Brit Reacts to 15 Reasons I Love Living in Finland

[@odman7945]

One thing thats always missing from these videos is how Finns protect the nature and Finnish recycling system. Its multilayered. For example a company is forced to report chemical leaks to nature even if its just a little and they need to do needed procedures to clean it up. Anyways the best part is how Finns handle the trash and the system works really well. Wonder if there is any videos on the topic. This for sure for me as a Finn is one thing I wish other countries would do better.

[@SK-nw4ig]

The contentment part is true. In Finnish language there are two words for happiness. Ilo means you are happy as in you are happy in that moment. It is passing. Onnellisuus means you have long lasting foundation that keeps you content. Onnellisuus is very highly appreciated.

[@ilmarisarjakoski7166]

Spot on

[@ilona2921]

so basically joy (ilo) and happiness (onni)

[@SK-nw4ig]

@ilona2921 basically. But happiness is often translated as onnellisuus.

[@ilona2921]

@@SK-nw4ig they are nearly the same thing and it can be translated eighter way

[@SK-nw4ig]

@ilona2921 yes, depends on the context.

[@katin.rontti4479]

You get joy from different kinds of things in life, sometimes you feel over the moon and happy, but yes, I would say that "content" is pretty good word for happiness. You are content, when you have enough. You are happy/the happiness is in the feeling, you have enough. Instead of wanting more and more, you rejoice from what you have, like friends, family, opportunity to live a life according to your values and share from what you got and see the joy in others. You don't always have to take steps on the latters upwards. When you are content and you have enough, you can increase/expand your "know-how" and life horizontally. The wisdom or anything really has no value until you share it with others. And it is always good to remember also, that: "There is no limit to what a person can achieve, if they don't focus on who benefits".

[@SK-nw4ig]

Finnish secret: sauna in the summer makes your feeling not as horribly hot for a while after you've had the sauna.

[@Ohlàlà-f5s]

Aivan oikein.Sauna viilentä kehoa

[@miahei452]

I think the reserveness and stony faces of Finnish people are more to due with the people just leaving other people to be. But if you ask help, or comment something, we are quite happy to engage and connect. We just don't expect that or try to force it. So, we may look stern, but most of us are just thinking about our own things and not thinking how we look to other people. And we are pretty content and happy about that.

[@rosmu1130]

20:30 I actually read recently some little article about where Finnish people told about their experiences about going to sauna while visiting other countries... Some of them were wild stories. 😂 Like: Was in a foreign country with family, went to some place there was pool and sauna. Then was told to not be in there more than (some, very short) exact amount of time. Shaking my head._ Or that it wasn't allowed for certain age of kids to go to sauna because it's dangerous for kids... Meanwhile pretty much every Finnish person visits the sauna while being unborn and even under one year old... Sure, not so excessively or strong löyly / 'steam' but still. Saying it's dangerous. 😂 And some place you couldn't throw yourself any water in the stove... It was the job of a worker and they would only throw a little amount of water between about 15min. Some place Finns were told that they absolutely can't throw water in the stove because it would be dangerous to throw water on anything electric... But if it's a purposefully for that use made stove it really shouldn't be any trouble. 🤣 Were some funny stories.

[@penaarja]

Was in Binghamton PA Usa. In hotel there was a Finnish Helo stove(kiuas) in sauna. I was only one Who was there every day. Have to turn it on by myself. No water buckets no noo no. So took my towel to shower and pour water from that to to kiuas. But in Netherland in hotel sauna was great 90°c was so surprising. And of course Finnish kiuas again❤️🇫🇮

[@davidkelly132]

In italy our hotel or similar one had sauna, but you had to shower at your room, there was kiuas (stove) but no way to get water, so we ran to our room and filled up bunch of water bottles to have some löyly. In Japan onsen, there was a big sauna, I think it could fit 50 people if not more, it was surprisingly hot for foreign country, around 80c but every local were sitting at the bottom and watching TV since for some reason the sauna had a big ass TV in the middle, also no option for löyly there.

[@jvalfin3359]

Generally speaking, I agree with what she's saying. The happiness or contentment part is absolutely true. Even if I wanted to amass wealth and stuff, due to our ~50%+ taxes and progressively higher tax in relation to income, it's not really possible to get rich in a normal blue collar or office job. That's why we're generally just content because if we're down on our luck, the government has our back and at least we won't die on the street. We enjoy free or affordable school and there is always an option for getting help. Going to nature to forage mushrooms and berries also contributes to better mental health, so I guess there is that.

