Finnish Weather and Acceptance

Here we are in the first days of May, a few days following Vappu celebrations and all the hats and booze being set aside, we head back to real life. However another side we tend to forget every year, is how confusing Mother Nature's treatment towards us Finns and all people who live on this Scandinavian nature filled land, and how the cold but also sunny, oh and rainy weather we interfere with. To our fellow readers, who either live here, or are just filled with curiosity with how life in Finland is, I would like to let you know one thing: ALWAYS CHECK THE WEATHER, on a daily basis! Might as well do an hourly check. I am writing this as I look outside the large window of the office, which shows a sunny view, through which our lovely friend, the sun leaves for a bathroom/coffee break every now and then. The clouds have become the annoying brothers and sisters (as we are an equal, diverse team, it is my responsibility to acknowledge that clouds can both be female and male! gender equality people!) of us Finns. This means that even though the frequency of them attending our days during this month, we are in a way forced to accept them, because you know, family is family, and we have to tolerate the best (warm sunny companions of our sibling clouds) and the worst (the rainy-windy bully that quite often follows) they come to provide us with.

The good thing about the community here is that no matter what companion our siblings -the clouds, come with, we Finns tend to comfort one another with our love for coffee -or generally a good warm or fresh drink, that tames our emotional annoyance towards those occasional bullies.

Quite frankly, however, these occasional dull weather occurrences are just a temporary reminder that June and July are hopefully providing us with lovelier times! So for those who plan on staying in Finland or visiting it during these times, no fear! Good days to come!

Work try-out intern, Noora