I read something from a learning language site, stated reasons why people should learn Swedish. The reason is because learning Swedish opens the door to such an interesting Scandinavian culture. With only Swedish knowledge, you can come to any Nordic country and start exploring.
That is fine, actually that is actually really right. The writer is such an amazing person speaking ''thousands of language'' and he/ she also gives numerous useful tips on learning many languages. As a person who has spent these 2 years trying to be fluent in Finnish like me (haha), he/ she is awesome!
However, even though Swedish will be an advantage in Finland, I still want to learn Finnish. The Finnish- learning journey has been cool, upset and joyful together. To be honest, I do not learn Finnish because I like the language but because I did fall in love with Finland!
I love the nature of Finland. My first moment at Vantaa Airport was full of green- (Suomeksi: vihreä), which I call Vihreä- moment. Do you know that more than 70% of Finland is covered by forest?
Finland- the land of lakes- let's have a nick name for Finland: lala country (La-Kela-nd = lakeland). Interestingly, Kela is also Social Insurance Institution of Finland.
And do you know about ''Everyman's right'', which is ''Jokamiehen Oikeus'' in Finnish. You will definitely love it!!!! (or I think so haha). Human's right is to get deep in the nature. People are free to go into the forest, pick up many types of mushroom, fresh berries and breath clean air. Finns really like picnic outside, next to the lakes, which is wonderful in the summer midnight sun.
But don't you think dark winter can prevent Finns from enjoying time with the nature? No way! With more than 3 million saunas across Finland, Finns turn on their little fire ( I mean candle :D), go to their sauna and jump into cold water (or ice lake) after that! So you notice that, right? 5.5 million people in Finland (Stat.fi, 2013) but +3 million sauna.
There is a quote: ''In Finland, we have Black Friday. Every Friday from October till March''. Ha ha, actually Finns love summer time, when they have summer, they enjoy mid summer festival, have ''kokko'' meaning bornfire and there are many weddings. People spend time in summer cottage, many families drive Rv or camper van (the huge huge big car for travelling) and go to festival places.
But Finns still enjoy their dark winter some ways .D houses are decorated warmly with yellow light in winter. Also, in the night of 24.12 and ''Pyhäinpäivä'' (All Saints Day, the Saturday between 31.10 and 6.11 annually), Finns turn on thousands of little candles in cemeteries, to remember about the Dead. That scene is amazing, as a Finnish silent way to show their love! Small tiny light brighten the dark!
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(to be continued)
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