Comments on: Finland, they do it different here

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:44:59 +0000

I'm moving back to the USA soon and after living in Finland for 11 years–I feel like I'm moving back to the 'dark' ages. For example, in Finland mobile broadband usage is unlimited. Also, the banking industry has one ATM machine for most of the banks and we don't get charged to use it whereas in the USA, we get charged for using an ATM machine that is not attached to our bank…grrr…dark ages!

By: davdin

davdin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:49:23 +0000

checks? what are those? by the way, the finnish TV license is per household, not per TV set. So feel free to buy more TV sets if you need =)
Finland plans to get rid of that in 2011 I believe and introduce a public information/news tax that will no longer be linked to whether you have a TV set or not at home. I guess the government have realized that people have an increasing number of alternatives to get access to content and they still need the money to run the publicly owned TV/radio/web information channels (Yle).

By: iankennedy

iankennedy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:51:46 +0000

I've never even *seen* a Finnish check.

By: fadi

fadi — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:52:24 +0000

They also call the extra storage box people put on top of cars (on ski rack) “Mother-in-law box” (:

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:44:59 +0000

By: davdin

davdin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:49:23 +0000

By: iankennedy

iankennedy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:51:46 +0000

I've never even *seen* a Finnish check.

By: fadi

fadi — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:52:24 +0000

They also call the extra storage box people put on top of cars (on ski rack) “Mother-in-law box” (:

By: RexDixon

RexDixon — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:17:06 +0000

I know someone that went AWOL in Sweden. He loves it there, and I'm assuming that Finland and other countries in the area are all very progressive . People need to learn that the USA isn't the only end all or the only civilized place in the world. Nice of you to share some cool facts about Finland!

By: rafer

rafer — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:45:23 +0000

When my Danish pals see a checkbook out at our house, they laugh at such an antique. I assume it's the same there?