Living in Finland is not always so cheap; especially if you don’t come from fellow Nordic countries, UK or Switzerland. Then on the other hand, it’s good to keep in mind that high living standards and cheap prices rarely go hand in hand, no matter where you go. However, in this post you will get …
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Where to buy this and that… when in Finland? In some countries alcohol sales are restricted only for foreigners, while some countries regard tobacco as a state monopoly product. Where do I buy SIM cards in Finland? How about contraceptive pills? Below you will find a list of different items and places where to buy …
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In the first chapter I wrote about the cook books of my granny. Above you see two extracts from the book Kotiruoka from 1950, in which they write about fish: “The right season for different fish species: perch, from September to March eel, from August to November pike, from August to March flounder, from October to …
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My motivation for writing these posts spurred originally from the irritation of regularly hearing negative/ironic comments about Finnish food by Italian residing here. Comments in which following things are repeated: Italian food is much tastier, Finland is a young country with no gastronomical culture, there are no delicious dishes in this part of the world. …
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Life tastes good in Syd-Österbotten and university life and Va(a)sa feel very far away. A bit more than a month ago I wrote a blog entry about how it is to be working in a greenhouse for the summer. Yes, I still do work in the same company as I did during the last post, …
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Per gli studenti stranieri capita spesso in Finlandia che loro non riescono a trovare lavoro estivo per vari motivi. La scarsa conoscenza delle lingue nazionali (svedese e finlandese) è forse il motivo più evidente, ma anche il fatto di studiare in un campo scientifico dove non esistono tanti posti di lavoro dove si può parlare …
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As a foreign student, finding a summer job can be a very difficult task for various reasons: lack of knowledge in national languages (Swedish and Finnish) and studying in a scientific field that does not have a wide range of foreign-language-speaking jobs available are just a few of the reasons that might make the task …
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This post is a sequel for an older post from October 14th 2019: https://blogs2.abo.fi/pekkatoivonen/2019/10/14/travelling-on-the-ground-alternative-ways-of-travelling-vol-1/ The corona virus has closed borders, paralyzed much of the aviation industry and devastated many people who rely on tourism for getting their livelihood. In the previous post I was reflecting on how my view on flying has been suspect to …
Così continua il capitolo su Närpes nel libro Nya Boken om Vårt Land di Jörn Donner… Lui è Lennart Snickars, sarto specializzato in indumenti per le donne. Arriva in bici tra un’ attimo. Ha interrotto i suoi lavori. Snickars sa dove si trova la chiave per il cottage di Backlund. Apriamo la porta ed entriamo. …
Continua il viaggio in Finlandia tramite il libro di Jörn Donner (sv. Nya Boken om Vårt Land, it. Il nuovo libro sul nostro paese). Stavolta stiamo a Närpes. Ho creato una mappa su Google Maps (il link lo trovate sotto), dove vedete i posti menzionati nel tratto; così potete andare a vederli su Street View: …