[@pascheblog]

21:53, yes I do, I am very contentment in my life. I am in no way rich or wealthy, nor I don't have lot's of stuff, I actually feel that I have way more that I need. I don't really care for materialism, and money doesn't motivate me to do anything. There is old saying in Finland "On lottovoitto syntyä Suomeen" -meaning "It is a lottery win to be born in Finland", and I honestly think that is still true.

[@thrillyria]

I'm a Finn and I have about 10k student debt left. I've paid another 10k off already. But that 20k in total was used over three vocational schools and a University degree, about 10 years of studying different degrees. I used it for rent, living expenses and to keep the car running. So not a big deal even if in debt. I'll be completely debt free in just a few years.

[@shaairah]

Contentment is a big thing yeah and as she says that's really what's behind the happiest country thing. Things can always be better yes - I could be healthier, I definitely could use more money than my minimal sick pension, my little house would stand some renovation, but I'm always very aware that in the grand scheme of things I'm lcky that I have what I DO have and that things could be infinitely worse. So while I may struggle financially or healthwise and I've struggled with depression for decades, I AM content and thus happy. I think that is very Finnish. Appreciating what you have and definitely not having any pressure to "keep up with the Jones's". In that way in particular I think we're the opposite of the US, where it seems people are obsessed with having more of everything - status, money, looks, the biggest houses and the flashiest cars etc. Finns aren't obsessed with upward mobility, it's even seen as a bit tasteless and crude to flaunt it if you DO have more than your neighbor. I think that's very healthy.

[@vivecastenius3839]

I remember the time when we first heard about Finland being the happiest country in the world. We beat our knees and screamed with laughter!!! And then we felt sorry for the rest of the world. If we are the happiest - then they must be really.... But now we have got used to it. And I really seriously think that the key word is contentment. And pride, too. We had an overwhelming enemy and nobody thought that we would survive. But we did. And so on! We are extremely happy for not being completely crushed by the Soviet Union, we are very very glad that we succeeded in keeping our independence, we think a lot of less flattering things about ourselves but we DID succeed in keeping our independence! Yihuu, wasn´t that great!!! I think it is simple as that.

[@Yavanna79]

And one more thing. In the dark season, it's a good idea to use something like a reflector. You'll seen better in traffic and no one will accidentally run you over. And they come in many sizes and looks, so there's bound to be something for everyone to match their outfit, if that's what it comes down to.

[@thedryparn1279]

The feeling of content is valid in all the Nordic countries. We are all "lagom".

[@miiakauppinen714]

Olet erittäin tervetullut🤗

[@mikahakkinen5651]

hi. a live in finland in the country .dont have a lake near me but in winter time a go rolling in the snow from sauna.feels so good.

[@katjavirtanen2875]

I love that she had content on top of the list. I’m a content Finnish person 😊

[@topilinkala1594]

Dwayne: Once you live major city areas in Finland. The lake side cottages probably have one bus in week or such. When schools are in season if you are at school route you have the school bus twice a day on weekdays, but not necessarily anything on weekends.

[@MrDefaultti]

This view that she has in the window... It is from Helsinki South Harbor. Maybe from that "Sauna" place. Google "Sauna kauppatori"). I just know because there is the ferry to Suomenlinna going back to Helsinki market square from Suomenlinna. That ferry going on the backround is the "Suomenlinna 2". I should know because I live at Suomenlinna 😉 When/ if you are coming to Finland, feel free to contact me before you come here for more info...

[@samil5601]

Surely not?

[@cynthiamoed-ring9265]

Yes, as a Finn I am content. Although, this does not mean that we are "dormant", our society is not perfect so we still try to improve things. For example, statistically the most dangerous place for a woman is at home/with a partner - violence against women is pretty high (compared to the rest of Europe) but most of it is "invicible".

[@Heidielle]

Sauna is almost like a spiritual experience. You're missing out if you don't get to experience sauna by the sea or a lake. Best thing after a work week is to relax and sweat away your throubles 😅 Imagine a hot sauna, then a cooling dip in the lake then back to sauna again to bathe. Then after that sitting out on the terrace with a cold drink looking out to the setting sun. Just chilling without a care in a world. Doesn't get much better than that 😊

[@mikkorenvall428]

Well Sauna was a temple for pagan Finns so you are not that far off. Place for purishment inside and outside. Steam is often called the spirit of Sauna... and as you take a breath of it you get purified...

