Ten Short Finnish Jokes Finnish jokes seem to involve primarily 3 subjects: - Drinking - Being taciturn - Swedes Here is a small selection of short Finnish j...

Matti Nykänen Quotes In in recent weeks, I have made references on a couple of occasions to the legendary Finnish ski-jumper and bon-viveur Matti Nykänen . In pa...

Finnish Jokes About Swedes One of the top searches for this blog is " finnish jokes about swedes ". I thought it was about time I obliged, and so am sharing ...

Finnish Jokes About Drinking Drinking is a very important part of Finnish life. So it's no surprise that Finns have many jokes involving drinking. I mentioned a co...

Laserskater, Helsinki's Superhero The first time I saw him was on a warm summer's evening in Helsinki. He was standing near the parliament, patiently waiting for the tr...

Finnish Priority Boarding Woes A couple of weeks ago, I flew from Gdansk (Poland) to Turku (Finland), because that's the glamourous life I have. As I waited to...

Vowel Fest As a finnophile, I often find myself surfing the Web for information about Finland or the Finnish language. What I find generally veers betw...

My Cool Reino Slippers When I left my job recently, I was touched to discover that my Finnish co-workers had clubbed together to get me a present: a pair of Reino...

A Weird Food Passion There are two things I bring back from Finland on a regular basis. There's the amazing Fazer chocolates – no surprise there. And there...