soon as possible. I write down all of your questions but sometimes there are a lot of them at the same time (which is REALLY NICE ) so I have to take my time, you know.
I'm gonna get back to this very soon.
thanks and keep those questions coming! I'm ready!
This is a great thread. Its always good to learn something about another country from one of its natives. The problem is the more I hear about most countries, the more I want to visit them, and life is too short and my bank account is too small to go everywhere.
The most important question that I haven't seen anywhere is what is Finnish beer like?
It doesn't matter if you're male, female, or confused; black, white, brown, red, green, yellow; gay, lesbian; redneck cop, stoned; ugly; military style, doggy style; fat, rich or poor; vegetarian or cannibal; bum, hippie, virgin; famous or drunk-you're either an asshole or you're not!
Guess when I was younger it also meant alot to me what other people thought about the counry I live in. Nowadays I don´t really care, cos it seems that nationalism only creates problems. I appreciate our independence and the sacrifices that our grandparents had to do to preserve it, but I could´nt care less what e.g. some Italian politician thinks about our country.
...the dreams ain't broken down here now,
they're walking with a limp
We should start an 'Everything you've ever wanted to know about Australia thread' and tell everyone about our naked hot babes.
eMMI, how hot does it get in summer? And how cold in winter? Do you use metric units like normal countries?
well, you go ahead and start one.
it gets warm in the summer. not as warm as in other countries might be, but still so warm people complain it's too hot.
it's really cold in winter. in Lapland it's colder than in the south but it's still cold here too. cold as in we have snow and most of the lakes freeze up.
yes, we use metric units. none of that inch/foot crap the Americans have!
sorry American-folks!
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
This is a great thread. Its always good to learn something about another country from one of its natives. The problem is the more I hear about most countries, the more I want to visit them, and life is too short and my bank account is too small to go everywhere.
The most important question that I haven't seen anywhere is what is Finnish beer like?
thank you very much!
I know what you mean. there are so many countries I want to visit..
I should never read or wathc anything!
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
Guess when I was younger it also meant alot to me what other people thought about the counry I live in. Nowadays I don´t really care, cos it seems that nationalism only creates problems. I appreciate our independence and the sacrifices that our grandparents had to do to preserve it, but I could´nt care less what e.g. some Italian politician thinks about our country.
screw politicians!
nah, not all of them are bad, but the ones that diss other countries are. :(
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
This is a great thread. Its always good to learn something about another country from one of its natives. The problem is the more I hear about most countries, the more I want to visit them, and life is too short and my bank account is too small to go everywhere.
The most important question that I haven't seen anywhere is what is Finnish beer like?
once again, no offense intended eMMi, but i found finnish beer to be horrible. then again, so are most american beers. i'm used to candian and irish beer, so perhaps i am spoiled.
once again, no offense intended eMMi, but i found finnish beer to be horrible. then again, so are most american beers. i'm used to candian and irish beer, so perhaps i am spoiled.
oh yeah, I just noticed that I forgot to answer that question. sorry Scubascott, check this post!
well, I must say that I hate beer!
all the different beers I've tasted are horrible. but so are all of the foreign beers I've tasted too.. (I think one was German..) not my cup of tea!!
but we actually don't have that many different Finnish beers I think. but as the world is getting smaller and smaller also Finland has developed a taste in foreign beers. so we import some, dunno what, but some.
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
oh yeah, I just noticed that I forgot to answer that question. sorry Scubascott, check this post!
well, I must say that I hate beer!
all the different beers I've tasted are horrible. but so are all of the foreign beers I've tasted too.. (I think one was German..) not my cup of tea!!
but we actually don't have that many different Finnish beers I think. but as the world is getting smaller and smaller also Finland has developed a taste in foreign beers. so we import some, dunno what, but some.
Beer is of the best ways to judge a country. You can really sum up a culture by tasting their beer I reckon. Doesn't say much for America . . . their beer is bloody awful.
It doesn't matter if you're male, female, or confused; black, white, brown, red, green, yellow; gay, lesbian; redneck cop, stoned; ugly; military style, doggy style; fat, rich or poor; vegetarian or cannibal; bum, hippie, virgin; famous or drunk-you're either an asshole or you're not!