[@pvahanen-dh5rt]

When it's a hellishly hot, stifling day, after a hot sauna, the outside air actually feels refreshingly cool.

[@sallasundell4351]

I was in Sauna yesterday and Saturday again😊. And what comes to babybox, i can say its absolutely good thing👍! And fresh water what you can drink. Greetings from Jokela, Finland!

[@karisalonen12]

That contentment is good assessment and in the end it turns into happiness as you have what you need so you can be happy.

[@Lauri-e5w]

Welcome to Finland Dwayne!

[@TheRawrnstuff]

24:14 "Are you content, or do your young people have that problem [of keeping up with the joneses] too" Yes, to both. Note that the median age of Finns is about 44 - there are as many people under 44 as there are people over it, and the young'uns are a definite minority. Folks who already have an established employment and family tend to be more content with their life than a recently-graduated young adult who's still working to gain that. That's not to say there aren't any older folk going all "Hyacinth Bucket" on others, though.

[@filipohman7277]

Everything what she said and what you said , Bro is true!!!😎👍👍👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@sakarikulo6016]

You may be more Finn than you know, sociable on your own terms 😁

[@_CuddlyBunny_]

I must say Finland isn't happiest country in the world anymore ( for my opinion ), goverment is making lot of peoples and families lives more miserable, cutting moneys they get from social stations and other places, forcing people to search cheaper rent flats, it's getting ridicilous, it even scares me to think what next year is gonna be, but I sure hope your trip here is gpnna be blast! and I recommend that where you are now, have sauna, go dip in pool,m go back to sauna, it's really refreshing!

[@AHVENAN]

We finns go to the sauna alot more during summer than during winter....

[@merjakotisaari9046]

If you go to a hot sauna, afterwards the air feels cooler and the muscles relaxed.

[@ArchieArpeggio]

Japanese KZbinr Daiki Yoshikawa who has lived years in Finland just said in his own video that even that you can drink water from the tap most of the European countries, still he likes more Finnish tap water, becouse the taste is good. I have noticed the difference from Finnish and Swedish water many times. In Sweden it just doesn´t taste as fresh. Well that feel of safeness can also be bad thing for Finn that travels somewhere else. We are not used to feel unsafe even that we propably would in some other countries. We´ve got so used to it that nothing ever happens if i go shit faced in to the dark alley at 3 am no matter is it here in Finland or New York. If i am able to bay my bills, comfortable appartment where to live, enough food and little bit extra to travel sometimes, that´s basicly enough. Jade is nice young woman. We´ve had few disgustions at her comment sections.

[@TheRawrnstuff]

There's also regional differences within Finland. While tap water is safe all across Finland, some places you can really say that that's some good water.

[@ArchieArpeggio]

@@TheRawrnstuff Some slight differences yes, but nothing radical. Also depends the shape of the water pipes as well. But i can´t say that i would ever had bad water anywhere.

[@owlietowlie4015]

To answer your question is the answer the question "why Finns are the most happiest nation on world". We are not. We are content with what we have and that's enough. Money doesn't make one happy. So maybe large part of the world has problem of defining "happiness".

[@RaccoonLex]

"Don't talk to strangers" some of us take the advise a bit too literally :D

[@artomies1972]

I really recommend trying Sauna even in hot weather. IF it is a genuine sauna, it helps you cope with the humid heat around you. 30 degrees Celsius can be tough when the exposure is prolonged, but after a 60 - 80 degrees in sauna, you feel cool at least a short while.

[@Gittas-tube]

👩🏻‍🌾🇫🇮🚌🚌 Hello, Dwayne! I can confirm that public transportation is pretty good. At least in Helsinki. If you take a bus, for instance, and have your baby carriage (pram) with you, you can ride for free. There's also seatless section in the middle of the bus where you can attach your pram, also your bike during the journey, and hooks to hang your handbag or shopping bag on. There's also a special seat behind the chauffeur for a blind person and his or her service dog. In addition, there are seats reserved for the disabled and seniors. Inside the bus there's a real-time display with sound telling you the name of the next stop. To get off you press any of the sounded buttons fitted into the upright poles. Payment is all by a special, loadable travel card, valid for riding on a bus, tram, local train, the metro, and by ferry to the nearby small recreational islands. Inside or outside the bus stops, there are digital, real-time displays showing how many minutes until the next bus will arrive. Usually, the buses are on time. I don't know how widespread this system is, but it's used in Helsinki at least. The charge is rather expensive, in my opinion, but the city-owned system is dependable, the buses clean and well maintained. There are small waste disposal containers here and there. All in all, there's no real reason not to take public transportation here. The only thing is that the bus or tram. The Helsinki metro is fairly new, ergo, clean and bright. So far, there's only one line. The transportation equipment is being renewed ever so often

