Tuesday 9 March 2010

rintamamiestalo

The classic countryside house seems to be the rintamamiestalo ... though its normally quite the boring cube.



however some Finns get creative with theirs. This owner has added a veranda to transform it into something which is almost European at first glance

Finnish Countryside home

cunning and creative

Tuesday 2 March 2010

communication style II

Viivi and Wagner is a classic Finnish cartoon strip (at least here in Finland). I recently was given this one by my wife (who knows how I feel about the way the stereotypical Finn communicates).

I loved it, so I've added a translation to the scene so you can get the point better :-)


Keeping in mind that dumb originally means "unable to speak" ... Ahhh ... I love Wagner