Basic vocabulary to get started

Welcome = Tervetuloa 

Thank you = Kiitos 

You're welcome = Ole hyvä 

How are you? = Mitä kuuluu? 

I am fine = Voin hyvin 

My name is... = Minun nimeni on... 

I don't understand = En ymmärrä 

Good morning = Hyvää huomenta 

Good night = Hyvää yötä 

Hello = Moi/Hei 

I am hungry = Olen nälkäinen/Minulla on nälkä. 

I want to go to sauna = Haluan mennä saunaan 

School = Koulu 

Help = Apua 

Nice to meet you = Hauska tavata

By Riina A., Tiia and Jessika

What to eat in Finland?

Fazer’s blue chocolate:

Karjalanpiirakka (Karelian pie) with eggbutter:

Karelian stew:

Rye bread:

Salmiakki (salty liqourice):

Salmon soup:

Mämmi (Finnish Easter pudding):

Sautéed reindeer with smashed potatoes: 

Finnish berries:

Finnish fast food restaurant:

By Eedla, Sanni, Anni and Jenna

About the weather conditions in Finland

Finnish weather... That is quite a lot to handle. So hold onto your hats when you get here. Well for starters, we have four seasons and they're quite diverse. Now, you may think that that's obvious but not to all. You might believe you truly know the differences between four seasons but wait until you see Finland. You never know what the weather turns out to be. Sometimes the morning weathercast says it will be 13 degrees Celsius but it ends up snowing in the afternoon.

So, about the Finnish seasons... Let's begin with the fun one, summer. When you think of summer, beaches, sunbathing and burning hot weather might come into your mind. Yes, well you don't live in Finland. The three things we all Finns know about the Finnish summer are pouring rain, freezing water and occasional warmth, well if you consider 20 degrees Celsius as warm. But for real, the snow does melt in the summer. And we have had a bit warmer weather in the last summers. For example, last summer we had melting hot temperatures. We should also remember that Finland is a big country and sometimes this causes some hilarious situations. 

Midsummer in Finland

The fall... No doubt it is the most beautiful season of all. And the rainiest. Whoever said England is the rainiest country hadn't clearly been to Finland. Ok, but there isn't really much to say about autumn. Colours, water, gorgeous outfits, lots of coffee and many cute Instagram pictures.

Then there is the infamous one. Winter. It is coming. And it always is. If someone would make a chart of the Finnish seasons, winter would cover at least half of it. But then again sometimes it feels like it takes forever it to truly arrive. First snows normally fall at the end of October but snows usually drop in and out how they like during the following two months. The rule is to always look outside and check the thermometer in the morning. The most unfortunate mornings are those when it was plus-degrees on the previous day which had cost the snow to start melting and then minus-degrees in the night which had frozen the water into ice. But you do have to admit that it is quite beautiful. As long as you remember to put on the sunglasses since the sun and snow are not a good combination to your eyes.

The spring is a magical time. For the main reason that in no time at all the weather turns from freezing snowmess into a warm summery wonderland with singing birds and evil queens and everything. Finnish people always think that when spring comes and the degrees go a bit on the plus-side 

it's utterly fine to put away the winter clothes. Finns honestly start wearing shorts and T-shirts outside when it goes past 10-degrees. We Finns are a bit insane, you do have to admit that.

Spring forecast in Finland

By Anastasia and Monika

A Finnish pupil's daily routine

6.45am  

You wake up tired, because you went to bed too late. You look at your social medias. After that you start to prepare yourself for the school 

day. Physically and mentally. 

7.30am 

You are late, so you run to your bus. (Sometimes you can miss the bus.) 

8.15am 

Your school starts and you are so tired. 

11.00am 

Lunch break. 

2.30pm 

Schoolday ends and you go home. 

5pm 

Dinner with family. 

6pm 

Time for friends or activies and hobbies. 

9pm 

Evening snack and time to do your homework. 

11pm 

Time to go to sleep 

By Kia, Emmi, Vladi