[@Yavanna79]

As a Finn, I can say that certain urban (or city) areas and certain areas in the centre of Helsinki are not very safe. Safe enough, yes, but I would still watch my back and keep an eye on my belongings, because there are pickpockets, but we do also have some small groups that rob and hurt people. And another thing that worries me at least when I'm out at night is drunk people, because some of them can be unpredictable or just really disgusting (in terms of behaviour, not necessarily in terms of appearance). But yeah, otherwise safer, and part of that is thanks to our strict gun laws, which mean that not just anyone can walk down the street with a gun. Though that doesn't mean that some individuals don't carry a knife or some such weapon. And the axe is another one that people like to swing, especially in drunken fights between drunks. And in our Finnish forests, depending on how far north/forested areas you live, you have to keep an eye out for bears and, in certain parts of Finland, wolves. Though usually these animals prefer to avoid humans, unless they are sick or protecting their pups etc. But another danger, even near urban areas, are moose and deer. So if you are driving, drive carefully, as these animals are daft (and big and can cause damage if hit) and have never learned to be careful of traffic.

[@puhistagram]

Thank for your reaction, Dwayne. Yes, Jade got it spot on - very good points and it was pleasure hear people appreciating the core thinks we have here. Take care, my Asian friend 😉

[@topilinkala1594]

In places where water is scarse you use your shower, sink and dishwasher water second time for flushing and plant watering. It's called grey water.

[@marrus9456]

About Sauna.. you get in to a sweat and you fewl cool after it. That's why we use it in summer.

[@jarieljahbaba2275]

Just go to sauna, doesnt really matter is it hot or cold, maybe its not that enjoyable in hot but it doesnt matter its the only way to get really clean and you feel super nice and clean afterwards.

[@sallasundell4351]

Year 2024 in the babybox (actually here we call that Motherbox, because there are things for the baby and for the mother) was only 39 diffrent things (because inflation etc) but before there was 50 diffrent things. Now the package contains a duvet cover, a wool coverall, a book, socks, mittens, a towel, a cover sleeping bag, a food tray, pants, bodysuits, thermal pads and gloves, hygiene items (such as condoms, night bandages and lubricant), a nightgown and an outer coverall that can be converted into a sleeping bag.

[@zahrah78]

Enjoy sauna the right way. 80 degrees celsius is enoygh. Then throw water slowly but enough so that you get a very moist löyly. Go out and maybe dip in the pool, then go back. Breath slowly so the hot air won't burn the airways. 😊

[@moonliteX]

anyone else hear that she's developed an extremely light finnish accent?

[@samil5601]

That "morjens" is eerily authentic.

[@turpasauna]

Same happened to Daiki. 😅

[@vironmarkku013]

Greetings from Finland 🥳😎

[@SuperDalton72]

you got baby box for whinter if the child is born in the winter..And the fun thing it even came with a madrass so you could use the box for a bed, When i got one for my dother in the winter i was amazed because there is no cheap shit in the box. It is hi quality expensive stuff. in and outdoor. I think its for your first child only tho..There were som sweden moms that wantet to by the boxes from moms here at hi prices..

[@jaanamerilahti9823]

It is offered for all of the children, but you can choose to change it for money. So for your second or third child you could choose cash if you already had all the stuff needed.

[@pvahanen-dh5rt]

The Finns in the Sahara are the first to build a sauna! When it's hot in the Sahara, you go to a sauna even hotter than hell to wash, so the heat in the Sahara is cool.

[@anza77]

Sure water is drinkable in most of the Europe, but tastes water treatment chemicals in many places... Like in Germany, Slovakia, Poland, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal and England (least in London) Here water actually tastes good

[@scanpolar]

10 minutes in sauna and later dipping in the clean lake water. After that again in sauna for 15 minutes and use now vihta to tonic your body . After that a cool dip in the lake . ( vihta = a bouquet of fresh , soft , young birch twigs)

[@itsVilu]

While statistics may say Finland has low crime rates, it's still there. It's not gunz blazing american style, but it's still there. Personally I would say most of it is drug related, actually. One addict steals something from another addict and because drugs are involved it never gets reported. Or someone steals something because they need money to buy more stuff. That's not based on public statistics, but personal experience and who and what I know.

