by Evgeniya bazavova

From the late 13th century Finland

had been an integral part of Sweden
The Uspensky Cathedral
St. Nicalas Cathedral
Elias Lоnnrot, 1802—1884
 Akseli Gallen-Kallela
«The defending of Sampo»
Kantele- a traditional Finnish and Karelian
plucked string instrument
«Kulervo» opera
Amorphis
Ingman’s ice cream kiosk in the Hakaniemi
Market Square, Helsinki, Finland.
“We belong to the North, but not to the Scandinavian
peoples. If you get it wrong and you call us Scandinavians,
we will not be offended, but most likely, will politely
correct you”

“Culturally we, of course, similar to Scandinavians, but

the Finnish language is significantly different from the
Scandinavian languages. Some of us speak Norwegian,
and Swedish, but this does not mean that we are not Finns.
Despite the fact that we have provided the world with
mobile phones, we are not very talkative nation.”
Many people think that we are quiet people, - it is only on
the surface. But we are not devoid of passion, we just
don't show them as , for example, the Italians do. Of
course, when we communicate, we don't look
continuously in the eyes. But we say: "Even if we look at
your shoes - we still love you."

"One of our brightest passions

- coffee. Our ritual of "coffee"
can be compared to Chinese or
Japanese tea ceremony".
"Our second passion is tango. Since the 1930s, the tango
has literally captured our bodies and souls. In our country
more than 2 thousand dance clubs. Every year we
organize a tango Festival and select on it the king and
Queen.- Our tango very lyrical: melancholy, love,
pictures of nature... This is very serious, almost like our
passion for skiing, the sauna and fishing."
Thank you!