Finnish from Afar Blog

When you are learning a language, there are a few greater challenges than understanding young children. In theory, it should be easy, as t...

There is Canadian writer by the name of Lisa Moore (pictured here). There is also an Australian avant-garde pianist by the same name (not pi...

One of the top searches for this blog is " finnish jokes about swedes ". I thought it was about time I obliged, and so am sharing ...

It’s been very cold and very snowy in Helsinki this week. Good thing that I am a fully-fledged winter rally driver then!

My last post about the crazy transformations the letter “t” undergoes in Finnish seems to have resonated with many people. Clearly, dear ...

It’s been a while since I had a good moan about the trickiness of the Finnish language, but it’s now time to tackle one of my pet grievances...

This is a very special year for Finland's capital, Helsinki. It is the World Design Capital for 2012, no less! When I first heard abou...

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...