Finnish from Afar Blog

This week, I found out that, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the Finnish language holds the world record for the longest palindro...

Q: What do you call a band of dinosaurs playing heavy metal? A: Hevisaurus! No, really. This is not a joke. Not in Finland at least.

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...

This week marked the official start of melancholy season in Finland, aka November. November is the time of year where the weather in Finla...

It's a tautology to say that you can't speak a language if you don't know the words. That is my biggest problem with Finnish. ...

It is often said that “out of the mouth of babes comes the truth”. Sometimes that truth can be painful though.

Last Monday, former ski-jumping champion Matti Nykänen started a 16 month prison sentence in Kupio for aggravated assault on his on-off wife...

This weekend I read a newly published book called “ How to Marry a Finnish Girl ”, by Phil Schwarzmann. I have to admit, I was quite excit...

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...