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Peter Seenan | Why did you come to Finland?

1 Apr , 2019 , 17:39 Peter Seenan

One of the most common questions Finns ask me is “why did you come to Finland?” Other foreigners ask too, for that matter. I like to think the question isn’t so much a subtle implication that I might wish to […]

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Ice swimming: fear and discomfort then elation

18 Feb , 2019 , 22:46 Peter Seenan
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In one of my first jobs in Finland people laughed at me when I told them ice swimming was one of my hobbies. ”It’s for old people”, they chortled. Over the years Finns have looked at me shocked and exclaimed that […]

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Peter Seenan: Hietaniemi cemetery is my local escape from Christmas mania

19 Dec , 2018 , 23:03 Peter Seenan Gallery

In the shops people rush around frantically snatching products off shelves like rationing is about to begin and at Alko, I see a hobbling bent old lady suddenly stand arrow-like to wrestle a 24-pack of beer into her trolley. Awful […]

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It’s easier than ever to manage without Finnish in Helsinki

23 Oct , 2018 , 21:25 Peter Seenan

It’s Friday morning. I use Google Maps in English to check which number seventy bus I’ll take from Töölö to Viikki to get me there by eight. I board the bus and present a ticket I’ve bought on Whim, a […]

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Finland shocks

21 Sep , 2018 , 23:43 Peter Seenan

I was recently asked the question, what was your biggest culture shock going to Finland for the first time? I arrived in 2011 to settle in Helsinki having lived for almost a year in Finland during my Erasmus exchange in […]

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