[@turpasauna]

Public statistics say foreigners do like half of the crime.

[@frankelepartners]

😀😀😀Maybe Finns do not notice the special quality of life in Finland... The preceding video is not 100% but it pretty close...

[@frankelepartners]

👍👍👍You have to remember that it gets dark and cold. It is not an easy life but it is best way to live...

[@penaarja]

Ok, have to admit, winter is not so bad at all, just season. Nothing special, but scaping your car windows and blow snow. Temperature not change living drastically. Still feel happy to live here❤️🇫🇮

[@FrankAUnger-bz8fo]

Im finnish and my thoughts when we are selected to the happiest country time and time again, is that we don't buy in to the "grind" we are content. Maybe not happy, but content and that may be happiness. I don't know, im to content to bother.

[@MarttiVuorinen]

Contentment..yeah its nice to get a slice of cheese on bread but hey..bread here is so good that just bread and butter works 😂

[@just-a-guy-in-the-world]

I'm not really content. I've made it known to my friends and family. Not excessively. And yet I'm content in the way that this is my life. I made it. I'm alive. Could be much worse.

[@Ikaelgo]

Undergraduate studies at Brittish universities were free up until 1998.

[@laurivauramo6490]

No. You do not know. I have been several times to UK in summer. You have got nothing that can be compared to Finnish summer. Unfortunately, we pay for it during the gruesome winter - again, You do not. You win some, You lose some. But yes, You can pronounce sauna right.

[@MsElias64]

Kiitos ❤

[@mikkorenvall428]

Yep we have so lot of "free" things in Finland. But then again people moan over high taxes... So... it isn't that free after all... Doctors and teachers get paid somehow.. you know... ;) And at some point it was a big marketing thing to get your product in to the babybox.. so state started to cover the original brands with some state branding... ;)

[@spurgurius]

If you're staying in helsinki, you should visit one of the public saunas by the sea.

[@samil5601]

Even better, visit some in the residential neighbourhoods. Chill out on the asphalt outside and drink beer.

[@AHVENAN]

I definitely think they chose the wrong word when naming Finland the happiest country, because everyone automatically assumes happines must mean smiley-happy-face when in fact contentment is also a form of happiness! We're happy with what we've got, happy with our lives and for the most part we trust our governement and so on, there's not much corruption here compaired to some other places *cough* America *cough*

[@merjakotisaari9046]

In Finland, there used to be a law that every man is obliged to protect every woman, it must have become a custom.

[@Bl00dn]

You should try the sauna in there but do not make your final opinion for sauna's by that since most other countries has very limited sauna experiences like on some places you can't even throw water on the stones since they think it is going to break the stove.

[@civzation471]

I'm a Finn and for me Scotland is a Nordic country.

[@katin.rontti4479]

So when are you coming? ☺🙏🏼

[@katin.rontti4479]

Oh, next year. Welcome. Hope you get out of Helsinki to the other parts of Finland, too. You are very welcome to Jyväskylä in the middle of Finland. 🙏🏼 Oh, and yes, you said "sauna" like a true Finn. ❤👍🏼

[@penaarja]

We are not consuming peoples here, less is better. I just buy something if i really need it. Nothing more.

[@realtsarbomba]

Consuming people? Yeah, we're not cannibals here in Finland 😄 But seriously though, everyone should buy/get something just because one wants it every now and then instead of living like an ascetic doomsday prepper, occasional self indulgence is only healthy.

[@jaanamerilahti9823]

I'm content, and happy. Average waige. I've got a home for me and my children, nothing fancy but a home anyways. We have food, my children can go to whatever school they want. They can become anything they whish. My son's broken theet will get repaired for free... What is happiness, if it isn't this?

[@SuperDalton72]

the water here is good but in scandinavia they are finding the chemical PFase they call the forever staying chemical in your body,

[@pascheblog]

Education in UK is not free? 😮 Is that true. If so, I am honestly surprised about that. All my favorite scientists are from the UK, and now I think that would we have many more scientists if the education didn't cost anything in the UK.

[@samil5601]

There was a time when there weren't tuition fees and there were decent student grants to allow people to focus on their education. Then came Thatcher.

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

Finland leaves even the rest of the Nordics behind. But it's alright.

[@samil5601]

They have the Vikings! 😁 Now consider what the world would look like if the Vikings would have set up permanent posts in America back in the day?

