HOCKEY MATCH Finns are huge hockey fans so hockey is very popular here in Finland. There are 15 official hockey teams in Finland. Here in Tampere there is a
As I was exploring Tampere I stumbled into the local park. The forest was densely populated by spruce trees covered in snow, with a narrow path carved between them. In
For the first time I went to the sauna. It was opposite to my expectations. I imagined we would enter the thermal baths but the sauna was outside by the
DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT COULTURE Finns have a reputation for reticence, thoughtfulness and unemotional behavior. They are quiet, reflective, somber and, for some, seemingly stubborn and standoffish. They are unwilling
TAMPERE Tampere is the third largest city in Finland and the largest inland centre in the Nordic countries. Currently there are 238 140 inhabitants in Tampere (year 2019), and
FIRST WEEK AT WORK On Monday and Tuesday we had other experiences. On Wednesday we started work. Girls went to work at logistics and we went to machining workshop.
The Republic of Finland is a coastal Nordic country bordering the Baltic Sea in the southwest, the Gulf of Finland in the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia in the
Finnish cuisine is a mixture of elements of Scandinavian (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), European and Russian cuisine. The food is traditionally simple, consisting mostly of fish (especially salmon and caviar) and
We started with practical work at the TREDU school on Wednesday, because on Monday we had a guided tour of the school premises, and on Tuesday we had two hours