Finnish from Afar Blog

In the past couple of weeks, my social media inlets [is that the word for the SoMe equivalent of an inbox?] seem to have been filled with a...

Finns are rightly proud of their long tradition of perseverance in the face of overwhelming challenges. This courage and determination is ...

This week, the winter returned with a vengeance in the UK. Temperatures have plummeted, and the weather forecasters are getting ready to r...

New Year's celebrations are over for another year. And so is the broadcast on TV of one of the most successful piece of British comed...

There are two things I bring back from Finland on a regular basis. There's the amazing Fazer chocolates – no surprise there. And there...

A couple of weeks back, my friend Simo forwarded an email to me that had me smiling and frustrated in equal measure. The email contained a...

Over a year ago, I wrote a blog-post about the fact that the Finnish language lacks a future tense . In that post, I contrasted this with ...

The website " What's Up Finland? " organised a short story competition recently. The theme was "the Finnish summer...

A few years ago, while on a summer holiday in Lapland, I went on a one-day guided cycle tour in the countryside around the small "tow...