Dystopic for some. I studied in Finland and learned Finnish. I could have settled down there after uni, but I didn't. It is a perfect country if you can accept an ordinary working life with your 6 weeks of holiday per year, but it is almost as if people are intentionally prevented from bohemianism by the high cost of living and the insistence on long-term flat rental contracts. It is very rare to meet Finns who spend half of the year working and half of the year traveling. I returned to Eastern Europe and in spite of the lower salaries here, I feel like I can achieve a much better work/life balance than in Finland.
Do you like delicious artisanal beers or aged whiskies from around the world? Tough luck, alcohol in Finland is sold only by a state monopoly that chooses only a narrow range of products to offer and with very high taxes to discourage purchase (because historically Nordic males imbibed large quanties of pure liquor).
Do you like delicious artisanal beers or aged whiskies from around the world? Tough luck, alcohol in Finland is sold only by a state monopoly that chooses only a narrow range of products to offer and with very high taxes to discourage purchase (because historically Nordic males imbibed large quanties of pure liquor).