[@turpasauna]

No we don't. We were not vikings, but sometimes aided them on their journeys. Finns were known to be powerful spell casters, especially concerning the weather. Ps. Vikings never fully raided us successfully, either.

[@samil5601]

@turpasauna Probably couldn't find us.

[@jaaskai]

When I lived in Coventry for a year a cab driver said in January that it is really cold outside (it was - 4 Celsius), I said yeah it is a bit chilly but at home it is now - 25 so this is fine, he actually started shouting to me. 😂😂😂😂

[@macross3730]

Actually Finnish tap water has less microbes then an bottlet water !!

[@mikkohapponen5728]

Not all are contemped. My friends is. Im broke feck

[@oltsu96]

Today I will apply to get the maternity box. Can't wait to get it 🥰

[@PoecileCinctus]

Well, Finns don't care too much about your beliefs, your appearance etc. (as long as it doesn't harm others) UNLESS you're a part of some specific minorities: muslim, middle eastern looking, dark skinned, Romani etc. And the rise of the right wing conservative values has narrowed the breathing space of sexual minorities, environmentally aware people, the "green lefties" and many others. To those saying racism doesn't exist in Finland: You might want to look up European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reports on the matter. Finland has a rather dubious honor of placing 3rd amongst all EU countries (and not at the nice end of the list) when it comes to discrimination especially based on skin colour, ethnicity and religion. Or if the big bad EU isn't to be trusted 🙄, then, just, you know, look around you... And that report is hardly the only one on this matter.

[@turpasauna]

Why is it always those same minorities complaining about racism, hmm? The same ones with the highest crime rate too, surely just an coincidence? For some reason the other groups like it here (and do not appear on the list either).

[@holyhelga]

Finland don’t have that many Karen’s lol

[@MalinEkman96]

”Fun” fact. Finland is one of the most dangerous country when it comes to violence against Women in your own home. So it is safe to go outside but maybe not to go home.

[@Pataassa]

This is not that black and white what you say. Like compared for what country? If you compare with other Nordic countries, might be true. Because here in Finland we had our wars and it did left marks in society when every Finnish man suffered war traumas. They don't just go away in one generations. But I don't think that this happens that much anymore for the younger finnish generations. And it didn't happen that much for our parents generations either. And if you compare Finland to other countries like middle east, we don't happen that at all here in Finland. Let's not also forget that Finland were the first country in hole world that gave women's right to vote. So why do you have need to make Finnish people look bad because it is not the way you said? For me it seems that you aren't even Finnish your self aren't you? Are you from Sweden? It would explain your mean comments.

[@MalinEkman96]

@ what? How was that a mean comment? I am from Finland and have lived here all my life.

[@Pataassa]

@@MalinEkman96 by saying that Finland is dangerous country for women. What are you talking about? That is just simply a lie. I'm Finnish, I'm a woman, I know a lot of Finns, but not a single one who would be afraid at home. So that's simply not true. That was true maybe after the winter war, when most of the men suffered from war trauma, started drinking and became violent at home when drunk. But that was then and there were a reason. Today, in my opinion, this does not happen any more, not more than in other countries, so it is wrong and unfair to Finnish men to claim that.

[@MalinEkman96]

@@Pataassa just becouse it’s not happening to you and your friends does not mean it doesn’t happen.

[@Pataassa]

@MalinEkman96 I didn't say it doesn't happen. I said that it doesn't happen more than other countries. So don't give a distorted image to others. I'm sorry if you or someone close to you has other experiences. However, these are individual cases, just as they certainly are in other Nordic countries. It is wrong to blame all Finnish men. As I mentioned earlier, Finland was the first country in the whole world where women got the right to vote. Finland was among the first countries to have a female president. Because the people voted so, men too. In addition, despite our hard history, equality is really strong in Finland. So in many respects, Finnish men also deserve praise. At least not blaming them for things they haven't done.

[@vikitheviki]

Noniin..

[@js0988]

We do have the Basic Finns, Perussuomalaiset who are very concerned about where you're from. The complexion of your skin and who you love and what you want to wear etc.

[@SK-nw4ig]

Mostly people are very accepting though :)

[@anneliseppanen9105]

People want to be in peace and on their own, but if You are too pussy and too laud on them and brake their solitude life, then YOU will know that they are disopointed with You. Behave when You are in Finland.😁

[@TheRawrnstuff]

"Basic Finns" is a bit of a mistranslation of the word. The official English name Perussuomalaiset go by is "The Finns' Party" - previously "True Finns" - but "Native Finns" or "Foundational Finns" would be closer.