Finnish from Afar Blog

And so 2011 comes to an end. Time to reflect on a whole year of blogging about Finnishy things.

Dear Children of the European Union, Greetings from Finland! Yes, I am Finnish , despite what you might have heard from people on the othe...

On many occasions now, I have used this blog to make fun of my own ineptitude in Finnish (check out for example the Spare Moose post). But ...

Last Tuesday, as I walked down Helsinki's main shopping street, Aleksanterinkatu, I stumbled across a short procession that appeared at ...

Earlier this week, on December 6, Finland celebrated its Independence Day, or " itsenäisyyspäivä ". Like every year, the highlight...

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...