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)
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lilyhammer because I keep confusing norway and finland.
Hockey
A bunch of Finns I know.
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.
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
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.
Aki Kaurismäki
Its not real
Fiskars
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...
Guns, coffee, and hating Russia.
perkele
It's the country where I quite want to be. Eating breakfast or dinner, or just watching TV.
Sisu.
Finns be crazy.
Winter sports
Who is that?
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.
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.
Thanks!
Long place names like Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä
Sopuli.xyz and saunas