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Italians are well known for their food culture and they’re proud of it – as they should. But when we, the Italians, go around the world,...

As I went to a Finnish Mökki, a cottage, last weekend for my second time, I thought it was time to start a new category on this blog...

Being both foreigners in Finland, we like to hear stories from other fellow expats, to share and compare our points of view, fee lings...

Yesterday I got my first valentine ever. However, not by some love interest of mine, but in good Finnish fashion by a friend. Different...

Being both foreigners in Finland, we like to hear stories from other fellow expats, to share and compare our points of view, feelings and...

Mike and I both study at Haaga-Helia, a University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Both of us came here after graduating high school in...

Being both foreigners in Finland, we like to hear stories from other fellow expats, to share and compare our points of view, feelings and...

Today I would like to share with you some of my favourite Finnish blogs and YouTube channels, as an inspiration for you to explore and...

January Exactly one year ago, you could see in the streets of central Helsinki a weird figure, visibly tired and sleepy, carrying four...

Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta kaikille! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you! Before our Christmas break, we...

1. Finnish chocolates and sweets are THE BEST. I may sound a bit exaggerated, but for real, candies, chocolate and sweets are just so...

Tomorrow, on the 13th of December the so-called Lucia celebrations will take place in many countries around Europe. Over the past years...

Such a difficult world, eh? I dare you to pronounce it in Sweidsh: Självständighetsdagen! Well, I’d better start learning how to say that...

This week was very exciting for me, as we had two big events coming up. The BIC semifinals of my class and the very first Space Tourism...

After more than 10 months of learning, the struggle is still real! 😊 1. Hard to understand for the rest of the world. Finnish is part of...

Moikka, Finland is one of the most northern located countries in the world. Its capital Helsinki, Finland’s biggest city, is in the south...

*through an Italian boy’s eyes 1. So many flag days and celebrations. It happens so many times to wake up, open the blinds and see the...

Hei! I hope you had a nice week! My class and I had this week our Study Tour. Usually, the Study Tour is a trip in Europe, that the whole...

Moi, it’s Mike here! I said previously that I feel like Helsinki is my place to be: it’s a human-sized city, not crowded, very cozy,...

Oh, what a weekend! Such glory, much wow. After a long crazy week, I truly deserved an easy exit; and what an exit I got. A weekend at...