Suomi
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Summer Midnight Sun + Winter Darkness
In FInland, in the winter it's mostly dark, in the summer, mostly light.
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My Hometown :
I was born in the village of Hausjarvi, but
now live in Finland's capital city, Helsinki. |
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A little information about Finland and the Finnish language! First, a few words
Hei! - Hello
Mitä kuuluu? - How are you? Kiitos! - Thank you! Hei hei! - Goodbye Suomi - Finland Perkele! - Damn! (literally 'the devil') kitara - Guitar salmiakki - black salt licorice (yes - we Finns eat this stuff - and so do the Scandinavians and Dutch. |
Click for YLE's Finnish National news (in English)
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Tango
Finland has its very own form of tango. Below is a video of the Grand Finals of the Lumitango (Tango in the Snow) World Championships, held in Tampere, Finland, on 5th February 2011. There is also a summer tango festival in Seinajoki, in Southern Ostrobothnia, which is in western Finland.
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Kantele
The video to the right shows a lady playing Finland's national instrument - the kantele. It comes in different numbers of strings. In this video she is playing a 10 string and a 14 string kantele.
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Rally Car Racing
Rally driving is very popular in FInland.
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Salmiakki
We like to make chocolates, booze and even ice cream (see the video) that is salty-licorice flavored. :-)
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