Beer is of the best ways to judge a country. You can really sum up a culture by tasting their beer I reckon. Doesn't say much for America . . . their beer is bloody awful.
really???
so greece, iran, china etc dont have/didnt have, much of a culture??
I have faced it, A life wasted...
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
so greece, iran, china etc dont have/didnt have, much of a culture??
I can't speak for Iran or China, because I've been to either of those places or tasted their beers. But Greek beer is awesome! You can get a half litre bottle of Mythos for about 0.7 euro in most supermarkets and street stands, and its bloody good beer.
It doesn't matter if you're male, female, or confused; black, white, brown, red, green, yellow; gay, lesbian; redneck cop, stoned; ugly; military style, doggy style; fat, rich or poor; vegetarian or cannibal; bum, hippie, virgin; famous or drunk-you're either an asshole or you're not!
I second that. Greek beer is bloody good and CHEAP! It is possible that it tasted so good because it was over 40 degrees outside though.
I thought that this was such a good topic I started a new thread for it. I feel bad for straying away from finland in this one.
eMMI is Finland a religious country? Do most people go to church regularly? I assume pretty much everyone there is christian. Is that right?
It doesn't matter if you're male, female, or confused; black, white, brown, red, green, yellow; gay, lesbian; redneck cop, stoned; ugly; military style, doggy style; fat, rich or poor; vegetarian or cannibal; bum, hippie, virgin; famous or drunk-you're either an asshole or you're not!
i visited finland this february, travelled all the way from helsinki up to rovaniemi (on a polar circle) and all i can say is that it's the most fuckin' expensive country i have ever been into!
it's okay since your conversation didn't last that long.
hmm. well, pretty religious. and yes, we're Christians, Lutherans.
maybe not most people go to the church regularly.. some of the elderly folks..
but on different holidays, like Christmas and Easter, the churches are somewhat packed.
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
i visited finland this february, travelled all the way from helsinki up to rovaniemi (on a polar circle) and all i can say is that it's the most fuckin' expensive country i have ever been into!
compared to other countries, I admit it, we're not cheap..
but visit Norway someday. that place is extremely expensive!
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
Also, how multi-cultural is Finland? Any good asian restaurants?
as other countries, we're also getting more and more multi-cultural. which I think is really good!
I must say that I haven't visited that many asian restaurants.
there's one in my hometown, Chinese, and it's really good!
in other/bigger cities there are more of them, and as in everywhere, some good some bad.
multi-culturality.. we have thousands of people from different countries living here. either as refugees or immigrants. but I think we could do better..
the Finns unfortunately aren't always the most tolerant people, which is dislike greatly!! but over the last few years rasism has decreased a bit. so, we're learning!
btw. did you folks know we have two official languages?
yup, Finnish and Swedish.
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
since this is a music forum.,.. why dont you tell us some thing about the music scene in finnland... there's nightwish i know.,.. but how about bands which sing in the vernacular language and what about traditional finnish folk music ??
I have faced it, A life wasted...
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
since this is a music forum.,.. why dont you tell us some thing about the music scene in finnland... there's nightwish i know.,.. but how about bands which sing in the vernacular language and what about traditional finnish folk music ??
nice thought.
let me see..
well, as you mentioned, there's Nightwish. other bands that are well known (probably) are The Rasmus, HIM and Hanoi Rocks. so, not that many bands that are huge here manage it elsewhere.. but that's kinda okay, some of those really popular bands are quite sucky in my opinion.
one style of music that's highly popular here (in addition to heavy/rock/etc.) is this kinda pop tune thing. (I can't seem to find a "proper" translation to it..) not pop as in Britney but as in middle aged men and women who sing about love.. and all the middle aged people love it! :rolleyes: http://www.jarisillanpaa.com/flash/index_flash.html Jari Sillanpää and Marita Taavitsainen http://www.universalmusic.fi/taavitsainen/press/marita3.jpg (only a pic, she doesn't have a site in English) for example are very popular.
