FINLAND.GOTTA L♥VE IT.

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So I've been often asked why / how can I and other Finns party & drink that much? Well, watch that video and you'll understand. When you come from a country and scene like that, it's almost part of your culture. 

So what can I say, we Finns just like to party and drink (most of the time heavily) and we are not ashamed of it. Fisu, Jallu, Kossu - u name it. As long as it's good times, we don't care.

Heres few other tips about us Finns which can be found from here.

DON'T

• ...keep your shoes on if you are invited to someone’s home. First thing after entering a house or an apartment: shoes off. Also, don’t even think about leaving before kahvi and pulla (coffee and bun) have been served. 
• ...hesitate to talk to the person next to you in a bus or a train. 
• ...visit without calling first. The door may not open without a prior notice, especially on weekends. 
• ...make empty promises. If you say to a Finn, “Let’s do lunch,” he or she truly believes you have set up a lunch meeting and expects to hear from you. 
• ...tip. People are not used to tips and don’t always know how to react. 
• ...wonder out loud why Sweden has more world-famous products, artists, and athletes than Finland, or why the western neighbor always beats Finland in ice hockey. Too much to handle for the touchy Finns.

DO

• ...compliment Finns, even though they don’t take compliments well and don’t necessarily know how to reply. 
• ...leave Helsinki, the capital, and discover the countryside. There are many beautiful places between Helsinki and Lapland. 
• ...keep in mind that two things are expensive: alcohol and gas. And yet, both are consumed in high volumes. 
• ...offer to buy a drink if you’ve made a new friend in a bar. But keep in mind, Finns can hold their drinks well, and you may not be able to keep up the pace of drinking. 
• ...learn a few words in Finnish, even though it’s hard. It’s an ego-booster for a Finn to hear a foreigner speak his language. 
• ...remember that Finnish women are independent and believe in equality. And especially that young women drink equally to men. 

And last but not least- yes, we know we might be bit weird. So what.

We are mostly just sarcastic and we always know how to laugh to ourselves.