Finnish from Afar Blog

The very first time I went to Helsinki, many years ago, it was for a business trip, in the middle of winter. It was very cold and very ble...

One of Finland's largest company specialises in lifts, escalators, and moving-walkways. The company is called rather brilliantly Kone,...

Let's face it, if learning Finnish was graded like judo, I would still be a white belt. This despite years of training with an excell...

Apparently, the Finnish word for "meerkat" is "nelisormimangusti", or "four-fingered mongoose". Well, well...

The first time I saw him was on a warm summer's evening in Helsinki. He was standing near the parliament, patiently waiting for the tr...

Finnish men can't dance. Fact. OK, OK, I admit: like most things I write about in this blog, I don't really know what I am talkin...

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...