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
since this is a music forum.,.. why dont you tell us some thing about the music scene in finnland... there's nightwish i know.,.. but how about bands which sing in the vernacular language and what about traditional finnish folk music ??
Not a big fan of many finnish acts at least the "bigger" ones but in general metal is huge here usually topping the charts.
Some metal bands other than Nightwish include
Amorphis, Apocalyptica, Finntroll, Sentenced, Children of Bodom and Stratovarius.
Then there's the finnish tango, mostly for the middle aged people. Unlike in Argentina, Finnish tango is less passionate and more melancholic like most music here.
There are many smaller bands i would introduce to a foreigner rather than these above mentioned but they don't necessarely have anything finnish in their sound and anyways there are so many interesting smaller bands all over the world.
Now that i'm here might as well help Emmi a little at least answering a few Even Flows? questions.
About Finnish hockey players and corners:
I think we have more of those invisible 3rd line players than skillful playmakers or goalscorers. They might not have the physical presense as many North American players but they do the dirty work better than scoring. From modern players at least: V.Nieminen (NYR), J.Ruutu (VAN), A.Laaksonen (COL) and J.Lehtinen (DAL). Esa Tikkanen being the best example of earlier gritty finns.
And the Finnish president.
Yes it's a she and we have another election coming up and at the moment she has a solid over 50% of the voters behind her.
Anyways the finnish president doesn't have any legislative power anymore. The president only deals with foreign affairs and maybe gives statements about domestic stuff just to get conversation going and also leads the army if necessary. She/he can't Dissolve parliament on her own.
All the decisions are made in the parliament and the prime minister has the real power.
The political scene is pretty lame most of the time, Nato being the biggest issue occasionally at least. Should we join or not...
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
Finnish names are cool. I particularly like Antii Laaksonen and his arch rival Ossi Vaananen.
great! I like Finnish names too!
but I must admit that I had to google Antti Laaksonen and Ossi Väänänen to be sure I know who they are.. :rolleyes:
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
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This is a great thread. Its always good to learn something about another country from one of its natives. The problem is the more I hear about most countries, the more I want to visit them, and life is too short and my bank account is too small to go everywhere.
The most important question that I haven't seen anywhere is what is Finnish beer like?
-C Addison
they're walking with a limp
well, you go ahead and start one.
it gets warm in the summer.
it's really cold in winter. in Lapland it's colder than in the south but it's still cold here too. cold as in we have snow and most of the lakes freeze up.
yes, we use metric units. none of that inch/foot crap the Americans have!
sorry American-folks!
thank you very much!
I know what you mean. there are so many countries I want to visit..
I should never read or wathc anything!
screw politicians!
nah, not all of them are bad, but the ones that diss other countries are. :(
once again, no offense intended eMMi, but i found finnish beer to be horrible. then again, so are most american beers. i'm used to candian and irish beer, so perhaps i am spoiled.
oh yeah, I just noticed that I forgot to answer that question.
well, I must say that I hate beer!
all the different beers I've tasted are horrible. but so are all of the foreign beers I've tasted too.. (I think one was German..) not my cup of tea!!
but we actually don't have that many different Finnish beers I think. but as the world is getting smaller and smaller also Finland has developed a taste in foreign beers.
Beer is of the best ways to judge a country. You can really sum up a culture by tasting their beer I reckon. Doesn't say much for America . . . their beer is bloody awful.
-C Addison
really???
so greece, iran, china etc dont have/didnt have, much of a culture??
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
I can't speak for Iran or China, because I've been to either of those places or tasted their beers. But Greek beer is awesome! You can get a half litre bottle of Mythos for about 0.7 euro in most supermarkets and street stands, and its bloody good beer.
-C Addison
I thought that this was such a good topic I started a new thread for it. I feel bad for straying away from finland in this one.
eMMI is Finland a religious country? Do most people go to church regularly? I assume pretty much everyone there is christian. Is that right?
