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Finland for Thought
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Politics, current events, culture - In Finland & United States
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Happy Independence Day, Finland!
See the Finnish flag? This is in Farmville, in Facebook. The flag is made of white and blue hay bales. Happy Independence Day!...
Do Finnish government bodies regard the High Administrative Court as a joke?
The High Administrative Court (Korkein Hallintooikeus) in Finland issued a clear statement on September 9 stating that what Veropörssi is doing is illegal. You can see the text of the statement here in Finnish. The actual court decision is here. In ...
Amazon Kindle reaches every 1st world country except Finland
Ugh, this is annoying – The Amazon Kindle wireless capabilities are available in 81 countries, Finland not one of them. Have a look at the service map below, I am jealous of those in Tanzania, Kazakhstan, Haiti, and inhabitable regions of Rus...
Artificially sweetened beer?
I have come across two different brands of beer sold in Finland that is artifically sweetened with saccharin. Both of them are Czech and assure you on the label of the authenticity and quality of the product. The brands are Kozel and Eggenberg. The K...
Giving out flyers in Finland ain’t easy
Comedian Louis Zezeran and I try to give out flyers for our comedy show around Helsinki. It ain’t easy – Massive respect to the gypsy beggars in Finland… (sorry to the video quality at the beginning kinda sucks) ...
Those annoying foreign salespeople in the Kamppi Center
You know those annoying foreigners who try to sell shit to strangers at the Kamppi Center in Helsinki? Well comedian Louis Zezeran and I decided to go annoy them… (turns out they’re actually very nice people) ...
