#finnish things

[bipolarmango]

It's a tragedy that 99.93% of people will never understand the masterpieces that are the lyrics of Finnish songs

[suomeen]

There's so much pressure as a foreigner to just say hello in Finland. You have to choose between Hei, Moi, Heippa, Moikka, and Terve. Not to mention Huomenta and Päivää. The foreigners sort of silently agreed upon Hei, as it feels the most familiar but I don't want to be a basic bitch so it's always an internal struggle of which one to choose.

[dlasta]

What is the Finnish bus stop thing?

This is perfectly normal and not social distancing. Personal space is *personal*.:)

[starlene]

I recently learned about the new Kruunuvuori Bridge in Finland. It is the longest bridge in Finland and it is ONLY for pedestrians and public transport. That is awesome. I'm a big fan of bridges, and especially bridges you can safely walk across. It looks like a very cool bridge, 10/10, would walk. I just want to say congratulations for having such an awesome new bridge in your country. :)

Kruunuvuorensilta!!

I'm glad that it's famous even outside Finland, I agree that it's pretty cool! I haven't crossed it myself yet, but I need to do that the next time I'll be going to the zoo at the other end to visit my favourite animals: the manuls I've never seen, and the teeniest-tiniest miniature sized geckos anyone could ever imagine.

Bonus Finnish transportation content, just because I want to mention this: in Helsinki, they may have their really cool new bridge... but in Turku, there's something even better: a funicular that went wildly over budget while it was being built, is known country-wide for always being broken, has been memed to death, and is strangely beloved despite (because of?) all that.

Here it is in the initial rendering vs. in reality:

Here it is on a dishcloth by Kui Design (only one example of the several pieces of Turku funicular fan merch available):

[ranahan]

Random headcanon:

I think the Mandalorian version of the folk tale of a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow should be shooting stars. That is, there’s a treasure where they fall, variously of wealth, beskar, weapons or armour (possibly magical in some way), or a past Mandalore/ancestor/folk hero who will grant your wish, answer a question, or bestow knowledge.

Brought to you by my dad’s favourite theory about the Sampo cycle in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. According to him, it tells the tale of an iron meteorite falling in Saaremaa (what’s Estonia today) in the Bronze Age before iron smelting was discovered, and the tale of the exceptional smith who could work the ore and produce various wondrous objects from it, the matriarch who controlled its wealth, and the subsequent war over who got to control the resource.

I don’t know whether the kar in beskar refers to heart or star or both, but it tickles my mind and I think it could at the very least be a folk etymology type of a connection. The armour/weapons/treasure of course represent beskar, and the connection with ancestors and stars is responsible for the rest.

[beardedmrbean]

I'm trapping Finns

[jinxedbirdoy]

This ambience almost makes me miss summer… Until I remember that it's lacking something essential. A certain high-pitched noise. The kind of noise that is followed by itchiness and irritation. Luckily, you won't be hearing that in our game!

Hyi yök ääh hyttysiä tulee kohta hyhhyh…

[chailattehotte]

Finnish people really take out ads to tell others to leave them alone