-C Addison
Also, how multi-cultural is Finland? Any good asian restaurants?
it's okay since your conversation didn't last that long.
hmm. well, pretty religious. and yes, we're Christians, Lutherans.
maybe not most people go to the church regularly.. some of the elderly folks..
but on different holidays, like Christmas and Easter, the churches are somewhat packed.
compared to other countries, I admit it, we're not cheap..
but visit Norway someday. that place is extremely expensive!
as other countries, we're also getting more and more multi-cultural. which I think is really good!
I must say that I haven't visited that many asian restaurants.
there's one in my hometown, Chinese, and it's really good!
in other/bigger cities there are more of them, and as in everywhere, some good some bad.
multi-culturality.. we have thousands of people from different countries living here. either as refugees or immigrants. but I think we could do better..
the Finns unfortunately aren't always the most tolerant people, which is dislike greatly!! but over the last few years rasism has decreased a bit. so, we're learning!
btw. did you folks know we have two official languages?
yup, Finnish and Swedish.
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
where is what ?
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
this finland i hear so much about these days
nice thought.
let me see..
well, as you mentioned, there's Nightwish. other bands that are well known (probably) are The Rasmus, HIM and Hanoi Rocks. so, not that many bands that are huge here manage it elsewhere.. but that's kinda okay, some of those really popular bands are quite sucky in my opinion.
one style of music that's highly popular here (in addition to heavy/rock/etc.) is this kinda pop tune thing. (I can't seem to find a "proper" translation to it..) not pop as in Britney but as in middle aged men and women who sing about love.. and all the middle aged people love it! :rolleyes:
http://www.jarisillanpaa.com/flash/index_flash.html Jari Sillanpää and Marita Taavitsainen http://www.universalmusic.fi/taavitsainen/press/marita3.jpg (only a pic, she doesn't have a site in English) for example are very popular.
I must admit that in my knowledge there aren't that many bands that sing in a vernacular language.. but folk music then.. that's quite a large topic.
one of the most traditional instruments in Finnish folk music is a Finnish zither (or kantele). http://www.aaronshep.com/extras/Northland_photo.jpg , http://www.people.iup.edu/rahkonen/kantele/kantele.JPG , http://www.publiscan.fi/pgif/kantelem.gif.
well, I'm really sorry but I'm gonna have to go now, so I'll get back to this later.
third rock from the sun
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
haha.
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/scandinavia/finmod.gif
it's the yellow one.
Haha, nice map u found
Not a big fan of many finnish acts at least the "bigger" ones but in general metal is huge here usually topping the charts.
Some metal bands other than Nightwish include
Amorphis, Apocalyptica, Finntroll, Sentenced, Children of Bodom and Stratovarius.
Then there's the finnish tango, mostly for the middle aged people. Unlike in Argentina, Finnish tango is less passionate and more melancholic like most music here.
Värttinä and Gjallarhorn are finnish/nordic folk examples
http://www.varttina.com/
http://www.gjallarhorn.com/main.html
There are many smaller bands i would introduce to a foreigner rather than these above mentioned but they don't necessarely have anything finnish in their sound and anyways there are so many interesting smaller bands all over the world.
About Finnish hockey players and corners:
I think we have more of those invisible 3rd line players than skillful playmakers or goalscorers. They might not have the physical presense as many North American players but they do the dirty work better than scoring. From modern players at least: V.Nieminen (NYR), J.Ruutu (VAN), A.Laaksonen (COL) and J.Lehtinen (DAL). Esa Tikkanen being the best example of earlier gritty finns.
And the Finnish president.
Yes it's a she and we have another election coming up and at the moment she has a solid over 50% of the voters behind her.
Anyways the finnish president doesn't have any legislative power anymore. The president only deals with foreign affairs and maybe gives statements about domestic stuff just to get conversation going and also leads the army if necessary. She/he can't Dissolve parliament on her own.
All the decisions are made in the parliament and the prime minister has the real power.
The political scene is pretty lame most of the time, Nato being the biggest issue occasionally at least. Should we join or not...
thanks.
took me like 5 seconds to find it.
oh yeah and thanks for the help!
great! I like Finnish names too!
but I must admit that I had to google Antti Laaksonen and Ossi Väänänen to be sure I know who they are..