I think about St petersburg tbh..
Right now?. The Skinner meme of looking down and saying "Pathetic" to Trump's request for eggs.
I always pictured a town near a cristal clear lake. Houses with more vibrant beautiful colours than a clown orgy.
Saunas!
Universally loved people and good seltzer.
Its very cold in the frigid north 🥶 Yet Fins are doing fine … I guess
As an ignorant American I'm saddened to say, very little. One thing that comes to mind is Simo Häyhä.
I cant forget Linus Torvalds. The third most influential person in my life behind Thompson and Ritchie. Without these three I would never have found one of my greatest joys, coding.
I think of the pictures of snowy landscapes crowned with ethereal lights dancing in the night.
Stories from my dad about a Finish violin maker who used to hitchhike everywhere dad used to give frequent rides to.
A challenging language
perkele
Long place names like Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä
It seems like a great place with a decent government and society. The few Finnish people I've met over the years have all been really cool and/or smart and/or hilarious.
Sisu.
Finns be crazy.
It's the country where I quite want to be. Eating breakfast or dinner, or just watching TV.
Great public transit, safe bike infrastructure (so safe they bike in the snow!), and a happy chill country that tries to be great for all their citizens (unlike the US which only cares about the rich)
Cold
Power metal, rallying, forests, snow, reindeer, personal space, a language with a very musical-sounding rhythm and grammar that I don't understand in the slightest, and that one video of a man swearing at a bear because it's in his garden
Aki Kaurismäki
Monty Pythons "Finland" song. And a former coworker who was born there, but does not speak a word of Finnish (Finlandish?).
Your mountains so lofty,
Your treetops so tall,
Finland, Finland, Finland,
Finland has it all
The country where I quite want to be...
Winter sports
Sopuli.xyz and saunas
lilyhammer because I keep confusing norway and finland.
Hockey
I don't know much about Finland so forgive me:
-It's unique shape
-Mountains and snow
-Rural
-Winter war with Russia
-Heavily prepared to defend against Russia
-Joined Nato after the Ukraine invasion
-Nordic culture?
-The Tinymight 2 vape
Finland is always number 1 in statistical charts, (happiness, least corruption…you name it) beating the Netherlands again and again.
Its not real
salty licorice
Fiskars
Who is that?
That’s Ahti. A recurring character in Remedy games. I saw him first in Alan Wake 2 and just met him in Control. I’m not sure if he is just some kind of human anomaly or a god. But he is a fan favourite and a treasure ❤️
Edit: Also he has the heaviest finish accent I’ve ever heard. To the point his clues sound more like riddles to an English speaking person. Which comes from him trying to use Finish proverbs or even grammar while speaking English.
Expanding on what rustyfish wrote: a lot of wired stuff happens in those games and Ahti never acknowledges any of it. He is the janitor and he is mopping the floor. He will ask you to fetch something mundane like a tool from the basement which by pure coincidence is the exact place and time you need to be to save the world. He appears in places he should never have been able to get to. You had to fight through many enemies to get there, Ahti is just there.
He is the janitor of the universe, making sure things are how they should be. And then he goes to sing songs at the community center.
Not yesterday's grouses's son, that's for sure.
A bunch of Finns I know.
Guns, coffee, and hating Russia.
Vodka, snipers and Nokia.
That and high quality of life.
Ikea
